The Ukrainian military and pro-Russian separatists blamed each other for shelling in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk on Saturday, UPI quoted reports as reported.
Witnesses and rebels say the barrage hit central parts of the city and killed at least (...)
Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels accused each other on Saturday of shelling residential areas despite a ceasefire, reporting four civilians and one soldier killed following a week of the deadliest fighting in over a month, Reuters (...)
The speaker in Ukraine's parliament says 32 workers have been killed by an explosion at coal mine in eastern Ukraine, AP reported.
Volodymyr Groysman told lawmakers that the accident happened before dawn Wednesday.
Donetsk News Agency, the official (...)
Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists have exchanged dozens of prisoners in east Ukraine, a Ukrainian Security Council aide confirmed on Sunday, a step towards implementing an internationally brokered peace deal.
Reuters reporters (...)
A shell hit a hospital in the east Ukrainian rebel-controlled city of Donetsk on Wednesday, killing or injuring several people, the city administration said, according to Reuters.
"There was an artillery shell at 12 noon (0900 GMT)... The shell hit (...)
Artillery attacks on the Ukrainian city of Donetsk killed at least one civilian on Monday while Kiev's military reported that five more Ukrainian soldiers had been killed in clashes with separatists in the east in the past 24 hours, Reuters (...)
Local authorities in the separatist stronghold in east Ukraine say at least seven people have been killed after a city bus was hit by an artillery shell, AP reported.
The shell struck the vehicle Thursday morning in Donetsk, instantly killing (...)
Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine claimed Monday that they have seized control of the Donetsk airport after days of intense fighting. Ukrainian officials have not confirmed a retreat, according to AP.
"All attempts of Ukrainian army to take the (...)
Heavy shelling around the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk increased strains on a two-month-old ceasefire between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists on Sunday.
Reuters reporters in rebel-held Donetsk said shelling by heavy (...)
Heavy shelling rocked the outskirts of the pro-Russian rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Monday, one day after Ukraine held a parliamentary election, the city mayor's office and officials in Kiev said, according to Reuters.
"Powerful (...)
A senior pro-Russian separatist leader said Wednesday he could imagine Western troops taking part in monitoring the fragile ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, according to dpa. Andrei Purgin, considered deputy prime minister of the self-declared Donetsk (...)
AlHijjah 14, 1435, Oct 8, 2014, SPA -- A senior pro-Russian separatist leader said
Wednesday he could imagine Western troops taking part in monitoring
the fragile ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, according to dpa.
Andrei Purgin, considered deputy prime (...)
At least 10 people were killed on Wednesday when shells hit a school playground and a mini-van in a nearby street in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, city authorities and Reuters witnesses said. There were no children among those killed in the shelling (...)
AlHijjah 07, 1435, October 01, 2014, SPA -- At least 10 people were killed on Wednesday when shells hit a school playground and a mini-van in a nearby street in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, city authorities and Reuters witnesses said.
There were no (...)
AlQa'dah 23, 1435, September 18, 2014, SPA -- The city council in Donetsk says no deaths overnight, one of the quietest nights recently in eastern Ukraine, AP reported.
However, Col. Andriy Lysenko, spokesman for Ukraine's National Security and (...)
AlQa'dah 21, 1435, September 16, 2014, SPA -- Ukraine's parliament ratified an agreement to deepen economic and political ties with the European Union on Tuesday, and passed legislation to grant autonomy to the rebellious east as part of a peace (...)
AlQa'dah 12, 1435, September 07, 2014, SPA -- Strong explosions were heard early Sunday on the outskirts of the main rebel-held city in eastern Ukraine near the airport, raising new fears that a cease-fire signed two days ago is on the verge of (...)
Ukrainian forces have raised their national flag over a police station in the city of Luhansk which was for months under rebel control, Kiev said on Sunday, in what could be a breakthrough in Ukraine's efforts to crush pro-Moscow separatists, (...)
The Ukrainian military said on Monday it was preparing for a "final stage" of taking back the city of Donetsk from pro-Russian separatists after making significant gains that have split rebel forces on the ground.
Spokesman Andriy Lysenko said (...)
Artillery shells slammed into the outskirts of the Ukrainian city of Donetsk on Sunday as government forces tightened the noose around the rebel-held redoubt and called on pro-Russian separatists to surrender, Reuters reported.
Talk of a ceasefire, (...)
Fighting raged Sunday in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk despite a request from the pro-Russian rebels there for a cease-fire to prevent a "humanitarian catastrophe."
One person was killed and 10 injured in shelling that started early Sunday (...)
Local officials in eastern Ukraine say two people were killed in late-night shelling in the besieged city of Donetsk.
The Donetsk city council said in a statement posted on its website that two people were killed late Thursday. In a separate (...)
Overnight shelling in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk killed three people and wounded five as government forces tighten their grip on the pro-Russian rebel stronghold, the city council said Thursday, according to AP.
In a statement on its (...)
Nine civilians were killed in new fighting between government forces and pro-Russian separatists around the cities of Luhansk and Donetsk in east Ukraine, local officials said on Sunday.
Six people were killed in shelling and gunfire on the (...)
International experts abandoned their plans on Sunday to go to the site where a Malaysian airliner crashed because of fighting between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian troops in the area, Reuters reported.
Alexander Hug, deputy head for the (...)
