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News24.com | Kerry: Russia lied about activities in Ukraine
Secretary of State John Kerry says Russia has lied “to my face and the face of others on many different occasions” about its activities in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Russia, Ukraine renew ceasefire calls
The foreign ministers of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany have renewed calls for an oft-breached ceasefire agreement to be respected. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Russia threatens to cut off gas to Ukraine, Europe
Russia’s state-owned gas giant Gazprom warns it could cut off gas deliveries to Ukraine, upping the stakes in the crisis there and threatening supplies to the rest of Europe. …read more Source:...
Powers meet to salvage Ukraine deal
Foreign ministers were meeting in Paris in a bid to salvage a tattered ceasefire deal in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Foreign ministers meet in Paris on Ukraine crisis
Foreign ministers from Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany were meeting in Paris in a bid to salvage a ceasefire deal which has failed to halt fighting in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sunday...
Putin says war between Russia and Ukraine unlikely
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday war with neighbouring Ukraine was unlikely. …read more Source: The New...
Ukraine peace deal only way forward- EU’s Mogherini
A European-brokered ceasefire deal remains the only way to secure peace in Ukraine, the European Union’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini sa …read more Source: The New...
Russia-Ukraine war ‘unlikely’ – Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that war with neighbouring Ukraine was unlikely. ||| Moscow – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday war with neighbouring Ukraine was unlikely. “I think that such an apocalyptic scenario is unlikely and I hope this will never happen,” he told a reporter with Russia State TV company, when...
Pro-Moscow rebels attack Ukrainian troops despite truce
Kiev says Russia has sent 20 tanks and other vehicles and heavy weapons towards Mariupol, a port city of half a million residents on the Azov Sea …read more Source: Business...
Russia cuts spending by 10%, defence ring-fenced
Russia’s military budget might shrink by about 10 percent in 2015, the chief executive of state-owned defence conglomerate Rostec said yesterday. ||| Stanley Carvalho Abu Dhabi RUSSIA’S military budget might shrink by about 10 percent in 2015, the chief executive of state-owned defence conglomerate Rostec said yesterday. The...
