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In a poll, 64 percent of Russians think that the Ukraine crisis was caused by Western "interference" and 55 percent believe that Russia should continue supporting pro-Moscow separatists even if it could lead to a full-fledged civil war or even World War III, a poll shows.
2014-07-29

More wreckage from Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 is discovered together with more bodies.
2014-07-24

Pro-Russian separatist commander Alexander Khodakovsky of the Vostok Battalion confirms that the rebels did possess the BUK missile system - believed to have shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 - originating from Russia, and it could have been sent back to Russia subsequently to remove proof of its presence.
2014-07-23

Two Ukrainian Sukhoi Su-25 military fighter jets are shot down by pro-Russian separatists in Savur Mogila.
2014-07-23

A Ukrainian military helicopter is shot down over Sloviansk, with 12 casualties reported, including major-general Serhij Kultschyzkyj.
2014-05-29

At least thirty pro-Russian separatists have died in fighting over control of Donetsk International Airport; the Ukrainian government claims to have total control of the airport following the clashes with the separatists.
2014-05-27

At least 11 Ukrainian Army soldiers are killed and 30 injured when pro-Russian separatists attack a military checkpoint.
2014-05-22

NATO secretary general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, says the Western allies had not seen any sign of a withdrawal of Russian forces.
2014-05-19

The governor of Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast, Serhiy Taruta says his region, with the exception of Slaviansk, is prepared for the May 25 presidential election, calling the separatist referendum nothing more than a "sociological questionnaire".
2014-05-13

Washington accuses Moscow of fomenting unrest in the east, with Obama threatening the possibility of applying additional sanctions on Russia.
2014-04-24