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International observers evacuated from Luhansk as Ukraine forces step up...
Graham Stack in Luhansk for Business New Europe (www.bne.eu) July 22, 2014 The shelling of Luhansk continued July 21 as international observers and Russian media were evacuated from the city. Shelling...
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Last train from Luhansk
Graham Stack in Luhansk July 23, 2014 Luhansk falls quiet as its citizens flee the city. The train station is the town’s last populated place as residents queue for any ride out of town – and not by...
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Ukrainian army “could take Luhansk by Independence Day”
Graham Stack in Stannitsa Luhanska August 22, 2014 The city of Luhansk, a centre of the Russian-backed insurgency in east Ukraine, could fall to Ukrainian government forces in the next few days, the...
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Graham Stack in Schastye, Luhansk, for Business New Europe (www.bne.eu) August 25, 2014 Ceremonial units paraded in Kyiv to mark Ukraine’s Independence Day on August 24. However, in the town of...
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Russian and rebel forces seen free to advance from border to Ukraine port of...
Graham Stack in Bezimmine, Ukraine for Business New Europe (www.bne.eu) August 28, 2014 The forces of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic – comprising irregular Russian-backed rebels and...
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As Ukrainian forces encircled, Putin pushes “statehood” for “south and east...
Graham Stack in Volnovakha, Ukraine for Business New Europe (www.bne.eu) September 1, 2014 As Russian-backed rebels encircle government forces in east Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has...
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Ukraine investigators fear treachery by top officials wrecking war effort
Graham Stack in Volnovakha, Ukraine for Business New Europe (www.bne.eu) September 2, 2014 As Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko promises dismissals among top security officials following...
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Ukraine declares ceasefire but Kremlin and Donbass rebels demur
Graham Stack in Donetsk and Volnovakha, Ukraine September 3, 2014 Confusion reigned on September 3 over hopes for a ceasefire in Ukraine, as President Petro Poroshenko announced on Twitter in the...
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Smuggling suspicions and organized crime cast shadow over Ukraine’s defence...
Graham Stack in Kyiv for Business New Europe (www.bne.eu) November 18, 2014 The shadow of organized crime hangs over Ukraine’s defence industry. bne investigations trace links between gangs and the...
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European Court awards big damages to Ukraine businessmen in murky cases
Graham Stack in Berlin for Business New Europe (www.bne.eu) November 28, 2014 Over the last year, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found against the Ukrainian state in cases dating back to...
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