Pro-Russian Rebels

• Cease-fire being threatened as fighting persists in east Ukraine

  Intense artillery exchanges between Ukrainian government forces and Russian-backed separatists around a strategic town in the east persisted Monday in fighting that threatens to dash a cease-fire deal brokered last week.

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  Feb 16, 2015
  
• Questions remain after Ukraine cease-fire deal announced

  Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday emerged from marathon Ukraine peace talks by announcing a new cease-fire deal, but questions remained whether Ukraine and the pro-Russian rebels have agreed on its terms.

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  Feb 12, 2015
  
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• Fighting intensifies in eastern Ukraine ahead of peace talks, killing 12

  Fighting in eastern Ukraine intensified on Tuesday ahead of much-anticipated peace talks, with both sides claiming significant advances and the government accusing the rebels of shelling a town far behind the front lines.

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  Feb 10, 2015
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• Merkel thanks Harper, Obama for diplomatic support on Ukraine

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be in Ottawa later today to give Prime Minister Stephen Harper an update on her frenzied transatlantic shuttle diplomacy on the Ukraine crisis.

  Politics

  Feb 9, 2015
• Agreement reached to move civilians away from fighting zone in eastern Ukraine

  Pro-Russia rebels and the Ukrainian authorities agreed Friday on a humanitarian corridor to evacuate civilians from the epicenter of fighting in eastern Ukraine.

  Politics

  Feb 6, 2015
• NATO to beef up response force on Russian actions in Ukraine

  NATO's is set to more than double the size of its Response Force in response to Russian actions in Ukraine and the challenge of Islamic extremism, the head of the military alliance announced Thursday.

  Politics

  Feb 5, 2015
• Ukrainian president has no doubt U.S. will send in weapons to fight rebels

  Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says he "doesn't have a slightest doubt" that the United States will send weapons to his country to help it fight pro-Russian rebels.

  World

  Feb 4, 2015
• Pro-Russian rebels reject peace deal, launch offensive

  Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine rejected a previously signed peace deal Friday and announced a new multi-pronged offensive against Ukrainian government troops.

  World

  Jan 23, 2015
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• Pro-Russian rebels parade pimped-out military truck through Ukrainian city

  A group of pro-Russian rebels on Sunday led a convoy of their vehicles through Luhansk, which has been hit hard by the recent conflict in eastern Ukraine.

  World

  Sep 14, 2014