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East Ukraine Separatist Violence: Kremlin-backed insurgents destroy Ukrainian army helicopter
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- East Ukraine Separatist Violence: Kremlin-backed insurgents destroy Ukrainian army helicopter
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- 10 years ago
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- Ukraine's defense ministry has said that a Ukrainian military helicopter has been hit by rocket fire and exploded while on the ground at an airfield in Kramatorsk near the rebel-held eastern city of Slaviansk. The army spokesman said the explosion was the result of fire from a rocket-propelled grenade launcher. There were no casualties. Video footage on a social media website showed thick black smoke rising over the airfield. Local residents said they had heard shooting and three explosions. The incident followed a hand grenade attack near Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odessa. At least 7 were injured. Odesa residents have built several such checkpoints near the town aimed at stopping pro-Russian separatists entering from Moldova's breakaway territory of Transdniestria.
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- Russian army on the Ukrainian border: Kremlin showcases new rocket launchers amid invasion fears
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- 10 years ago
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- Russia on 25 April exhibited a system featuring a multiple rocket launcher equipped with thermobaric weapons fixed atop at tank. The display came a day after Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced snap military drills amid escalating tension with Ukraine.
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- Ukraine Rocket Attack (updated): Kremlin-backed insurgents destroy helicopter in Kramatorsk
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- 10 years ago
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- A military helicopter was hit by rocket fire and exploded on the ground at a military airfield near the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk. Army spokesmen later said the aircraft was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade while re-fueling. Government buildings in Kramatorsk, which located near Slovyansk in eastern Ukraine, are occupied by Russian-backed separatists.
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- Ukraine Rocket Attack: Kremlin-backed separatists destroy military helicopter in Kramatorsk
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- 10 years ago
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- A military helicopter was hit by rocket fire and exploded on the ground at a military airfield near the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk.
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- Kramatorsk Helicopter Explosion: Ukrainian military Mi-8 chopper explodes in eastern Ukraine
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- 10 years ago
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- Smoke spread over the Kramatorsk airfield in eastern Ukraine on 25 April after a Mi-8 Ukrainian military helicopter exploded on the tarmac. According to preliminary news reports, several explosions rocked the area at around 11 am local time. Videos posted online showed flames near the area of the blast. There are conflicting explanations for the cause of the crash. Kramatorsk.info news reports that one theory is that the aircraft caught fire during a warm-up before takeoff. The pilot of the helicopter reportedly escaped the blast without injury. Pro-Russian insurgents have been active in the area and shot at Ukrainian military helicopters near the airfield earlier in the week.
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- US Vice News journalist released by Kremlin-backed separatists: Simon Ostrovsky held in East Ukraine
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Pro-Russian separatists in Slavyansk in eastern Ukraine have released Vice News journalist Simon Ostrovsky who they had kidnapped earlier in the week. Ostrovsky had been covering the crisis in Ukraine for weeks. Self-declared separatist mayor of Slaviansk. Vyacheslav Ponomaryov, told a news conference on 21 April that 'we will kidnap people and hang them by their testicles' if they sided with Kyiv and said his men were holding the American journalist because his reporting was 'too one-sided.'
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- Pro-Russian separatists free US hostage: Vice News reporter Simon Ostrovsky freed in East Ukraine
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- 10 years ago
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- Pro-Russian separatists in Slavyansk in eastern Ukraine have released online news site Vice News journalist Simon Ostrovsky. Ostrovsky had been covering the crisis in Ukraine for weeks. Self-declared separatist mayor of Slaviansk. Vyacheslav Ponomaryov, told a news conference Tuesday that his men were holding an American journalist because his reporting was 'too one-sided'. Ostrovsky's reports showed how Russian propaganda was helping to sow divisions and foment unrest. There have been more than a dozen journalists kidnapped by pro-Russia militants in Eastern Ukraine in recent weeks.
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- Kerry Slams Kremlin: Top US diplomat says Moscow backing separatist insurgents in Ukraine
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- US Secretary of State John Kerry has announced in dramatic fashion that the United States is drawing closer to imposing more sanctions on Russia for annexing backing separatists in Ukraine's eastern and southern provinces. Kerry said US leaders know that Russian intelligence services have been involved in backing pro-Russian militias, who have seized more than a dozen buildings. Ukrainian deputy Former Minister Danylo Libkivsky welcomed Kerry's statement and also blamed the Kremlin for undermining Ukraine's security, a charge the the Kremlin continues to deny.
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- Klitschko prepares for Leapai bout: Russia refuses to broadcast Ukrainian champ's latest fight
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Wladimir Klitschko is scheduled to defend his heavyweight boxing title on 26 against Alex Leapai. This is going to be truly exciting. The good news is that you can easily watch the in the US without having to stream anything. The bad news is that on paper, this is just another Klitschko mismatch and it will not be broadcast live to audiences in Russia.
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- US Accuses Russian Over Ukraine: US Secretary of State Kerry says Moscow will pay for lies
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- 10 years ago
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- America's top diplomat John Kerry on 24 April called on Kremlin leader to stop supporting pro-Russian activists who have captured dozens of buildings throughout eastern and southern Ukraine. Kerry delivered the speech in Washington, D.C. after Russia ordered large-scale military exercises on the border of Ukrainewhile Kiev sent its army to flush out armed pro-Russia rebels in the east of the country, raising tensions between the two countries to unprecedented heights.
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- Kremlin increases military build-up at Ukraine border: Russian fighter jets drill in Krasnodar
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- 10 years ago
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- The Russian military has conducted fighter-jet drills in the southwestern Krasnodar region, close to Ukrainian territory.
The southern military district's Sukhoi-25 fighter jets on 24 April trained to overcome enemy missile defence and firing at land targets.
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- US troops in Eastern Europe: American soldiers arrive in show of support for NATO allies
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- American troops have arrived in Latvia's capital Riga to begin joint military exercises. The US is to also send soldiers into Lithuania and Estonia to take part in training operations together. America is already engaging in exercises within Poland, where the US Ambassador reasserted their commitment to defending NATO members. The three Baltic states have become increasingly alarmed at Russia's aggressive actions in nearby Ukraine. Russia has annexed Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula and has thousands of troops stationed on their joint border. EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton says Ukraine has the right to defend itself. The French and German Foreign Ministers have urged the Kremlin to de-escalate the situation during a joint visit to Georgia, while French President Francois Hollande told journalists in Poland that a conflict would be 'extremely dangerous for all of Europe.'
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- US troops arrive in Latvia for NATO exercises: Baltic states concerned by Russian military threat
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- 10 years ago
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- US troops arrived in the Latvian capital to begin military exercises together with Latvian troops. US paratroopers from the US Army Europe's 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team arrived in the country, strengthening the NATO presence in the region.
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- Russia expels Canadian diplomat: Kremlin faces international isolation over Ukraine invasion
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- 10 years ago
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- Russia has expelled a Canadian diplomat from their embassy in Moscow. The Kremlin's tit-for-tat move followed Canada's earlier expulsion of a Russian assistant military attaché. Russia's Ambassador to Canada recently hit back at Ottawa and claimed that a 'spy' would be 'kicked out'.
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- Ukrainian civilian pilots volunteer for border patrol: plane owners help monitor Russia threat
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- 10 years ago
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- Private Ukrainian plane owners have begun patrolling Ukraine's northern and western borders with the State Border Guard. The citizens volunteered their planes and services after many state controlled aircraft were diverted to east Ukraine.
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- Belarus fears Russian aggression: Minsk alarmed by Kremlin seizure of Ukraine's Crimean peninsula
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko has said that the crisis in neighbouring Ukraine threatened his own country's security, and that Belarussians should pull together to protect their independence.
Lukashenko, who has run the ex-Soviet country of 10 million people for almost 20 years often dubbed 'the last dictator in Europe', is a close ally of Moscow, but he said last month that Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimea Peninsula set a bad precedent.
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- Ukrainian Army Confronts Kremlin Invasion Threat: Ukrainian troops deployed to Russian border zone
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Ukrainian defence officials in the new pro-EU government have attempted to bolster the country's military presence in the eastern regions, as tens of thousands of Russian soldiers continue to amass on Ukraine's borders. One field battalion from the Ukrainian city of Lviv has been training in preparation for any conflict.
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- US troops in Poland: American soldiers arrive for NATO exercises in response to Russia threat
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Over 100 American troops have arrived in Poland to participate in joint training exercises with their Polish NATO allies. US paratroopers will be undertaking exercises with a Polish airborne unit. Hundreds more US and NATO troops are expected to be deployed to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania shortly.
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- Battle for Slovyansk: Ukrainian security forces confront pro-Russian separatist insurgents
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- At least several people were killed on 24 April after Ukrainian Army and police units encircled Slovyansk, a city in eastern Ukraine. Kremlin-backed separatists refused to lay down their arms and vacate government buildings they have occupied. Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin criticised the move from Moscow, and Russian soldiers began an unscheduled military exercise on Ukraine's borders.
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- East Ukrainians overwhelmingly back a united Ukraine: poll finds limited support for Russian reunion
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- 10 years ago
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- As Pro-Kremlin militants continue to control parts of east Ukraine, a leading Ukrainian academic institute has found that 70% of citizens in the south-east are against joining Russia. The poll, published in a respected Ukrainian weekly paper, found just 15% of Ukrainians in the south-east want to join Russia.
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- Obama threatens Putin over Ukraine: US President say new round of Russia sanctions 'teed up'
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- US President Barack Obama has warned that additional sanctions against Russia are 'teed up' if Moscow fails to fulfill its part of the internationally brokered deal over the crisis in Ukraine. Speaking in Japan, Obama underlined the problems the West faces in deciding on a response to the Kremlin-backed armed insurgency in eastern Ukraine. He said sanctions could be enforced within days although conceded the new measures may not be enough to change Putin's geopolitical goals. Despite last weekend's fragile Geneva agreement where Russia agreed to work towards defusing tensions, defiant pro-Russian separatists continue to occupy government buildings. The president's message comes days after the US State Department released photos, showing what it says to be Russian Special Forces in Ukraine.
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- Russian Separatist Insurgency in East Ukraine: Ukrainian police set up checkpoints outside Donetsk
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Ukrainian police have set up checkpoints at entrances to the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, where armed interior ministry troops and traffic policemen were checking drivers' IDs and cars entering the city. Pro-Russian separatists have declared an independent "People's Republic of Donetsk" in the east's biggest province and have named themselves to official posts in towns and cities. An agreement between Russia, Ukraine, the European Union and the United States reached last week to avert wider conflict in Ukraine has not de-escalated tension in the region, where pro-Kremlin separatist gunmen show no sign of surrendering government buildings they have seized.
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- Klitschko title fight: Ukraine's world heavyweight champ Wladimir Klitschko prepares for Alex Leapai
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- World heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko and his challenger Alex Leapai have said they are more than ready for their April 26 bout in Oberhausen, Germany. The Germany-based Ukranian expressed disappointment that they fight will be not broadcast live in Russia. He said he had heard about people complaining that his fights were rather one-sided and therefore boring. Klitschko said it will not be easy to fight Leapai whose boxing ability has been insulted in some area of the Australian media. The Leapai fight will be the 62nd professional fight for Kiltschko, the current WBA (Super), IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight champion. Wladimir's older brother Vitali has been a leading political figure in the protest movement in Ukraine.
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- East Ukraine Separatist Clashes: Ukrainian forces confront Russian-backed insurgents
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- 10 years ago
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