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Russia/Ukraine News - Dec 26, 2014

By bartolo - Posted on 25 December 2014

Ukraine’s NATO aspirations dangerous for Europe: Lavrov - TASS

Ukraine ascension to NATO would end Russia-NATO ties: Moscow - RT News

Russia to take retaliatory measures to NATO's eastward expansion - GlobalPost

Russia doing more than anyone else to help settle situation in Ukraine: Lavrov - TASS

Lavrov says coming back to logic of national unity is crucial for Ukrainians - TASS

Russian FM Lavrov urges major constitutional reform in Ukraine - RT

Lavrov: Russia Recognizes Poroshenko's Commitment to Peace in Ukraine - Sputnik International

Russia Signals More Military To Belarus as Ukraine Briefly Cuts Power To Crimea - ibtimes.com

Russia puts new military comsat into orbit (VIDEO) - RT News

Russia Releases List of Russian Combatants Killed in Ukraine from Ukrainian Defense Ministry Source - Interpreter_Mag

Savchenko in her first interview from a Russian prison: I did not aim any mortar fire, especially at unarmed persons - UNIAN news

Nadiya Savchenko to continue her hunger strike indefinitely after appeal rejected - khpg.org

Russia's finance minister insists currency turmoil is over - Telegraph

Russia’s international reserves fall below $400 billion to 5-year low - TASS

Putin Aide Says Russian Inflation to Hit 11 Percent in 2014 - The Moscow Times

Putin Orders Vodka Price Cap Amid Economic Crisis - rferl.org

Sanctions-Struck Gazprom Sees Gas Production Hit Record Low, Sales to EU and Turkey Down 9 pct in 2014 - The Moscow Times

Gazprom Confirms Ukraine’s $1.65Bln Gas Debt Repayment - Sputnik International

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Ukraine Conflict Sides Agree to Swap Captives: Luhansk Leader - Sputnik International

Pullout of Heavy Artillery in Donbas to Begin on December 26: Kiev - Sputnik International

Contact Group for Ukraine to hold second round of talks in Minsk on Friday: media - TASS

Ukraine peace talks continue via online link, separatists say - EUROPE ONLINE

Eastern Ukraine: Humanitarian disaster looms as food aid blocked by pro-Kyiv battalions - Amnesty International

Ukraine broadens powers of top security body, NSDC secretary is entitled to declare martial law or a state of emergency - Xinhua

Maximum resources are allocated for defense. The NSDC has recently decided to allocate 5% of GDP for the purposes of defense and security - Petro Poroshenko on Twitter

Seven persons injured during riot near Kharkov town hall, More than 200 people demand resignation of Mayor Gennady Kernes - TASS

Radical protesters throw ‘old regime’ official into dumpster in Kharkov (VIDEO) - RT News

VIDEO: In Kharkov the Right Sector beats a guy - LiveLeak.com

Railway bridge near Mariupol was blown up, practically cutting railway connection btw city and rest of Ukraine - Kateryna_Kruk on Twitter

Ukraine Expects IMF Decision on Multi-Billion Dollar Loan by Late January - The Moscow Times

Ukraine's parliament backs import tax rises amid budget crisis - Reuters

Ukraine resumes electricity supply to Crimea after brief blackout - APA

Ukraine Warns of More Power Cuts if Mild Weather Fades - VOA

VIDEO: Power Outage Throughout Crimea - YouTube

Ukraine Receives $380Mln Loan From World Bank for Power Grid Rehabilitation - Sputnik International

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New Competing Claims On Downing Of MH17 Pointing The Finger At The Separatists Or The Ukrainian Army - rferl.org

Newly-Available Photos of MH17 Shoot-Down by Separatists, and Interview with Eyewitness by RTL Nieuws (PHOTO, VIDEO) - Interpreter_Mag

Second MH17 BUK trail photo of MH17 shoot-down by separatists from July 17th (PHOTO) - Ukraine@war

Interview with eyewitness who made the photo of the BUK trail - Ukraine@war

Buk M2 TELAR Identifying Numbers Painted Over in Sudzha Videos (VIDEO, PHOTO) - bellingcat

Russian popular daily publishes eyewitness report on Ukraine military's role in MH17 shootdown - TASS

Witness account of Ukraine military’s MH17 shootdown confirmed by lie detector: investigators - RT News

VIDEO: (English): Witness account of Ukraine military's role in MH17 shootdown - YouTube

TRANSCRIPT (English): Witness account of Ukraine military's role in MH17 shootdown - voltairenet.org

Donetsk Leader Zakharchenko Says Witnessed Downing of MH17 Plane by Ukrainian Jets - Sputnik International

VIDEO: (Ukrainian): 'I saw Malaysian Airlines MH17 with my own eyes’: Zakharchenko - YouTube

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