Search results for ‘Ministry of Defence’
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Ukraine: military tighten grip on Kramatorsk and Slaviansk
Ukraine’s defence ministry release footage of government forces making their way towards Kramatorsk as part of an ongoing operation against insurgency in the east.
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Dozens killed in Odessa fire on day of violence in Ukraine
At least 38 people are reported to have been killed in a fire in the Ukraine port city of Odessa. Earlier two pilots died when pro-Russian separatists shot down two Ukrainian helicopters in Slaviansk.
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Lavrov calls for release of pro-Russian ‘protest leaders’
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov tells John Kerry that Ukraine must stop its military operation in southeastern regions of the country as part of efforts to defuse the crisis.
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Nato steps up pressure on Russia over Ukraine
Ahead of a conference on the Ukraine crisis, Nato says it will reinforce its forces in eastern Europe, with “deployments at sea, in the air, on land” within days.
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Ukraine minister accuses Russia of ‘act of aggression’
Ukraine’s interior minister Arsen Avakov says attacks by pro-Russian armed gunmen in cities across eastern Ukraine are an “act of aggression” by Russia, and Ukraine’s defence units are responding.
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Pro-Russians seize Ukrainian government buildings
As pro-Russian demonstrators take over government buildings in three Ukrainian cities, the country’s interim president says they are “playing out the Crimean scenario”.
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South Korea drone crash – did it come from the North?
An unmanned aerial vehicle, commonly known as a drone, has crashed in South Korea, officials say, raising suspicions that it is a part of North Korea’s burgeoning espionage arsenal.
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North and South Korea exchange territorial fire
North and South Korea pepper each other’s territorial waters with artillery shells in the latest show of tensions between the two old enemies.
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Gunshots heard at Crimea’s airbase Belbek
Explosions and gunshots are heard as a Russian forces storm the Belbek airbase in Crimea – one of the last military facilities still under Ukrainian control.
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Will Russia invade eastern Ukraine?
Russia is planning a “full-blown military intervention” into mainland Ukraine, warns Ukraine’s UN representative. Is that really what Putin wants? It is out of his control, says one expert.
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Ukraine crisis: USA and Russia in sanctions tit-for-tat
US sanctions are expanded to take in a bank and some high-profile Russian billionaires, as Russia announces travel bans against nine prominent Americans.
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Crimea tensions rise as Russians take Ukraine naval base
Military tensions are set to escalate on the Crimean peninsula as Russian forces take over a naval headquarters, and Ukraine says its troops will not withdraw from the region.
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Ukraine soldiers ‘repel’ Russians on Crimean border
One day before Crimeans vote on whether to join Russia, and two weeks after Russian soldiers occupied the region, a confrontation breaks out on the Ukrainian land bordering Crimea.
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‘Mid-air disintegration’ possible cause of Malaysian crash
Officials in Malaysia are focusing on ‘mid-air disintegration’ as the possible cause for the disappearance of the Malaysian Air jetliner on Saturday morning.
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How the far-right took top posts in Ukraine’s power vacuum
In the new Ukrainian government politicians linked to the far-right have taken posts from deputy prime minister to head of defence. We profile the nationalists filling the power vacuum.
