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Violent video: Ukraine rioters brutally beat police – Video


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Poland to Evacuate East Ukraine Ethnic Poles: Operation set to begin in coming days – Video


Poland to Evacuate East Ukraine Ethnic Poles: Operation set to begin in coming days
The Polish Foreign Ministry says it is in the final stages of preparations to evacuate Polish nationals from the conflict-hit regions of east Ukraine, where Ukrainian troops are fighting a...

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Military spokesman: 3 Ukraine soldiers killed in Donetsk – Video


Military spokesman: 3 Ukraine soldiers killed in Donetsk
Ukrainian officials say three soldiers have been killed in clashes with pro-Russian militias in the country #39;s restive east. A Ukrainian military spokesman says the soldiers were killed in...

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Ukraine Reinforces Front Lines as Peace Talks Creep Forward

Ukraine deployed new military aircraft, heavy weapons and vehicles to bolster troops fighting separatists in the countrys east as it continues peace talks with rebels and Russias government.

The reinforcements, which included fighter jets, armored personnel carriers and artillery, follow a September truce in which the government paused an assault after rebels drove its forces back in what the country says was a counterattack spearheaded by Russian units.

Ukraine was able to restore its military preparedness during the cease-fire, Ukrainian military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said today in Kiev.

If heavy weapons moved to the front line it may conflict with the Sept. 5 cease-fire agreed in Minsk, which has been broken almost daily. Ukraine has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of supplying rebels with tanks, artillery and other materiel. Putin, who says he respects the insurgents ambitions, has denied involvement in the conflict, which has triggered the worst standoff between Russia and its Cold War foes in more than a quarter century.

The reinforcements include two MiG-29 and two Su-27 fighters, 42 armored personnel carriers, 18 self-propelled howitzers and other vehicles, Lysenko said.

A bus carrying Ukrainian troops crashed near the eastern city of Artemivsk in bad weather last night, killing 12 and injuring 21, the Interior Ministry said in a statement on its website.

The accident late yesterday, two days before Ukraine celebrates Orthodox Christmas, interrupted a period of relative calm in the conflict, in which more than 4,700 people have died.

While the daily number of deaths has declined since the belligerents renewed a truce agreement last month, Ukraine has still been rocked by economic turmoil, bomb blasts in cities outside the conflict area, and attacks by rebels that Ukraine says are provocations aimed at prompting retaliation from its troops. Lysenko said seven Ukrainian servicemen had been captured by rebels yesterday.

Ukraines hryvnia lost 0.8 percent against the dollar and the yield on its 2017 dollar bond rose two percentage points to a record 36.33 percent at 2:01 p.m. in Kiev to 15.94, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. In Russia, the ruble tumbled more than 3 percent to 62.72 against the greenback, its weakest since Dec. 16.

The government in Kiev is in talks with the rebels to release more prisoners after they handed over more than 370 captives following Dec. 24 talks in Minsk, Belarus. Ukrainian and Russian diplomats also met in Berlin yesterday with their German and French counterparts to try to bolster the truce.

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Ukraine sends additional equipment to front lines

KIEV, Ukraine, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- While peace talks continue, Ukraine has reinforced its front lines of combat with new aircraft, heavy weapons and other equipment.

The upgrade comes after a September truce in which Ukraine paused an advance on pro-Russian separatists in the eastern part of the country. Moving military equipment would have violated a cease-fire announced Sept. 5, although the stoppage in combat has been broken regularly.

"Ukraine was able to restore its military preparedness during the cease-fire," said Ukrainian military spokesman Andriy Lysenko Tuesday.

He listed Ukraine's new equipment, which include two MiG-29 and two Su-27 fighter planes, 42 armored personnel carriers and 48 self-propelled howitzers.

The announcement of the reinforcement came a day after a bus carrying Ukrainian troops crashed, killing 12 and injuring 21, the Interior Ministry said.

The bus struck a military truck in bad weather near the village of Mynkovka, in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine. The news agency Interfax-Ukraine said the Prosecutor General's Office is investigating the incident.

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