Section: Libya Today (Libya)
Putin accuses Kiev of provoking flare up in fighting in east Ukraine
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused Kiev of provoking this week’s flare up in fighting in eastern Ukraine, saying it was a ploy to win the support of the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. …read more Source: Libya...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko plans referendum on NATO membership: German media
BERLIN (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko plans a referendum on whether Ukraine should join the NATO alliance given polls that show 54 percent of Ukrainians now favor such a move, Germany’s Funke Mediengruppe newspaper chain reported Thursday. …read more Source: Libya...
Moscow denies it shot at Ukrainian warplane: Tass
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Black Sea naval command on Wednesday denied an allegation by Kiev that a Ukrainian AN-26 military cargo plane had been shot over the sea, Tass news agency cited the command as saying. …read more Source: Libya...
Ukraine says military cargo plane shot at from Russian-held gas rig
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s Defence Minister Stepan Poltorak said on Wednesday a Ukrainian military cargo plane had been shot at with a firearm from a Russian-held gas rig on the Black Sea. …read more Source: Libya...
NATO calls on Russia to help stop spike in violence in east Ukraine
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg called on Russia on Wednesday to use its “considerable influence” with rebels in eastern Ukraine to end what he described as “the most serious spike in violations” of a shaky truce there in a long time. …read more Source: Libya...
Germany’s Schulz calls Trump ‘un-American’, warns against lifting Russia sanctions
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s center-left chancellor candidate Martin Schulz has criticized U.S. President Donald Trump’s policies as “un-American” and warned against lifting sanctions imposed against Russia over its role in the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: Libya...
U.N. Security Council expresses ‘grave concern’ over Ukraine
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The UN Security Council expressed its “grave concern” on Tuesday over the “dangerous deterioration” in eastern Ukraine and called for a halt to the violence. …read more Source: Libya...
Russia urges Ukraine to stop ‘armed provocations’ in eastern region
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian Foreign Ministry urged Kiev on Tuesday to halt “armed provocations” in the rebel-held regions of eastern Ukraine, which it said was “on the verge of humanitarian and ecological catastrophe”. …read more Source: Libya...
[WATCH] Malta to participate in second Eurovision semi-final in Kiev
Malta will be participating the the second Eurovision semi-final, being held on 11 May, in Kiev …read more Source: Libya...
Kiev and Kremlin trade blame over surge in east Ukraine fighting
KIEV/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Ukraine and Russia blamed each other on Tuesday for a surge in fighting in eastern Ukraine over recent days that has led to the highest casualty toll in weeks and cut off power and water to thousands of civilians on the front line. …read more Source: Libya...
