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Ukrainian soldiers, who fled the conflict territory, spend their time at a tent camp near the Russia-Ukraine border just outside the village of Gukovo, Rostov-on-Don region, Southern Russia, on Monday, August 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko speaks during a news conference at the EU Council in Brussels on June 27, 2014. (Reuters/Philippe Wojazer/Files)
EU edges to economic sanctions on Russia but narrows scope
Brussels, Reuters—The European Union reached an outline agreement on Friday to impose the first economic sanctions on Russia over its behavior in Ukraine but scaled back their scope to exclude technology for the crucial gas sector. The EU also imposed travel bans and...Caption:
Honor guards carry a coffin of one of the victims of Malaysia Airlines MH17 downed over rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine for loading on to a transport plane heading to the Netherlands at Kharkiv airport July 23, 2014. (Reuters/Gleb Garanich)
Bodies of Malaysia jet victims to leave Ukraine
Kharkiv, AP—Ukraine prepared a departure ceremony for the bodies of Malaysia Airlines passengers and crew who became victims of fighting raging far below them on the plains of eastern Ukraine. Deputy Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said Wednesday’s ceremony...Caption:
A Ukrainian policeman watches as a train carrying the remains of the victims of Malaysia Airlines MH17 arrives in the city of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine on July 22, 2014. (Reuters/Gleb Garanich)
Bodies, black boxes handed over from Ukraine crash site
Donetsk, Reuters—A train carrying the remains of some of the nearly 300 victims of the Malaysia Airlines plane downed over Ukraine was heading for Ukrainian government territory on Tuesday as a separatist leader handed over the plane’s black boxes to Malaysian...Caption:
Afghan security forces and locals gather at the site of an attack by the Taliban on Kabul International Airport on July 17, 2014.(AFP Photo/Shah Marai)