Section: News24 (South Africa)
News24.com | Ukrainian serviceman killed
Ukrainian military spokesperson Andriy Lysenko says one Ukrainian serviceman was killed and five wounded in clashes between government forces and separatists. …read more Source:...
News24.com | ‘War crimes’ rampant in Ukraine
Amnesty International accused Ukrainian forces of torture and pro-Russian rebels of even more serious war crimes such as summary executions committed both before and after a February truce deal. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Merkel sets tough line at EU summit with eastern partners
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told the EU’s eastern partners not to expect too much of the block and warned Russia to mend its ways over Ukraine if it wants to rejoin the G7 club of top nations. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Russian return to G7 ‘unimaginable’ for now
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says a return of Russia to the Group of Seven major industrialised nations is “unimaginable” as long as it flouts international law in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
News24.com | NATO: unclear if Russia serious about peace deal
A senior NATO official says it is still unclear whether Russia was prepared to take steps to support the Minsk agreement to ease the conflict in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
News24.com | France offers Russia deal to ditch warships
France has offered Russia its terms to scrap a contentious contract to supply two warships that was suspended due to the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Kerry says ‘critical moment’ for Russia to fulfil Ukraine truce
US Secretary of State John Kerry says it is a critical moment for Russia and separatists to fulfil a peace deal to end the fighting in Ukraine, following his talks a day earlier with President Vladimir Putin. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Potato diplomacy: Lavrov gives Kerry ice-breaking gift
After months of raging tensions over Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov sought to break the ice by giving his US counterpart two baskets full of potatoes and tomatoes. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Last MH17 crash remains arrive in Netherlands
A flight carrying the last remains of Dutch victims killed in last year’s MH17 plane crash in rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine have arrived in the Netherlands on Saturday. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Search of Ukraine MH17 crash site over
Dutch and international investigators have finished recovering human remains and wreckage from the MH17 plane crash site in eastern Ukraine, the mission’s head says. …read more Source:...
