Section: Voice Of Nigeria (Nigeria)
Western leaders push to save Ukraine deal
Western leaders are seeking to save the ceasefire deal between the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian rebels as the rivals refuse to withdraw heavy weaponry from the established buffer zone as agreed. The warring sides were scheduled to begin scaling back after midnight on Monday, but both of them said they were not going to do so. Vladimir...
Attacks in Ukraine despite ceasefire-Officials
The Ukrainian government and pro-Russia rebels have exchanged accusations of fresh attacks only hours into the ceasefire agreed by them, officials from the warring sides have said. The ceasefire is seen as a first step in a peace plan aimed at ending 10 months of conflict in eastern Ukraine. Within two hours into the ceasefire, which came into...
Fighting continues in Ukraine
Fierce fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels has ensued just hours before a February 15 ceasefire, signed by European leaders, takes effect. Friday’s fighting in eastern Ukraine cast doubts on the ceasefire and came as the United States accused Russia of deploying heavy arms to eastern Ukraine. Meanwhile, Kiev warned that...
Intense fighting follows Ukraine summit
Intense fighting has been reported in eastern Ukraine, a day after a peace deal was reached in Minsk.The fiercest battles were over control of the town of Debaltseve, a strategic town in between rebel-held areas.The group responsible for monitoring the ceasefire, due to start at midnight on Saturday, says“there is still “quite serious live...
Ukraine peace talks end
Leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France have left the negotiating room in the Belarusian capital Minsk where they were locked in all-night talks on a plan to end 10 months of fighting in Ukraine. A diplomatic source of Reuters news agency said early on Thursday that the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France would sign a document...
Violence hits eastern Ukraine ahead of talks
More than 20 people have been reported killed in separate attacks in eastern Ukraine, as leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany, and France prepare for peace talks in Minsk, Belarus. Shelling rocked a bus station in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk as fighting continued to rage in the country’s east in advance of Wednesday’s talks. Rebel...
Civilians killed in East Ukraine rocket attack
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said that Russian-backed fighters have launched an artillery strike on the town of Kramatorsk, killing at least seven civilians.Poroshenko said the first round of rocket fire hit the headquarters of the Ukrainian command in eastern Ukraine and the second landed in a residential area. The...
US may supply arms to Ukraine
President Barack Obama says the US is studying the option of supplying lethal defensive arms to Ukraine if diplomacy fails to end the crisis in the east.Obama said Russia had violated “every commitment” made in the failing Minsk agreement, after talks with the German chancellor on a new peace deal.He has come under pressure from...
US Secretary Kerry visits Ukraine
US Secretary of State John Kerry is set to arrive in Kiev for talks focusing on the possibility of arming Ukrainian forces in their fight against Russian-backed separatist rebels. Kerry’s visit on Thursday comes a day after rocket salvos hit a previously safe section of Ukraine’s rebel stronghold of Donetsk, killing at least five...
France and Germany announce new peace plan for Ukraine
The leaders of Germany and France announced a new peace plan for Ukraine on Thursday, flying to Kiev with a new proposal they would then take on to Moscow. The importance of reaching a deal was demonstrated by a dramatic collapse in Ukraine’s hryvnia currency, which lost nearly a third of its value after the central bank halted daily...
