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Ukrainian soldiers man a checkpoint outside the town of Amvrosiivka, eastern Ukraine, close to the Russian border, on June 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)


Ukraine claims capture of 10 Russian soldiers

Ukraine claims capture of 10 Russian soldiers

Kiev, AP—Ukraine on Tuesday said its forces had captured 10 Russian soldiers in an eastern region where the Ukrainian troops are fighting pro-Russia separatists. The Facebook page for the anti-rebel operation—which includes the military, the national guard and...
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Russian convoy carrying humanitarian aid for Ukraine drives in the direction of the Ukrainian border near the town of Donetsk on August 22, 2014. (Reuters/Alexander Demianchuk)


Russian aid convoy drives into Ukraine

Russian aid convoy drives into Ukraine

Izvaryne (Ukraine), AP—Russia unilaterally sent an aid mission into rebel-held eastern Ukraine on Friday, saying its patience had worn out after a week of delays it blamed on the Ukrainian government. The International Committee of the Red Cross, which had planned to...
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A column of Ukrainian paratroopers rides in Druzhkivka, Donetsk region on April 19, 2014. (AFP PHOTO/ ANATOLII STEPANOV)


Fighting in eastern Ukraine kills 43 in 24 hours

Fighting in eastern Ukraine kills 43 in 24 hours

Donetsk, AP—Government troops fought to gain control of the rebel-held city of Donetsk and a key highway in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, in battles that left 34 residents and nine troops dead in just 24 hours, authorities said. The Ukrainian troops are trying to...
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Residents walk past a damaged house after Ukrainian army shelling, in downtown Khartsyzk (15 miles from Donetsk), Ukraine, on August 18, 2014. (EPA/Sergei Ilnitsky)


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An Ukrainian soldier holds a weapon at a checkpoint near the eastern Ukrainian city of Debalcevo, in Ukraine, 16 August 2014.


Ukraine says rebels shoot down fighter jet

Ukraine says rebels shoot down fighter jet

Kiev, Ukraine, AP—Separatists have shot down a Ukrainian fighter plane amid fighting between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian government forces in the eastern part of the country, a Ukrainian military spokesman said Sunday. Oleksiy Dmitrashkovsky said that the plane...