Pro-russian Seperatists

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  Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko Hails First Full Overnight Truce in Rebel East

  Ukraine's separatist east passed the night into Tuesday without any shooting, President Petro Poroshenko said, hailing the first such stretch of calm as a positive signal for the next steps in a peace plan.

• Rebels Shoot Down Ukrainian Fighter Jet : Kiev

  Pro-Russian separatists on Sunday shot down a Ukrainian fighter jet over the war-torn east of the country, a military spokesman told AFP.

• Ukraine Rebel Commander Acknowledges Fighters had BUK Missile

  A powerful Ukrainian rebel leader has confirmed that pro-Russian separatists had anti-aircraft missiles of the type Washington says were used to shoot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.

• MH17 Crash Puts Russia's Support of Rebels Under Scrutiny

  The downing of the MH17 flight over rebel territory in Ukraine has put Moscow's support of the separatists under more scrutiny than ever amid allegations the plane was blasted out of the sky with a Russian-supplied missile system.

• Barack Obama Calls for Immediate Access to Crash Site

  President Barack Obama is calling for international investigators to have "immediate and full access" to the site in eastern Ukraine, where a passenger jet was shot down last week.

• We Didn't Shoot Down Ukraine Warplane, Says Russia UN Envoy

  Russia did not shoot down a Ukrainian SU-25 fighter plane that was on military operations over eastern Ukraine, said Russia's U.N. ambassador on Thursday, where government forces are fighting to quell a pro-Russian separatist rebellion.

• Russia Providing Military Support to Ukraine Separatists: US

  The United States on Monday accused Moscow of providing pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine with military equipment such as tanks and rocket launchers. Washington also claimed Moscow was redeploying forces to the volatile border between the ex-Soviet states.

• Kiev, Separatists Fret at Gun Law in Ukraine's Rebel Regions

  Firearms stores in the separatist-held city of Donetsk in east Ukraine stand empty, the guns that once lined the shelves now sold out or stolen at gunpoint.

• Ukraine Rebels Agree to Temporary Ceasefire: Separatist Leader

  A top Ukrainian separatist leader said on Monday that the pro-Russian rebels would agree to a temporary ceasefire and seek talks with the new Western-backed president on ending 10 weeks of fighting in the industrial east.