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Donetsk residents evacuate, line up at checkpoint on Russian border as tensions escalate
Feb 19, 2022 12:12Civilians are being evacuated from the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic and surrounding areas, following a sharp increase in shelling by Kiev in the Donbass region.
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Ukraine says soldier killed amid West's drumbeat of war with Russia
Feb 19, 2022 12:09The Ukrainian military has announced the death of one of its soldiers in an alleged shelling by pro-Russia forces in the country’s volatile east, amid tensions between Moscow and Kiev.
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Biden says 'convinced' Putin has decided to invade Ukraine
Feb 19, 2022 04:20President Joe Biden repeated his claim Friday that the US had intelligence showing his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin has made up his mind to invade Ukraine.
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Two explosions hit Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine, gas pipeline on fire
Feb 19, 2022 03:29Two explosions have rocked Ukraine’s eastern separatist region of Luhansk, one hitting a gas pipeline, amid fears that Kiev might be trying to provoke a flare-up involving the pro-Russian forces there.
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Russia warns of 'alarming' situation in eastern Ukraine as Kiev continues to shell Donbass
Feb 18, 2022 12:37Russia has voiced serious concern about the unfolding situation in eastern Ukraine, as Kiev continues to shell the Donbass region for the second day running.
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Ukraine, rebels trade shelling accusations; US says Russia wants war 'pretext'
Feb 18, 2022 08:07Pro-Russia secessionists in eastern Ukraine have accused the West-backed Ukrainian government forces of launching an artillery barrage on a frontline village, with Moscow raising deep concern over the latest flare-up.
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Ukraine crisis should be resolved through diplomacy without interference of third countries: Amir-Abdollahian
Feb 17, 2022 14:48Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has expressed hope that the ongoing crisis between Ukraine and Russia would be resolved through diplomatic channels and dialogue, without foreign interference.
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Kremlin says West’s accusations about Russia's troop pullback from Ukraine ‘unfounded’
Feb 17, 2022 13:07Russia has lambasted “unfounded accusations” by the US and NATO that it was not withdrawing troops from the Ukrainian border, saying it will take time to draw to a close the current military exercises.
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Ethnic Russians in eastern Ukraine say attacked by govt. forces
Feb 17, 2022 09:07Ethnic Russians in Ukraine’s Donbass region say government forces have repeatedly attacked them, but Kiev denies the allegation, amid growing security tensions between Moscow and the US-led NATO over Ukraine.
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Russia ends military drills in Crimea, will return some troops to bases as West remains skeptic
Feb 16, 2022 14:13Russia says it has ended its military drills in Crimea and will return an unspecified number of its troops to their bases, a move that could be regarded as an attempt to settle the growing security tensions between Moscow and the US-led NATO over Ukraine.