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A woman stands next to a road sign on September 7, 2014 after an overnight bombing attack, at an Ukrainian army checkpoint in the outskirts of the key southeastern port city of Mariupol. (AFP Photos)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 7, 2014 | World
Donetsk and Mariupol, Reuters—Shelling erupted in eastern Ukraine’s strategic port Mariupol and its biggest city Donetsk overnight, threatening a ceasefire struck less than two days earlier between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists. The...
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People vote in a polling station during a so-called referendum in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on May 11, 2014. (AFP Photo/Genya Savilov)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 11, 2014 | World
Mariupol and Slaviansk, Reuters—East Ukrainian rebels pressed ahead with a referendum on self-rule on Sunday and new fighting flared in a conflict that has raised fears of civil war and pitched relations between Russia and the West into their worst crisis since the...