Section: News24 (South Africa)
News24.com | Rebels: Nearly 400 miners trapped in east Ukraine
Pro-Russian rebels have said that nearly 400 Ukrainian miners were trapped in a coal pit that lost power when shell hit a regional electric substation. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Lavrov: Ukraine step toward Nato counter-productive
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that Ukraine’s adoption of a bill to drop its non-aligned status was “absolutely counter-productive”. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Ukraine abandons non-aligned status
Ukraine’s parliament has voted to abandon the country’s non-aligned status, a move that could be a step toward seeking membership in Nato. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Putin urges KGB to tackle modern challenges
Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for improvement of Moscow’s secret services to tackle “modern challenges and threats” amid his country’s standoff with the West over the Ukraine. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Clashes resume ahead of Ukraine peace talks
Ukrainian forces lost five soldiers in a sudden resurgence of clashes ahead of peace talks aimed at ending the separatist conflict and mending East-West ties. …read more Source:...
News24.com | 80% back Putin even as ruble falls
The ruble has lost more than half its value and Vladimir Putin’s aggression in Ukraine has turned the country into a pariah, yet most Russians see him not as the cause, but as the solution. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Merkel: Russian sanctions remain unavoidable
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says that sanctions against Russia over Ukraine remain unavoidable as long as Moscow does not respect Ukrainian sovereignty. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Western sanctions on Russia may last for decades
Western sanctions over Russia’s role in the Ukraine crisis are likely to last ‘for a very long time’, Russian economy minister Alexei Ulyukayev says. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Poroshenko: Ukraine is a new, changing country
Ukraine’s president has urged Poland’s politicians and business people to intensify ties with his country as it reforms to follow European standards. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Putin holds late-night Ukraine talks with EU
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and his French, German and Ukrainian counterparts have agreed in a phone call that talks surrounding eastern Ukraine are to resume as soon as possible. …read more Source:...
