Section: Libya
Trump says U.S. will work to restore peace in Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump told Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko the United States will work to restore peace along the border with Russia. …read more Source: Libya...
Pro-Russian rebel commander killed in Ukraine blast
Pro-Russian rebels pledge revenge for car bomb attack in Luhansk that killed senior military chief Oleg Anashchenko …read more Source: Libya...
Shelling flares up in east Ukraine ahead of Trump’s call to Kiev
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine and Russia-backed separatists accused each other of resuming artillery attacks in east Ukraine on Saturday, breaking a lull in shelling at a frontline hot-spot that had raised hopes the conflict’s worst escalation in months was waning. …read more Source: Libya...
Russia’s Lavrov tells France that Ukraine flare-up endangers peace talks
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told his French counterpart Jean-Marc Ayrault on Friday that a flare-up of violence in eastern Ukraine may nullify two-year long efforts to pacify warring sides, Russia’s foreign ministry said on Friday. …read more Source: Libya...
Kremlin says it hopes pro-Russian Ukrainian rebels have enough ammunition
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday he hoped that pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine had enough ammunition to respond to what he called aggressive actions by the Ukrainian army. …read more Source: Libya...
Ukraine, separatists say more civilians killed in eastern flare-up
AVDIYIVKA, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukrainian authorities and pro-Russian separatists accused each other on Thursday of carrying out fresh artillery attacks on frontline residential areas in eastern Ukraine, resulting in civilian casualties on both sides. …read more Source: Libya...
McCain says Russia testing U.S. in Ukraine, urges Trump to hit back
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russia is testing President Donald Trump with a surge of violence in eastern Ukraine and the U.S. president should give Ukraine the lethal aid it needs to defend against the attacks, Senator John McCain said in a letter to Trump on Thursday. …read more Source: Libya...
McCain calls on Trump to help Ukraine against Russia attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain asked President Donald Trump on Thursday to help Ukraine defend itself against an increase in recent attacks from Russia. …read more Source: 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...
