Sunday, November 16, 2014

Ukraine Civil War News Updates -- November 16, 2014


Heavy Shelling Rocks Rebel-Held Donetsk In East Ukraine -- Reuters

(Reuters) - Fresh volleys of artillery fire were heard across many parts of the separatist stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Sunday, a Ukrainian government statement said, after Kiev warned again of rebel preparations for a fresh offensive.

A Reuters witness in central Donetsk heard several dozen blasts of artillery fire, although it was unclear who had launched them or what was under attack.

Shelling from both sides has repeatedly punctured a ceasefire, agreed in a deal signed on Sept. 5 to end a war that has killed more than 4,000 people since April. Government forces and rebels have accused each other of violating the terms of the truce, raising fears it could collapse entirely.

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Ukraine Civil War News Updates -- November 16, 2014

Ukraine crisis: Artillery fire in Donetsk after warning about fresh rebel offensive -- The Independent
Three more Ukrainian troops killed in east: Kiev -- AFP
Deaths mount in Eastern Ukraine after fresh clashes -- Independent.ie
In Donetsk, homeless Ukrainians loathe Kiev government -- AFP
Russian humanitarian convoy returns to Rostov after delivering relief aid to Ukraine -- ITAR-TASS
Ukraine, Russia agree schedule of troops withdrawal from eastern Ukraine - OSCE -- Interfax Ukraine
Ukraine Rebels Hinder Border Monitors as New Armed Columns Appear -- Breitbart/Reuters
Ukraine cuts off rebel east as fighting rumbles on -- AFP
Ukraine scraps human rights treaty for rebel areas, cuts services, freezes banks -- RT
Ukraine to close state offices, bank services in rebel-held east -- Reuters
Poroshenko: Ukraine rebel areas to lose state services -- BBC
Ukraine to withdraw state services from east -- Al Jazeera
Kiev Commits War Crime by Halting Pension Payments in East Ukraine: DPR -- Sputnik
Ukraine Hopes to Receive Next IMF Loan Tranche in 2014: National Bank -- Sputnik
Investors fleeing Ukraine amid worsening economic crisis -- Press TV
Ukraine’s Poroshenko says ‘no reason to panic’ over eastern rebels -- Euronews
Crisis in eastern Ukraine can be solved only by peaceful means — Poroshenko -- ITAR-TASS
Prospect of all-out war with Russia prompts call to build stronger Ukraine army -- ABC News (Australia)
Ukraine Digs In Along a Single Front -- Robert Beckhusen, War Is Boring

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