Ukrainian anti-fascists are calling on people around the world to mark May 2 as a day of commemoration of those who were killed in the trade union building in Odessa.
No one in Russian-speaking Kharkiv wants to follow rebels into open revolt. But locals say Kiev has no idea how badly it's aggravating the region with its initiatives, including the 'Great Wall of Ukraine.'
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The Ukraine conflict has become a complex proxy war involving four of the world’s five original nuclear armed countries: the United States, Russia, France, and the United Kingdom. It’s time to step back from the brink.
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US President Obama supports Chancellor Merkel's efforts at finding a diplomatic solution to the Ukraine crisis. But hawks in Washington seem determined to torpedo Berlin's approach. And NATO's top commander in Europe hasn't been helping either.
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Already there is debate about who "won" and who "lost" in the agreement on the crisis in the Ukraine reached in Minsk, the capital of Belarus this week. The big difference between the so-called Minsk II agreement, announced February 12 and the previous agreements is the Europeans are now formally involved. But any progress in implementing the accords will depend on whether the European governments can convince the government in Kiev to abide by the agreements.
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