Ukraine: Azov Battalion joins mass military mobilisation to E. Ukraine
Members of the all-volunteer Azov Battalion formed up in central Kiev, Saturday before being dispatched to eastern Ukraine to reinforce embattled Ukrainian troops there. Their call-up is part...
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Ukraine peace talks failed Friday as hostilities intensified between government forces and Russian-backed separatists in the east.
The escalation in fighting has centered on the airport of the rebel stronghold, Donetsk, where rebel militia have renewed efforts to dislodge government troops. Separatists say they have almost total control over the civilian terminal, but Ukrainian troops say they still hold parts of the building.
Representatives from Ukraine and Russia, separatist envoys and officials of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe had been set to meet Friday in Minsk, Belarus, to discuss firming up a cease-fire to be monitored by the OSCE.
Rebel envoy Denis Pushilin, speaking in Minsk, blamed Ukrainians for the worsening security situation and said Kiev should have dispatched envoys capable of taking decisions to the talks. Former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma has represented his country at previous negotiation rounds, but declined to participate on this occasion.
Residential areas in Donetsk remain caught in the artillery crossfire. Separatist authorities in Donetsk said four people died in a fire Thursday after a warehouse was hit by a shell.
The U.N. estimates that more than 4,700 people have been killed in eastern Ukraine since April, and fighting has continued despite September's cease-fire deal that included a provision to pull back heavy weapons.
A demarcation line, also agreed in the previous deal signed in Minsk, has been routinely flouted. The U.S. Embassy in Ukraine on Friday accused the rebels of violating the boundary.
"The separatists have pushed their lines well beyond the territorial lines agreed upon," Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt said in an emailed statement.
Government officials and rebels have reported fighting along a front extending more than 350 kilometers (220 miles).
A fresh truce was announced in December, only to unravel last week and derail a planned meeting of the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany in Kazakhstan this week.
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Ukraine Peace Talks Fall Apart Amid Renewed Fighting
Right Sector v Ukraine Police at Court House in Kherson ATO Zone Part A
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United briefing of ATO #39; speakers, Ministry of Defense and General Staff Ukraine. UCMC-15-01-2015
Viktoria Kushnir, spokesperson, Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Leonid Matyukhin, spokesman, ATO (via Skype) Vladyslav Seleznyov, acting spokesman for the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed ...
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Federica Mogherini on Ukraine - European Parliament Plenary Session
European Parliament Plenary session. Situation in Ukraine - Opening Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy....
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