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Turkey is planning to send an unofficial delegation to inspect the situation for Crimean Tatars in the Russian-annexed peninsula, Foreign Minister Mevlut Çavuşoğlu said on Nov. 10.

Istanbul has become the second “highest” city in Europe with 107 skyscrapers, despite the current government’s repeated vows to create “horizontal cities.”

Istanbul is ranked 22nd in the world for the total height of its skyline, according to Hamburg-based real estate data mining company Emporis. The list is topped by Hong Kong, New York and Singapore.

Washington and Kyiv said Thursday that Russian troops were actively involved in the fighting tearing apart eastern Ukraine, raising fears of a direct military confrontation on Europe's eastern flank.
      

Pro-Russian rebels on Aug. 17 shot down a Ukrainian fighter jet ahead of urgent talks between Kyiv and Moscow's top diplomats to defuse tensions over fighting in the east of the ex-Soviet nation.
      

Gazprom plans to export 158.4 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas this year to Europe, including Turkey, down from 161.5 bcm shipped in 2013, the state-controlled company said on June 3.

Gazprom added that the average gas price it was charging its clients in Europe, including Turkey, was $387 per 1,000 cubic meters last year.

Ukraine may sign the economic part of the EU association agreement on June 27, said EU Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy Commissioner Stefan Fule in Kiev. 

During his visit to the Ukrainian capital, he confirmed the European Parliament and the European Commission would support this step, reports Bulgaria's public broadcaster BNT. 

Three people, including deputy head of the Kiev city state administration Bogdan Dubas, were wounded in a shooting incident in the Ukrainian capital downtown, Monday.

The shooter has been identified as an activist of the Right Sector far-right group, Ukrainian parliament-appointed Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said Monday, cited by Itar-Tass.

Russia withdraws ambassador from Kiev

KIEV -- As reported by the BBC, Russia has decided to withdraw its ambassador from Kiev, while EU High Representative Catherine Ashton is expected to arrive in Ukraine.

According to this report, Russia made the decision because of the deteriorating situation in Ukraine.