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Gunmen attempt to enter Ukraine’s largest nuclear power plant (RT)
Ukrainian M.P. – Investigation Shows No Evidence Snipers in Kiev Were Police (Greanville Post)
Hungary’s PM calls again to grant autonomy to ethnic Hungarians in Ukraine (Voice of Russia)
Shoot-out between Ukraine’s military and local self-defense takes place in Kramatorsk (Voice of Russia)
Ukraine seeks constructive border cooperation with Russia (ITAR-TASS)
Self-proclaimed Donetsk Republic to ignore Ukraine presidential poll – PM (RT)
Ukraine legalizes Maidan fighters creating all-Ukrainian public organisation (Voice of Russia)
As long as territories of Donetsk People’s Republic occupied, no dialogue with Kiev possible – official (Voice of Russia)
Ukraine National Guard soldiers accused of ‘treachery’ (Voice of Russia)
Poroshenko afraid that Ukrainians will oppose joining NATO (Voice of Russia)
Ukraine needs federalization, decentralization already not enough – Lugansk region official (Voice of Russia)
OSCE representative urges Ukrainians to compromise for sake of resolving crisis (Voice of Russia)
Gazprom to do all in its power to ensure transportation of gas across Ukraine to Europe – CEO (Voice of Russia)
Shale gas and politics: Are Western energy giants’ interests behind Ukraine violence? (RT)
Woman, 7 year-old child wounded in Ukraine’s Makeyevka, Donetsk region – media (Voice of Russia)
Ukraine needs federalization, decentralization already not enough – Lugansk region official (Voice of Russia)
OSCE representative urges Ukrainians to compromise for sake of resolving crisis (Voice of Russia)
Ukrainian govt troops repel attack on two checkpoints – Ukraine’s Defense Ministry (Voice of Russia)
Russia insists on immediate ending of combat actions in southeastern Ukraine (ITAR-TASS)
Akhmetov and other oligarchs seek role as Ukraine’s policemen (WSWS)
Ukraine’s parliament registers draft resolution on disbanding Communist Party faction (SCF)
Moscow demands halt of military activity in Ukraine’s southeast – Russian Foreign Ministry (Voice of Russia)
Floods hit Western Ukraine: over 750 evacuated (Voice of Russia)
Ukraine: Ihor Kolomoisky offers $ 1 million to murder Oleg Tsarev (Voltaire Net)
650 Ukrainian soldiers killed, wounded in course of special operation – Slavyansk ‘people’s mayor’ (Voice of Russia)
Italian Peace Activists to Protest Against EU Support For Ukraine (SCF)
Donetsk volunteer guards take control of regional headquarters of National Guards (Voice of Russia)
Some 21 law enforcers killed since beginning of special op in southeasternUkraine (Voice of Russia)
Powerful blasts heard in Ukraine’s Slavyansk, battle continues – media (Voice of Russia)
Ukraine Crisis Goes Nuclear (Land Destroyer)
Explosions heard in Slavyansk, reports of fighting (RT)
The OSCE in Ukraine: How to Make a European Country into a New Afghanistan (SCF)
Ukraine: Military Crimes and Interests of Transnational Corporations (SCF)
Victor Grossman, “Germany’s Left Party on the EU and NATO” (MRZine)
Ukraine’s Far Right Candidate Reflects Mainstream Nationalist Views
Voice of America
KYIV — Ukraine’s Svoboda party, which means freedom in Ukrainian, espouses an ultra-nationalist, anti-Russian agenda, and its critics say Svoboda …
Russia Can’t Be Trusted Over Ukraine, NATO Chief Says
Bloomberg
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said President Vladimir Putin’s assurances that Russia has no plans to intervene further in Ukraine …
Ukraine Should Be Able to Define Its Future, Kerry Says » US Mission Geneva
US Mission Geneva ? DGN
The Ukrainian people should be able to choose their future in a fair, open, free and accessible election, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says.
Putin Wants Europe to Prop Up Ukraine’s Failing Economy – The American Interest
The Feed
Ukraine’s economy is in a tailspin, and the country’s fiscal health has deteriorated to the point that Moscow is now requiring prepayment for the gas it …
Inadequately Trained Troops Being Deployed In Ukraine As The Country Drifts Towards Civil War …
The Daily Sheeple ? Chris Carrington
Tensions in Eastern Ukraine are being exacerbated by the deployment of ill-trained volunteer troops,mobilized to deal with pro-Russian separatists.
Local media silenced in eastern Ukraine – War in Context
War in Context ? News Sources
In Ukraine’s restive eastern region of Donetsk, where separatists are in control of several areas and have declared a “People’s Republic”, local media …
Land Destroyer: Ukraine Crisis Goes Nuclear
Land Destroyer ? Land Destroyer
Image: Ukraine’s Zaporizhia nuclear power plant with its six reactors is the largest in Europe and the fifth largest in the world. With the Chernobyl …
Kerry: US Will Sanction Russia if Protests Disrupt Ukraine Vote — News from Antiwar.com
News From Antiwar.com ? Jason Ditz
Speaking today in London, Secretary of State John Kerry says the US is prepared to impose yet more sanctions on Russia later this month if Ukraine’s …
EU Cancels Tariffs on Ukraine Agricultural Products – TheBeefSite
TheBeefSite – Global Industry News Feeds
The agreement to allow agricultural products into the EU from Ukraine without duty is part of the support measures for the country during the present …
Welcome To Nulandistan: A Multimedia Look At What The US And EU Have Unleashed On Ukraine
Oath Keepers » Oath Keepers – Guardians of the Republic ? Shorty Dawkins
The Yatsenyuk regime’s anti-terrorism operations in the southern and eastern oblasts (regions) of Ukraineare really a use of martial force against …
UKRAINE CRISIS: China Russia Farm Deal Underway | InvestmentWatch
InvestmentWatch ? InvestmentWatch
UKRAINE CRISIS: China Russia Farm Deal Underway. May 16th, 2014. Did you already share this? No? Share it now: Tweet. May 16th, 2014 | …
BBC News – Ukraine crisis: UN sounds alarm on human rights in east
bbc.com
The UN warns of an “alarming deterioration” in the human rights situation in eastern Ukraine where pro-Russian separatists are battling security …
Ukrainian Miners Wrest Control of Mariupol from Pro-Russian Groups – Daily Kos
dailykos.com
Thousands of Ukrainian steelworkers — some of the very people whom the separatists were claiming to represent — wrested control of Mariupol from …
BBC News – East Ukraine: Steelworkers move to restore order
bbc.com
Steelworkers employed by Ukraine’s richest man step in to restore order in the eastern city of Mariupol after deadly clashes involving separatists.
Daily Ukraine Crisis Updates – May 16, 2014 | EastWest Institute
ewi.info
Steelworkers employed by Ukraine’s wealthiest man joined forces with Ukrainian police in Mariupol on May 15, establishing control over the streets …
The Question of Political Power in Ukraine’s East (Part Two) | The Jamestown Foundation
jamestown.org
Political forces supportive of Ukraine’s unity hold the upper hand in six provinces (oblasts) that Moscow seeks to carve out as “South-Eastern Ukraine” …
Political Factions and the Presidential Election in Ukraine’s East | The Jamestown Foundation
jamestown.org
The Party of Regions and affiliated “oligarchs” remain the most influential political force in Ukraine’s east for the time being (see accompanying article).
Local Chaos and Crime Drive Aliyah Numbers From Ukraine – Forward.com – The Forward
forward.com
Chaos and criminal activity in eastern Ukraine are causing anxiety and increased emigration by UkrainianJews, leaders of that community said.
Daily Ukraine Crisis Updates – May 15, 2014 | EastWest Institute
ewi.info
(Interfax Ukraine) Ukrainian President Turchynov said that anti-terrorist operations in the country’s eastern regions will end when militants give up their …
How NATO Jabs Russia on Ukraine – Information Clearing House
informationclearinghouse.info
Speaking in fluent English, he said Russia would be “categorically against” Ukraine joining NATO. Lavrov said he welcomed the interviewer’s question …
First Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Natalia Galibarenko took part in the 9th …
mfa.gov.ua
Special emphasis was placed to the importance of the role of multilateral mechanisms that are capable to assist Ukraine in implementing these tasks.
16 May 2014
Kiev Snipers: Mystery Solved (NEO)
Crimeans Not Bargaining Chip in Russia-Ukraine Disputes – Putin (SCF)
The Middle East: “peacekeeping” by American mercenaries (NEO)
NATO Launches 6,000-Troop War Games In Estonia (Stop NATO)
Kiev proclaims post-referendum Donetsk, Lugansk regions ‘terrorist organisations’ (RT)
What is going on in Ukraine could be identified as war crimes (Voice of Russia)
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