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Ukraine reports significant decrease in attacks
Ukraine’s military said on Saturday there had been a significant decrease in attacks by pro-Russian separatists in the east overnight, but said rebels had fired GRAD missiles at the town of Avdiivka despite a two-week-old ceasefire deal. On Friday, Ukraine reported the first deaths among its servicemen in three days, underscoring the...
Russian Opposition Leader Nemtsov shot dead
Russian opposition leader and critic of President Vladimir Putin, Boris Nemtsov, has been shot dead near the Kremlin, just a day before a planned protest against the government. Nemtsov’s death ignited a fury among opposition figures who assailed the Kremlin for creating an atmosphere of intolerance of any dissent and called the killing an...
Ukraine starts heavy weapons withdrawal
Ukraine’s army is starting the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the front line in the east as part of a truce, the defence ministry says. It says the pullout of 100mm calibre artillery “is the first step” and will be monitored by OSCE observers. Pro-Russian rebels earlier said they had started withdrawing their weapons. This has...
Pro-Russia seperatists pull weapons from East Ukraine
Pro-Russia separatists said on Tuesday they had begun pulling heavy weapons from the front line in east Ukraine under a ceasefire deal, but Ukraine said the rebels were using the cover of the truce to reinforce for another advance. Fighting has eased in eastern Ukraine in recent days, raising hope that a ceasefire meant to start on Feb. 15 can...
War With Neighbouring Ukraine Is ‘Unlikely’ – Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said war with neighboring Ukraine is “unlikely.” Vladimir Putin was being interviewed on state television when he was asked if he expected a war between the two countries. In his interview – his first extended comments since the ceasefire deal was agreed on 12 February – Mr Putin was asked if there was a real...
Ukraine refuses to withdraw heavy weapons
Kiev accused pro-Russian rebels of opening fire with rockets and artillery at villages in southeastern Ukraine on Monday, burying a week-old European-brokered ceasefire deal. The Ukrainian military said it could not pull weapons from the front as required under the tenuous truce, as long as its troops were still under attack. The Ukrainian...
Ukraine army and separatists to withdraw weapons
Ukraine’s army and separatist rebels are due to begin withdrawing heavy weapons from the front line in east Ukraine. A senior pro-Russian rebel commander said on Sunday that “the plan was signed last night … Starting from today there are two weeks to withdraw heavy weapons,” Interfax news agency quoted Eduard Basurin, a...
Ukraine Crisis: Rebels Agree On Weapon Pullout Date
Rebels in Eastern Ukraine have agreed to begin to pull back heavy weapons from the front-line, a Russian general involved in implementing a truce says. Gen Alexander Lentsov said the pro-Russian rebels had signed the orders to complete the withdrawal over the next two weeks, starting from Sunday. It is not clear whether the move will be...
Ukraine calls for UN Peacekeepers
President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine has called for UN peacekeepers to be deployed to eastern Ukraine to enforce a ceasefire. At an emergency security meeting, he said such a force would help guarantee security “in a situation where the promise of peace is not being kept”. His comments came after Ukrainian troops withdrew from the...
Ukraine forces withdraw from Debaltseve
Government forces are withdrawing from the besieged eastern town of Debaltseve in Ukraine. Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko said on Wednesday that 80 percent of Ukraine’s forces have withdrawn and another two columns were preparing to leave the town – a key transport hub for which government forces and pro-Russian...
