Powers meet to salvage Ukraine deal
Foreign ministers were meeting in Paris in a bid to salvage a tattered ceasefire deal in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Russia-Ukraine war ‘unlikely’ – Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that war with neighbouring Ukraine was unlikely. ||| Moscow – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday war with neighbouring Ukraine was unlikely. “I think that such an apocalyptic scenario is unlikely and I hope this will never happen,” he told a reporter with Russia State TV company, when...
Ukraine rebels eye another city
Pro-Russian forces massing near Ukraine’s port city of Mariupol tried to overrun a troop position overnight, Kiev said on Monday. …read more Source:...
Ukraine sticks to guns over ceasefire
Ukraine’s military said Monday that it is waiting for a full ceasefire with pro-Russian rebels before withdrawing heavy weapons from the frontline, a key next step in a tattered peace plan. …read more Source:...
Clashes continue in eastern Ukraine
Ukraine’s military says pro-Russian separatists have attacked positions held by government troops 49 times in the past 24 hours. ||| Kiev – Fighting persisted in east Ukraine on Friday despite new European efforts to ensure a ceasefire takes hold. The Ukrainian military said pro-Russian separatists had attacked positions held by...
What happened to Kiev protesters?
A year after the Kiev uprising that ousted Viktor Yanukovych, families are still searching for loved ones. …read more Source:...
Leaders renew Ukraine ‘ceasefire’
The leaders of Ukraine, Germany, France and Russia pledged renewed support for a tattered ceasefire. …read more Source:...
Russia, rebels don’t want peacekeepers
A plea from Ukraine for international peacekeepers to enforce a shattered ceasefire in the east ran into opposition from rebels and Moscow. …read more Source:...
Ukraine president calls for peacekeepers
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday called for a UN-mandated peacekeeping force to monitor a tattered ceasefire deal in east Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Putin calls West’s bluff over Ukraine
Vladimir Putin has called Europe’s bluff over east Ukraine as Russia-backed separatists seize a strategic town in defiance of a ceasefire brokered by France and Germany. ||| Moscow – Vladimir Putin has called Europe’s bluff over east Ukraine as Russia-backed separatists seize a strategic town in defiance of a ceasefire brokered...