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Avispa Fukuoka and Shakhtar Donetsk members pose for a photo after a charity match at Tokyo's National Stadium on Monday.
SOCCER
Dec 19, 2023
Fukuoka and Shakhtar draw 2-2 in charity match in Tokyo
More than 18,000 watched the match at the venue where both sets of players entered the pitch draped in Ukrainian flags.
Shakhtar Donetsk players celebrate defender Mykola Matviyenko scoring the opening goal against Antwerp during a UEFA Champion's League Group H match in Hamburg on Nov. 28.
SOCCER
Dec 11, 2023
War-torn Shakhtar Donetsk looks to Saudi Arabia for financial boost
Deals with clubs in the Saudi Pro League may lead to lucrative player transfers and exhibition matches in the Gulf nation next season.
Avispa Fukuoka celebrated winning the Levain Cup on Saturday after defeating Urawa Reds 2-1 at Tokyo's National Stadium.
SOCCER
Nov 7, 2023
Fukuoka to play charity game against Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk
Newly crowned J. League YBC Levain Cup football champions Avispa Fukuoka will play a charity match against Ukrainian powerhouse Shakhtar Donetsk at Tokyo's National Stadium on Dec. 18, the Japanese club has said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 12, 2023
Ukraine announces gains in 'first results' of counterattack against Russia
Kyiv's forces posted unverified videos showing soldiers hoisting the Ukrainian flag at a bombed-out building in the village of Blahodatne in the Donetsk region.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 30, 2023
Ukraine says Russian forces make progress in front-line city of Bakhmut
Bakhmut and surrounding towns in the eastern industrial region of Donetsk have been the focal point of assault for much of the 13-month-long invasion by Russia.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 13, 2023
Casualties in Donetsk mount as Russia and Ukraine fight for Bakhmut
Kyiv said Russian forces had suffered more than 1,100 dead in recent days in the Bakhmut area, while Moscow said 220 Ukrainian services members had been killed in 24 hours of fighting.
WORLD / Society
Dec 11, 2019
Putin warns of second Srebrenica massacre if Kyiv doesn't grant amnesty for east Ukraine separatists
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that residents of separatist-held regions of eastern Ukraine could be targeted by government forces if Kiev is granted total control over the border between them and Russia.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 18, 2015
Ukraine fighting escalates, killing civilians, solders; Putin talks tourism in Crimea
Fighting flared between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed rebels in separate parts of eastern Ukraine overnight, killing at least two Ukrainian soldiers and several civilians, Kiev's military and separatist sources said on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 19, 2015
Foul stench in rebel-held east Ukraine as war hits water treatment
Fighting in east Ukraine has interfered with water treatment, producing a foul stench from the taps that aid workers say could bring health risks.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 17, 2015
Fighting rages near Donetsk airport despite Ukraine cease-fire
Heavy machine gun and light artillery fire pounded a district of Donetsk, the biggest city of eastern Ukraine, on Monday and pro-Russian rebels said there had been no lull in the fighting since a February cease-fire.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 20, 2015
Fighting rages in east Ukraine despite bid to revive stillborn truce
Fighting raged in eastern Ukraine on Thursday despite European efforts to resurrect a stillborn cease-fire, a day after pro-Russian separatists spurned the truce by forcing thousands of government troops out of a strategic town.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 5, 2015
Facebook diplomacy on the Ukrainian front
Dramatic dispatches of diplomacy from a Ukrainian tank officer underscore social media's ability to keep soldiers and their commanders on Ukraine's eastern battlefield in touch with friends and families.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 23, 2015
Eight civilians reported killed in shelling of Donetsk trolley stop; foes blame each other
An artillery shell or mortar round struck a public transport stop in the rebel-controlled city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing at least eight civilians in an incident both sides blamed on the other.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 26, 2014
Ukraine says detained Russian soldiers were on 'special mission'
Ukraine said on Tuesday its forces had captured a group of Russian paratroopers who had crossed into Ukrainian territory on a "special mission" — but Moscow said they had ended up there by mistake.
WORLD
Aug 19, 2014
Betrayal, desertion could mean execution, Ukraine rebel leaders warn fighters
Under growing pressure from a government offensive, the rebel leadership in Ukraine's battle-torn east warned its fighters on Monday that desertion and betrayal could be met by execution.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 12, 2014
Russia sending aid convoy to Ukraine despite Western warnings of invasion pretext
President Vladimir Putin said Monday that Russia is sending an aid convoy to eastern Ukraine despite urgent Western warnings against using humanitarian help as a pretext for an invasion.
WORLD
Aug 4, 2014
Ukrainian army steps up attacks on rebel-held Donetsk
Pro-Russian separatists battled Sunday to keep advancing Ukrainian government forces at bay in heavy fighting on the outskirts of Donetsk, the rebels' main stronghold in eastern Ukraine.

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