Ukraine Civil War News Updates -- August 5, 2014

Tuesday 5 August 2014





Ukraine Rebel-Held Donetsk Sees 'Heavy Fighting' -- BBC



Heavy fighting has erupted in a suburb of the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, in eastern Ukraine, local officials say.



There are reports of civilian casualties as government forces battle to retake the city from pro-Russia separatists, the city council said.



Reports say powerful blasts and shooting were heard in the city.



Ukrainian government forces have made steady gains in recent weeks, encircling Donetsk and another rebel stronghold, Luhansk.



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Ukraine Civil War News Updates -- August 5, 2014



Ukraine Live Blog -- Al Jazeera

UN: Nearly a million Ukrainians have fled fighting in east -- CSM

UN warns of 'massive exodus' from Ukraine -- Al Jazeera

About 730,000 have left Ukraine for Russia this year: UNHCR -- Reuters

Ukraine conflict: Refugee numbers soar as war rages -- BBC

Situation in Luhansk and Donetsk on brink of humanitarian disaster — Russian FM -- ITAR-TASS

Humanitarian catastrophe: Lugansk, E. Ukraine, left with no water, power -- RT

Ukraine’s Luhansk Under Threat of Environmental Disaster – Local Authorities -- RIA Novosti

Ukrainian Military Getting Ready to Storm Donetsk, Luhansk - Kiev Official -- RIA Novosti

Ukraine Forces Prepare to Retake Donetsk -- VOA

Ukraine fighting reaches rebel-held Donetsk -- AP

Clashes kill two in rebel bastion Donetsk as UN warns of mass exodus -- AFP

Ukraine forces close in on main rebel-held bastion -- AFP

Ukraine keeps up anti-rebel offensive with nervous eye on Russia -- Reuters

Rebel fighter speaks out against east Ukraine separatist leaders -- Reuters

Ukraine Rebels Conscript ‘Punishment Brigades’ for Support Work -- NYT

A Wounded Ukraine Volunteer Lies in a Donetsk Prison—Where the Jailer Is Russian -- WSJ

Kiev ‘gave up on us’: Ukrainian commander tells why 400 troops escaped into Russia -- RT

Ukrainian Soldiers Returned From Russia, Officials Say -- WSJ

Ukraine conflict: High stakes in Donetsk -- Jonathan Beale, BBC

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