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A Decade Of Russian Aggression: Ukraine Still Remains A Battleground
Ukraine has been locked in an existential fight for its freedom ever since Russia sent armed soldiers with no insignia -- dubbed the "little green men" -- to take over the Crimea peninsula on February 28, 2014, following a pro-EU revolution in Kyiv.
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Joe Biden In Ukraine To Push Reforms, Reaffirm US Support
US Vice President Joe Biden meets Ukrainian leaders today to kickstart their drive against corruption and reassure them of Western support in the face of the current focus on Syria.
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Russia Unlikely to Meet Ukraine Peace Deal Deadline, NATO Says
NATO's top commander warned today there was little chance that Russia would meet a year-end deadline for a peace deal in eastern Ukraine, saying the calmer situation there did not mean the end of the conflict was near.
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Vladimir Putin Dives in Mini-Sub to Shipwreck Off Crimea
Russian President Vladimir Putin burnished his action man image on Tuesday by diving down in a mini-submarine to explore a shipwreck off the coast of the Crimea peninsula that Moscow seized from Ukraine last year.
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France Says 'Several' Nations Interested in Mistral Warships
France's defence minister said on Thursday that "several" countries had expressed an interest in buying its Mistral-class warships, after Paris refused to deliver them to Russia because of the Ukraine crisis.
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Russia Woos China Before BRICS Summit
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his government courted Beijing on Wednesday before a BRICS summit, playing down a stock market plunge in China and proposing better terms for investors from Beijing.
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Ukrainian Soldier Killed in Clashes Despite Weapons Pullback
One Ukrainian soldier has been killed and four injured in the country's east, where government forces and pro-Russian separatists continue to trade fire despite a ceasefire.
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Tense Ukraine Port City Braces for Feared Rebel Offensive
Pensioner Anatoliy gestures at a row of burnt out cars as he worries about what might be in store for his east Ukraine hometown -- the frontline port city of Mariupol.
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In New Year's Speech, Putin Calls Annexation of Crimea a Historic Landmark
President Vladimir Putin is using his New Year's speech to hail Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimea Peninsula. He said Crimea's "return home" will "forever remain a landmark in the national history."
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Ukraine Ceasefire is "In Name Only": North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Fighting in Ukraine is continuing and the truce there is a ceasefire "in name only", NATO's top military commander said on Saturday.
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Ukraine Tells Russia to Recognise New President
Ukraine accused Russia on Saturday of unleashing a global propaganda campaign to persuade global powers not to recognise an election that gave the presidency to a pro-Western tycoon.
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Wave of pro-Russia sentiment hits Crimea capital
"Crimea, rise up!" shouted the protesters who rallied in their hundreds in the capital of Ukraine's flashpoint peninsula, waving Russian flags in a region that is slowly edging away from the control of Kiev's new government.
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A Decade Of Russian Aggression: Ukraine Still Remains A Battleground
Ukraine has been locked in an existential fight for its freedom ever since Russia sent armed soldiers with no insignia -- dubbed the "little green men" -- to take over the Crimea peninsula on February 28, 2014, following a pro-EU revolution in Kyiv.
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Joe Biden In Ukraine To Push Reforms, Reaffirm US Support
US Vice President Joe Biden meets Ukrainian leaders today to kickstart their drive against corruption and reassure them of Western support in the face of the current focus on Syria.
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Russia Unlikely to Meet Ukraine Peace Deal Deadline, NATO Says
NATO's top commander warned today there was little chance that Russia would meet a year-end deadline for a peace deal in eastern Ukraine, saying the calmer situation there did not mean the end of the conflict was near.
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Vladimir Putin Dives in Mini-Sub to Shipwreck Off Crimea
Russian President Vladimir Putin burnished his action man image on Tuesday by diving down in a mini-submarine to explore a shipwreck off the coast of the Crimea peninsula that Moscow seized from Ukraine last year.
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France Says 'Several' Nations Interested in Mistral Warships
France's defence minister said on Thursday that "several" countries had expressed an interest in buying its Mistral-class warships, after Paris refused to deliver them to Russia because of the Ukraine crisis.
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Russia Woos China Before BRICS Summit
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his government courted Beijing on Wednesday before a BRICS summit, playing down a stock market plunge in China and proposing better terms for investors from Beijing.
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Ukrainian Soldier Killed in Clashes Despite Weapons Pullback
One Ukrainian soldier has been killed and four injured in the country's east, where government forces and pro-Russian separatists continue to trade fire despite a ceasefire.
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Tense Ukraine Port City Braces for Feared Rebel Offensive
Pensioner Anatoliy gestures at a row of burnt out cars as he worries about what might be in store for his east Ukraine hometown -- the frontline port city of Mariupol.
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In New Year's Speech, Putin Calls Annexation of Crimea a Historic Landmark
President Vladimir Putin is using his New Year's speech to hail Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimea Peninsula. He said Crimea's "return home" will "forever remain a landmark in the national history."
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Ukraine Ceasefire is "In Name Only": North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Fighting in Ukraine is continuing and the truce there is a ceasefire "in name only", NATO's top military commander said on Saturday.
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Ukraine Tells Russia to Recognise New President
Ukraine accused Russia on Saturday of unleashing a global propaganda campaign to persuade global powers not to recognise an election that gave the presidency to a pro-Western tycoon.
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Wave of pro-Russia sentiment hits Crimea capital
"Crimea, rise up!" shouted the protesters who rallied in their hundreds in the capital of Ukraine's flashpoint peninsula, waving Russian flags in a region that is slowly edging away from the control of Kiev's new government.
