Ukrainian Separatist Fighters

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  Britain to Step Up Training of Ukrainian Armed Forces

  Britain said on Wednesday it would step up its training programme for Ukraine's armed forces as they battle pro-Russian separatist fighters in the east of the country.

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  Disabled Ukraine Fighters Hanker for Return to Front

  Parts of their bodies burnt to a putrid pulp, separatist rebels mutilated in a year of conflict between pro- and anti-Russian fighters in eastern Ukraine lie in their hospital beds still hankering to return to the front.

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  Ukraine Leader Says 9,000 Russian Troops Backing Rebels

  President Petro Poroshenko said on Wednesday more than 9,000 Russian troops were backing Ukrainian separatist fighters that Moscow will be under pressure to reel in at high-stakes peace talks in Berlin.

• Rebels Shoot Down Ukrainian Fighter Jet : Kiev

  Pro-Russian separatists on Sunday shot down a Ukrainian fighter jet over the war-torn east of the country, a military spokesman told AFP.

• Fighting Intensifies Near MH17 Disaster Site

  Ukrainian armed forces mounted a major onslaught against pro-Russian separatist fighters on Sunday in an attempt to gain control over the area where a Malaysia Airlines plane was downed earlier this month.

• Ukraine Rebel Commander Acknowledges Fighters had BUK Missile

  A powerful Ukrainian rebel leader has confirmed that pro-Russian separatists had anti-aircraft missiles of the type Washington says were used to shoot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.

• We Didn't Shoot Down Ukraine Warplane, Says Russia UN Envoy

  Russia did not shoot down a Ukrainian SU-25 fighter plane that was on military operations over eastern Ukraine, said Russia's U.N. ambassador on Thursday, where government forces are fighting to quell a pro-Russian separatist rebellion.

• Russian Jet Shoots Down Ukrainian Warplane Over Ukraine - Kiev Military

  A Russian jet shot down a Ukrainian SU-25 fighter plane that was on military operations over the east of Ukraine, where government forces are fighting to quell a pro-Russian separatist rebellion, a military spokesman said on Thursday.

• More Foreign Fighters Break Cover Among Ukraine Separatists

  In flak jackets and mismatched camouflage fatigues, men from eastern Ukraine, Russia and Ossetia cleaned their weapons side by side in a former Ukrainian army base, now the headquarters of a separatist militia in the city of Donetsk.

• Ukraine Voters Seek Leader to Save Nation, Rebels Block Vote in East

  Ukrainians voted on Sunday for a president they hope will save their country from bankruptcy, dismemberment and civil war, but eastern cities were turned into ghost towns where armed separatist fighters kept polling stations shut.