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Ukraine News - May 23, 2014

By bartolo - Posted on 22 May 2014

Donetsk sees deadliest assault on Ukrainian troops, It is unclear who attacked the checkpoint - BBC News

VIDEO: Live footage of the attack on Ukraine Army checkpoint in Donetsk - YouTube

VIDEO: Aftermath of Donetsk attack: dead bodies on the ground - YouTube

Martial law introduced in self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic - ITAR-TASS

VIDEO: Head of Luhansk Republic Bolotov: Declaration of martial law - YouTube

Lugansk People’s Republic ready for talks with Kiev if punitive operation stopped - ITAR-TASS

Ukraine crisis: Both sides shy away from call to arms - smh.com.au

Donetsk people’s republic authorities ask Russia to recognise republican independence - ITAR-TASS

People's Republic of Donetsk Defended By Grannies - New Republic

Solidarity Eludes Ukraine Separatist Groups as Presidential Election Nears - NYTimes.com

Ukraine partisans battling separatists raise concerns - FT.com

Militia 'Arms Race' Threatens Deadly Escalation in Ukraine Conflict - mashable.com

VIDEO: Meeting the Donbass Battalion, pro-Ukraine militia - Vice

Ukraine's front-runner presidential candidate Poroshenko: realist ready for compromise - Fox News

Profile of Petro Poroshenko in the Run Up to the Ukraine Elections - SPIEGEL ONLINE

New Ukrainian president should dissolve parliament: presidential candidate Poroshenko - ITAR-TASS

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Russia moves some troops away from Ukraine; NATO says big force remains - Reuters

Putin says troops withdraw to help Ukraine vote - Boston Herald

US Congress recognizes that neo-Nazis were present on Maidan - The Voice of Russia

VIDEO: Congressional Hearings: Nuland Grilled on Neo-Nazis in Ukraine & Money U.S. is Spending - YouTube

Moscow Concerned About Lack of OSCE Response on Odessa Tragedy Inquiry - RIA Novosti

Moscow Says Kiev Breaking Law by Refusing Visits to Detained Russian Journalists - RIA Novosti

Human Rights Watch calls for immediate release of Russian LifeNews journalists - The Voice of Russia

Russia, China Ink Historic Gas Supply Deal, The price could be estimated at around $350 per 1,000 cubic meters - RIA Novosti

Russian Response: China Gas Deal Offers Leverage vs. West, Ukraine - TheStreet

Gazprom to receive $25 billion prepayment for gas supplies to China - ITAR-TASS

Russia-China gas deal may influence U.S. strategy on Ukraine - PBS

Energy Prices are Big Part of Ukraine Crisis - VOA

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