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UKRAINE

COMMENTARY / World
Jun 27, 2014
Putin ready to go to stealth mode in Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin's cancellation of his mandate to send troops into Ukraine pushed up Russian stocks and bonds this week. Now he is ready to enter the quiet phase of his Ukraine operation.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 23, 2014
Ukraine fighting continues despite cease-fire
Fighting flared Sunday between Ukrainian and pro-Moscow separatist forces, both sides reported, further straining a unilateral cease-fire declared by Ukraine as Russian President Vladimir Putin pressed Kiev to talk to the rebels.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 22, 2014
U.S. looks to Europe amid Ukraine crisis
Only last year, the U.S. European Command was facing some of the deepest cuts of any region in the U.S. military. Now, after Russia's annexation of the Crimean Peninsula, the Pentagon finds itself focusing on the continent in a way not seen in decades.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 22, 2014
In parts of east Ukraine, a daily struggle to survive
Clutching empty plastic bottles, hundreds of people stand waiting for water in this besieged city, with the almost constant thud of artillery shells echoing in the distance.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 22, 2014
In echo of Cold War, calls grow for Kiev to build a 'new wall'
As Ukraine's leaders puzzle over how to cut off Russian support for a separatist rebellion in the east of the country, one of its richest men thinks he has the answer.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 16, 2014
In Ukraine, a day of mourning shows a nation divided
Church bells rang out over Kiev's Maidan Square and hundreds of mourners bowed their heads in silence Sunday, a national day of mourning, to honor 49 Ukrainian servicemen killed by pro-Russian separatists.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 13, 2014
Ukrainian forces reclaim port city from rebels
Ukrainian government forces reclaimed the port city of Mariupol from pro-Russian separatists in heavy fighting on Friday and said they had regained control of a long stretch of the border with Russia.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 13, 2014
Europe needs greater unity in multipolar world
One aspect of the Ukraine crisis that both Russia and the West need to understand is that the rest of the world appears to be relatively unconcerned about it.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 12, 2014
Ukraine president ready for talks if pro-Russia rebels lay down arms
Ukraine's new president signaled on Wednesday he would be ready to hold talks with opponents in eastern Ukraine if pro-Russian separatists waging an insurgency there agreed to lay down their weapons.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 11, 2014
After Crimea, U.S. trains elite troops in Europe
As NATO refocuses on its eastern borders after Russia's annexation of Crimea, the United States is quietly deploying more troops to train special forces in former Soviet bloc states anxious about Moscow's intentions.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jun 10, 2014
Putin gambles on culture war with the West
Oleg Makarenko wants to set the story straight and answer the "Russophobes" who he says are trying to split and humiliate Russia.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 10, 2014
Sides battle for Ukraine-Russia border
Ukrainian border guards stand grim-faced and nervous at the remote Marynivka checkpoint on the frontier with Russia, fearing an attack by pro-Moscow separatists at any time.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 9, 2014
As talks kick off, Ukrainian leader says violence must end this week
New Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko said the violence that has rocked the former Soviet republic's easternmost regions must end this week as peace talks began involving an envoy of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 7, 2014
Putin meets with Ukraine president-elect at French D-Day event
The leaders of Russia and Ukraine held their first talks Friday since Moscow annexed Crimea, airing ways to end their four-month conflict in a brief encounter during commemorations in France of the World War II D-Day landings.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 6, 2014
Japan announces further Ukraine aid
Japan will release about ¥26 million in emergency funds to help evacuees from Crimea and eastern Ukraine, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 6, 2014
As Ukraine moves on rebel stronghold, residents live with sound of shelling
Only one of the Ukrainian Army checkpoints encircling the separatist stronghold of Slovyansk, where a military operation was in its third day on Thursday, was letting traffic through — most on its way out.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jun 5, 2014
Memory collides with politics in Putin's 'Normandy landing'
D-Day observances have always been part memorial, part politics.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 5, 2014
Fighting rages in eastern Ukraine town
Ukrainian government forces battled separatists with artillery and automatic weapons on Wednesday in a second day of fighting in and around Slavyansk, forcing many residents to flee.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 4, 2014
Truth is lost as eastern Ukraine unravels further
Stepping over shrapnel in a leafy park in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk, pro-Russian rebel leader Vasily Nikitin gives his version of what happened in the few seconds of violence that killed eight people in broad daylight.

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