Cash cut to Ukraine rebel areas in risky strategy
By Peter Leonard and Balint Szlanko | November 26, 2014 - 6:47am
For hours, small crowds in Donetsk huddle hopefully in the cold around cash machines that never get filled, as artillery rumbles in the distance.
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Angry birds
By Scott R. Garceau | November 23, 2014 - 12:00am
You know it’s the third installment of a dystopian sci-fi series when your hero is stuck in the drab, humorless world of the rebel movement.
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Russia blasts Ukraine for payment freeze
November 20, 2014 - 7:02am
Russia's foreign policy chief on yesterday claimed that Ukraine's decision to freeze budget payments to the eastern rebel-held territories could be a precursor to a military onslaught.
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New video of MH17 downing shows alarm in Ukraine
By Mstyslav Chernov and Peter Leonard | November 18, 2014 - 2:51am
Four months after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine, The Associated Press has obtained video that shows how close the burning passenger jet came to hitting village homes and...
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Rebel killed in clash with military in Negros Oriental
November 9, 2014 - 5:00pm
A New People's Army(NPA) rebel was killed following a firefight in Negros Oriental today, said military officials.
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Ukraine rebels seen moving large military convoys
By Nataliya Vasilyeva | November 9, 2014 - 4:17am
Associated Press reporters saw more than 80 unmarked military vehicles on the move yesterday in rebel-controlled areas of eastern Ukraine, indicating that intensified hostilities may lie ahead.
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Leftist rebel killed in Sarangani clash
November 1, 2014 - 7:00pm
A suspected member of the leftist rebel group New People's Army (NPA) was killed in an encounter with government troops in Sarangani, local military said today.
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Weapons convoys seen rolling in eastern Ukraine
By Mstyslav Chernov | August 27, 2014 - 3:36am
For several evenings this month, convoys of military weaponry passed with clockwork-like regularity through Krasnodon, a rebel-held town in eastern Ukraine near the porous border with Russia.
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Ukraine: Russian tank column enters southeast
By Jim Heintz | August 26, 2014 - 4:22am
A column of Russian tanks and armored vehicles entered southeastern Ukraine around dawn yesterday, a Ukrainian official said — a move that brings the conflict to an area that has so far escaped the intense...
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Ukraine: Dozens killed in shelling of convoy
By Nataliya Vasilyeva | August 20, 2014 - 2:15am
Ukraine accused pro-Russia separatists of killing dozens of civilians in an attack early Monday on a convoy fleeing a besieged rebel-held city. The rebels denied any attack took place, while the US confirmed the...
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