Ukraine Rebel-Held Donetsk Sees 'Heavy Fighting' -- BBC
Heavy fighting has erupted in a suburb of the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, in eastern Ukraine, local officials say.
There are reports of civilian casualties as government forces battle to retake the city from pro-Russia separatists, the city council said.
Reports say powerful blasts and shooting were heard in the city.
Ukrainian government forces have made steady gains in recent weeks, encircling Donetsk and another rebel stronghold, Luhansk.
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Ukraine Civil War News Updates -- August 5, 2014
Ukraine Live Blog -- Al Jazeera
UN: Nearly a million Ukrainians have fled fighting in east -- CSM
UN warns of 'massive exodus' from Ukraine -- Al Jazeera
About 730,000 have left Ukraine for Russia this year: UNHCR -- Reuters
Ukraine conflict: Refugee numbers soar as war rages -- BBC
Situation in Luhansk and Donetsk on brink of humanitarian disaster — Russian FM -- ITAR-TASS
Humanitarian catastrophe: Lugansk, E. Ukraine, left with no water, power -- RT
Ukraine’s Luhansk Under Threat of Environmental Disaster – Local Authorities -- RIA Novosti
Ukrainian Military Getting Ready to Storm Donetsk, Luhansk - Kiev Official -- RIA Novosti
Ukraine Forces Prepare to Retake Donetsk -- VOA
Ukraine fighting reaches rebel-held Donetsk -- AP
Clashes kill two in rebel bastion Donetsk as UN warns of mass exodus -- AFP
Ukraine forces close in on main rebel-held bastion -- AFP
Ukraine keeps up anti-rebel offensive with nervous eye on Russia -- Reuters
Rebel fighter speaks out against east Ukraine separatist leaders -- Reuters
Ukraine Rebels Conscript ‘Punishment Brigades’ for Support Work -- NYT
A Wounded Ukraine Volunteer Lies in a Donetsk Prison—Where the Jailer Is Russian -- WSJ
Kiev ‘gave up on us’: Ukrainian commander tells why 400 troops escaped into Russia -- RT
Ukrainian Soldiers Returned From Russia, Officials Say -- WSJ
Ukraine conflict: High stakes in Donetsk -- Jonathan Beale, BBC
2 comments:
This is a good piece on the Mid East, but it also has pertinence elsewhere, such as the Ukraine and many former SSR's and many countries of the West.
http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/christopher-r--hill-asks-why-sectarian-and-tribal-allegiances-have-replaced-civic-conceptions-of-national-identity
I concur James. I go over the the Project Syndicate about once a week for my daily read.
This reminds me that I should update my blog and news roll on the left side of this website. Yup .... this is my side project for the week.
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