Ukraine War _ This dog named Dina left Sloviansk Ukraine and joined Ukrainian forces.mp4
Ukraine War _ This dog named Dina left Sloviansk Ukraine and joined Ukrainian forces.mp4.
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Ukraine War ~ Tanks fire on positions of Ukrainian law enforcers in the Donetsk airport.mp4
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Giant explosion that sparked fears of a #39;tactical nuke #39; in Ukraine is caught on camera as diplomats
The huge blast turned the night #39;s sky orange over Donetsk and was so powerful that it could be heard four miles away, sparking fears that it could have been a nuclear explosion. The huge blast...
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The White House said Obama underscored to Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call "the importance of ... seizing the opportunity presented by the ongoing discussions between Russia, France, Germany and Ukraine to reach a peaceful resolution" to the violence in Eastern Ukraine.
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A day earlier, Obama said he hadn't yet decided whether or not to send arms and equipment to forces loyal to Kiev, saying he was still seeking a diplomatic end to the crisis. Standing alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel at a press conference, Obama said the chances for a military solution in Ukraine were "low."
"If Russia continues its aggressive actions in Ukraine, including by sending troops, weapons and financing to support the separatists, the costs for Russia will rise," Obama told Putin, according to the White House.
European leaders have pleaded with the United States to hold off sending lethal aid to Ukraine, despite calls from a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers and former administration officials backing shipments of arms to Kiev's besieged forces.
Merkel, along with French President Francois Hollande, met with Putin in Moscow late last week to try and develop a peace accord, but walked away with few results.
The leaders will try again to reach a deal Wednesday in Minsk.
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A serviceman from the battalion "Aydar" waves a Ukrainian flag during a protest against the disbanding of the battalion, in front of Ukraine's Defence Ministry in Kiev February 2, 2015. REUTERS / Valentyn Ogirenko
SARTANA, Ukraine - Fighting intensified Tuesday in eastern Ukraine as pro-Russia rebels and Ukrainian troops sought to extend their gains ahead of crucial peace talks, and the government accused the separatists of shelling a town far behind the front lines, killing 12 people and wounding scores.
Germany, which has joined with France to try to broker a peace deal, urged Russia and Ukraine to compromise and called on the warring parties to refrain from hostilities that could derail a four-way summit Wednesday in Minsk, Belarus.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said the talks were "one of the last" opportunities for ending the fighting that has killed more than 5,300 people since April.
Poroshenko told parliament in Kiev that the separatists launched a rocket strike Tuesday on the town of Kramatorsk, more than 30 miles (50 kilometers) from the nearest front line, hitting a regional military command center with the first salvo and then striking a nearby residential area.
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Rebels denied any involvement in the attack and said it was a "provocation" by the Ukrainian authorities. Kramatorsk was the site of major fighting until July, when pro-Russian separatists retreated.
The government-controlled Donetsk administration said 12 people were killed by the barrage in Kramatorsk and 64 were wounded, including 29 civilians. Photos on the local Donetskiye Novosti website showed an artillery shell embedded in the ground next to a residential building and two bodies lying nearby.
Further south, the volunteer Azov battalion, loyal to the government in Kiev, said on social media Tuesday that it captured several villages northeast of the strategic port of Mariupol, pushing the rebels closer to the border with Russia.
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