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Ukrainian foreign minister Klimkin says no breakthrough in Ukraine talks
With the Minsk peace accord more than a year old, France and Germany say little has been done to implement it. Although violence has wound down, social and economic reforms remain neglected, said Berlin. …read more Source:...
‘Real progress’ needed in Ukraine says France, Germany
With the Minsk accord more than a year old, France and Germany says little has been done to implement it. Although violence has wound down, social and economic reforms remain neglected, said Berlin. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian pilot facing Russian prison goes on hunger strike
A volunteer pilot currently on trial for killing Russian civilians in the Ukraine conflict has said she will begin refusing food and water. She told the judge he would have to “deliver the verdict posthumously.” …read more Source:...
UN: Civilians suffering ‘abandonment’ and despair in eastern Ukraine
The United Nations has said the conflict in eastern Ukraine has left millions of civilians suffering from despair and isolation. The assessment comes as foreign ministers hold talks over a ceasefire in the region. …read more Source:...
Poll: 70% support 4th term for Putin
Public support for Vladimir Putin to serve another term as president has hit its highest level in four years, according to a poll. ||| Moscow – Public support for Vladimir Putin to serve another term as president has hit its highest level in four years, a survey by a state-run pollster showed on Thursday. Seventy-four percent of Russians...
Ukrainian pilot, parliamentarian Nadezhda Savchenko on trial in Russia
After nearly two years in detention, the trial in Russia of Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko is drawing to a close. She faces a long jail term for involvement in the murder of two Russian journalists in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Lennon not Lenin: Ukraine renames street after late Beatle
It was only a minor tweak in the spelling, but a historic change when a Ukrainian village renamed a street which honoured Soviet founder Lenin, after The Beatles’ John Lennon. …read more Source:...
Dogara seeks economic partnership with Ukraine
The Speaker of Nigerian House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara has urged the government of Ukraine to partner with Nigeria and invest in the solid minerals, agriculture and renewable energy sectors to enable the country diversify its economy. Mr. Dogara made the appeal when he received the ambassador of Ukraine, Mr Vitalis Alexandruk in his...
ICG: Ukraine’s Eastern separatist leaders turn on each other
The one-year-old Minsk peace process is bogged down and artillery duels are picking up. But the leadership of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR), the larger of eastern Ukraine’s two separatist statelets, is immersed in other struggles. Top leaders are fighting to break the political and economic power of one of their own: Alexander...
German foreign minister voices ‘deep concern’ over Ukraine ceasefire violations
Frank-Walter Steinmeier has addressed the UN Security Council as the current chair of the OSCE, telling members that both Ukraine and Russia need to fulfill commitments made under the Minsk peace agreement. …read more Source:...
