{"id":411616,"date":"2021-04-11T18:58:38","date_gmt":"2021-04-11T22:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=411616"},"modified":"2021-04-11T18:58:40","modified_gmt":"2021-04-11T22:58:40","slug":"russia-kills-another-ukrainian-soldier-in-crimea-as-moscow-continues-to-escalate-tensions-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-kills-another-ukrainian-soldier-in-crimea-as-moscow-continues-to-escalate-tensions-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia kills another Ukrainian soldier in Crimea as Moscow continues to escalate tensions in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussia-kills-another-ukrainian-soldier-in-crimea-as-moscow-continues-to-escalate-tensions-in-ukraine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=411616&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2396665\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2396665\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE \u2013 In this Friday, March 5, 2021 file photo, a Ukrainian serviceman on guard with a machine gun in his shelter near the front-line town of Krasnohorivka, eastern Ukraine. Ukraine\u2019s military said Tuesday, April 6, 2021 that two of its soldiers were killed within 24 hours in the country\u2019s east, where Ukrainian forces have been fighting Russian-backed separatists since 2014. (AP Photo\/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 4:00 PM PT \u2013 Sunday, April 11, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s military said one soldier has been killed and another has been wounded as a result of artillery fire by Russian-backed militants.<\/p>\n<p>The latest attack brings the total number of Ukranian soldiers killed by Russian-backed forces in Crimea to 27 this year alone. Fighting in Crimea has taken place since 2014, when Russia violated the Budapest Memorandum and invaded Crimea, which is recognized by the United Nations as sovereign territory of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A pleasure to speak with French Foreign Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JY_LeDrian?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JY_LeDrian<\/a> today to discuss our unwavering support for Ukraine\u2019s sovereignty and territorial integrity. Russia needs to end its dangerous and irresponsible actions.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecBlinken\/status\/1380575737174966272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAs we speak right now, I have to tell you we have real concerns about Russia\u2019s actions on the border of Ukraine,\u201d Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated. \u201cThere are more Russian forces massed on the border right now than at any time since 2014.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Russia signed the agreement along with the United States, promising military protection of Ukraine so long as Ukraine never pursued nuclear weapons, which they upheld.<\/p>\n<p>Critics argued the Obama administration could have done more to hold up it\u2019s end of the agreement by providing more than basic humanitarian aide to Ukrainians.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump notably gave Javelin missiles to the country as a way to defend itself against Russian-backed forces.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/sen-sanders-dems-cant-waste-time-catering-to-obstructionist-gop\/\">Sen. Sanders: Dems Can\u2019t Waste Time Catering To Obstructionist GOP<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE \u2013 In this Friday, March 5, 2021 file photo, a Ukrainian serviceman on guard with a machine gun in his shelter near the front-line town of Krasnohorivka, eastern Ukraine. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2276023,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-411616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2276023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}