Section: South Africa
Peace deal blown out of water
Putin in driving seat as Ukraine erupts FIGHTING raged in eastern Ukraine yesterday despite European efforts to resurrect a stillborn ceasefire, a day after pro-Russian separatists who spurned the truce forced thousands of government troops out of a strategic town. Western nations have refused to give up on a peace deal negotiated last week even...
Leaders renew Ukraine ‘ceasefire’
The leaders of Ukraine, Germany, France and Russia pledged renewed support for a tattered ceasefire. …read more Source:...
Retreating soldiers bring echoes of war’s chaos to Ukrainian town
As violence continued to plague eastern Ukraine, demoralized Ukrainian soldiers straggled into the town of Artemivsk, griping about incompetent leadership and recounting desperate conditions and gruesome killing as they beat a haphazard retreat from the strategic town of Debaltseve. …read more Source: The Sunday...
News24.com | Poroshenko: Seizure of Debaltseve contrary to Minsk deal
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, speaking with Russia’s Vladimir Putin and the leaders of Germany and France, says the rebel seizure of the town of Debaltseve had been contrary to the ceasefire agreement. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Ukraine: withdrawal from besieged town 90% complete
Ukraine says Debaltseve withdrawal 90% done, rebels shell village near key port city …read more Source:...
Putin calls West’s bluff over Ukraine peace deal
Vladimir Putin has called Europe’s bluff over east Ukraine as Russia-backed separatists seize a strategic town in defiance of a ceasefire brokered by France and Germany. …read more Source: The Sunday...
Russia, rebels don’t want peacekeepers
A plea from Ukraine for international peacekeepers to enforce a shattered ceasefire in the east ran into opposition from rebels and Moscow. …read more Source:...
I’m my own man – Jeb Bush
In his first major foreign policy speech since mooting a 2016 presidential run, Jeb Bush sought to distance himself from the legacy of his brother. ||| Washington – In his first major foreign policy speech since mooting a 2016 presidential run, Jeb Bush on Wednesday sought to distance himself from the legacy of his brother, admitting...
Ukrainian forces exit besieged town after rebel assault
Nato accuses Russian-backed rebels of violating Minsk ceasefire, after at least 22 Ukrainian soldiers are killed in fighting for strategic town of Debaltseve …read more Source: Business...
Ukraine president calls for peacekeepers
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday called for a UN-mandated peacekeeping force to monitor a tattered ceasefire deal in east Ukraine. …read more Source:...
