Tag: Ukraine

People walk under a destroyed railroad bridge over a main road leading into the east Ukraine city of Donetsk, near the village of Novobakhmutivka, 20 km North from the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Monday, July 7, 2014. The bridge has been destroyed, blocking a key access route to the rebel-held city. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

3 bridges blown up in Ukraine near rebel-held city

Yuras Karmanau · July 7, 2014 7:54 pm

People listen to a pro-Russian activist during a pro-Russian meeting in the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Sunday, July 6, 2014. More than a thousand people rallied on Donetsk's central Lenin square on Sunday afternoon in support of the pro-Russian rebellion after an important defeat yesterday. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Pro-Russia separatists vow to keep up the fight

Yuras Karmanau · July 6, 2014 8:04 pm

Ukrainian troops atop an APC at a checkpoint near Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, July 5, 2014. Ukraine's forces claimed a significant success against pro-Russian insurgents on Saturday, chasing them from one of their strongholds in the embattled east of the country. Rebels fleeing from the city of Slovyansk vowed to regroup elsewhere and fight on. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukraine claims victory in rebel stronghold

DMITRY LOVETSKYYURAS KARMANAU · July 5, 2014 7:24 pm

A woman holds a poster reading "Save Donbas People" as Russian Communists party activists gather in support of pro-Russian fighters and local citizens who live in Donetsk and Luhansk regions of eastern Ukraine in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 3, 2014. Ukraine's president shook up the leadership of his struggling military on Thursday, appointing a new defense minister and top general tasked with stamping out the corruption that has left the country's armed forces faltering before a pro-Russian insurgency. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Ukraine claims winning ground in rebellious east

David McHugh · July 4, 2014 6:24 pm

Valentina, who gave only her first name, gestures in a flat of her neighbor who was injured during shelling in the city of Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, July 3, 2014. Residential areas came under shelling on Thursday from government forces. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Ukraine’s president shakes up military leadership

David McHugh · July 3, 2014 11:37 pm

Pro-Russian fighters stand in their positions, as they patrol the airspace near Luhansk, eastern Ukraine Wednesday, July 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Foreign ministers agree on Ukraine cease-fire path

Frank Jordans · July 2, 2014 7:36 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a meeting with Russian ambassadors, envoys and diplomats at the Foreign Ministry headquarters in Moscow, Tuesday, July 1, 2014. (AP Photo//Maxim Zmeyev, Pool)

Putin under pressure as fighting rages in Ukraine

Vladimir Isachenkov · July 2, 2014 6:03 pm

People grieve over the body of their friend, a policeman killed during assault by pro-Russian fighters the Interior Ministry headquarters in downtown Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Tuesday, July 1, 2014. The rebels captured the Interior Ministry headquarters in a major city after an hours-long gun battle, a day after the president said rebels weren't serious about peace talks and ended a cease-fire. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Pro-Russian rebels capture police HQ in Ukraine

Balint Szlanko · July 1, 2014 9:18 pm

Ukrainian president ends unilateral ceasefire

David McHugh · June 30, 2014 7:27 pm

Ukraine’s Lviv withdraws bid for 2022 Winter Games

Stephen Wilson · June 30, 2014 3:41 am

Ukraine president talks to Putin, Merkel, Hollande

David McHugh · June 29, 2014 1:48 pm

An unidentified member of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine gets out of a vehicle next to Alexander Borodai, Prime Minister of the self proclaimed 'Donetsk People's Republic', left, on arrival in the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Saturday, June 28, 2014. Four members of the mission were released by officials of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic after several weeks of captivity. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

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Pro-Russian rebels free 4 OSCE observers

Vladimir Isachenkov · June 28, 2014 7:36 pm