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Pro-Russian protesters stand in front of an occupied police station in Slovyansk, Ukraine, on April 13, 2014. (EPA/Roman Pilipey)

Ukraine officer killed in gun battle in east

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 13, 2014 | World

Slovyansk, AP—Ukrainian special forces exchanged gunfire with a pro-Russia militia in an eastern city Sunday, killing one security officer and wounding five others, the interior minister said. It was the first reported gunbattle in east Ukraine, where armed pro-Russia...

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General view of the Pro-Russian protesters as they hold a session inside of the occupied regional administration building in Donetsk, Ukraine, on April 7, 2014. (EPA/PHOTOMIG)

Ukraine accuses Russia of orchestrating separatist moves

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 8, 2014 | World

Kiev and Donetsk, Reuters—Police detained 70 people occupying a regional administration building in eastern Ukraine overnight, but pro-Moscow protesters held out in a standoff in two other cities in what Kiev called a Russian-led plan to dismember the country. Kiev...

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A military convoy with Ukrainian soldiers is seen near city of Pervomaysk March 9, 2014. (Reuters/ Viktor Gurniak)

Merkel raps Putin as Russian forces tighten grip on Crimea

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 9, 2014 | World

Simferopol, Reuters—Germany’s Angela Merkel delivered a rebuke to President Vladimir Putin on Sunday, telling him that a planned Moscow-backed referendum on whether Crimea should join Russia was illegal and violated Ukraine’s constitution. Putin defended...

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A local resident holds a Soviet flag as members of Cossack militia guard the local parliament building in Simferopol, in Ukraine’s Crimea region, on Thursday, March 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Crimea votes to join Russia, accelerating Ukraine crisis

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 6, 2014 | World

Simferopol, Reuters—Crimea’s parliament voted to join Russia on Thursday and its Moscow-backed government set a referendum on the decision in 10 days’ time in a dramatic escalation of the crisis over the Ukrainian Black Sea peninsula. The sudden...