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A Ukrainian serviceman patrols in the village of Semenovka, near the eastern Ukrainian city of Slaviansk in the Donetsk region on July 14, 2014. (AFP Photo/Genya Savilov)

Ukraine says Russian army officers fighting with rebels

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 14, 2014 | World

Kiev, Reuters—Ukraine on Monday accused Russian army officers of fighting alongside separatists in the east of the country and said Moscow was once more building up its troops on the joint border. A missile that downed a Ukrainian transport plane near the border was...

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Ukrainian soldiers drive a military vehicle with a Ukrainian flag at a checkpoint near Slaviansk in eastern Ukraine July 3, 2014. (Reuters/Andrew Kravchenko/Pool)

Ukraine hails capture of rebel stronghold as turning point in conflict

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

Kiev, Reuters—Ukrainian security officials said on Sunday they were in full control of the former rebel stronghold of Slaviansk after retaking it in a victory which President Petro Poroshenko said could mark a turning point in the fight against the separatists....

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Unidentified members of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine get out of a vehicle next to Alexander Borodai, right, prime minister of the self-proclaimed “Donetsk People’s Republic,” on arrival at the city of Donetsk after being released from captivity, June 27, 2014. (Reuters/Shamil Zhumato)

Ukraine rebels free OSCE monitors, 3 Ukrainians killed in attack

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 29, 2014 | World

Donetsk, Reuters—Pro-Russian separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine on Saturday released a second group of four monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) who had been seized on May 29, a Reuters witness said. Their release, which...

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A masked pro-Russian activist takes down a Ukrainian flag from the top of a government building in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, in this April 28, 2014, file photo.
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Ukraine helicopter downed by rebel fire, 9 killed

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 24, 2014 | World

Kiev and Donetsk, Reuters—Rebels shot down a Ukrainian helicopter carrying technicians who had been installing equipment to monitor violations of a peace plan in Ukraine’s rebellious east on Tuesday, killing all nine people on board, a military spokesman said....

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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)

East Ukraine referendum raises fears of dismemberment

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...