Section: Sunday Times (South Africa)
No compromise with Russia over Ukraine sanctions: EU chief
The European Union must not compromise with Russia over sanctions in response to the Ukraine crisis, the bloc’s chief Donald Tusk said in an interview. …read more Source: The Sunday...
Residents return to ‘hellish’ ruins in Ukraine town
Not a single building in Nikishyne escaped undamaged after months of intense bombardment, which helped shrink the village of 700 to a handful residents as fighting raged in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sunday...
Obama said to resist growing pressure to send arms to Ukraine
As U.S. intelligence agencies have detected new Russian tanks and artillery crossing the border into Ukraine in recent days, President Barack Obama has come under increasing pressure from both parties and more officials inside his own government to send arms to the country. But he remains unconvinced that they would help. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian soldier killed in clashes despite weapons pullback
One Ukrainian soldier has been killed and four injured in the country’s east, where government forces and pro-Russian separatists continue to trade fire despite a ceasefire. …read more Source: The Sunday...
EU extends measures against ousted Ukrainian president
The European Union lifted sanctions against four Ukrainians including the son of a former premier, while extending measures against ousted president Viktor Yanukovych and 14 others for a year. …read more Source: The Sunday...
US lawmakers ask Obama to send arms to Ukraine
Speaker of the House John Boehner and a group of US lawmakers are asking President Barack Obama to send arms to Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sunday...
Thousands of Russian troops in east Ukraine: US envoy
The United States’ senior envoy to Europe alleged that Russia had deployed “thousands and thousands” of troops to neighbouring Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sunday...
Mine disaster claims 33 lives in Ukraine
Thirty-three miners were confirmed dead last night after a coal mine blast in the rebel-held city of Donetsk near the battle front in eastern Ukraine, indicating no one trapped in the rubble survived. …read more Source: The Sunday...
Over 30 miners killed in east Ukraine mine blast
At least 32 miners were killed in a blast at a coal mine in a rebel-held area of eastern Ukraine, a senior politician and a mining union spokemsan said. …read more Source: The Sunday...
More than 6,000 killed in merciless devastation in Ukraine: UN
More than 6,000 people have been killed since violence erupted in Ukraine last April, the UN rights chief said, decrying a “merciless devastation of civilian lives and infrastructure.” …read more Source: The Sunday...
