Section: The New Age (South Africa)
Poland to help train Ukrainian military instructors
Poland’s defense minister says Poland will help train Ukrainian military instructors in Ukraine, in a NATO response to Kiev’s request for milita …read more Source: The New...
Merkel says Ukraine ceasefire slow to take hold but may yet work
Germany’s Angela Merkel and Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said on Wednesday Europe would be ready to impose new sanctions on Russia over Ukr …read more Source: The New...
Russia’s Putin says gas supplies to Europe could suffer if Kiev doesn’t pay
President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday Russia would cut off natural gas supplies to Ukraine if Kiev failed to pay, which “will create a problem” f …read more Source: The New...
UK will not deploy combat troops to Ukraine, Defence Minister says
Britain will not deploy combat troops to Ukraine, which is fighting pro-Russian separatists along its eastern flank, Defence Minister Michael Fallon t …read more Source: The New...
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...
Kiev says cannot withdraw heavy weapons as attacks persist
Ukraine’s military said on Monday it could not start withdrawing heavy weapons from the front line in the east as required under a tenuous ceasefir …read more Source: The New...
France to host ministerial meeting on Ukraine crisis
The foreign ministers of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine will meet on Tuesday in Paris in an effort to get a stalling peace deal between the centr …read more Source: The New...
Putin surveys the map as he ponders next move on Ukraine
In Russia, Vladimir Putin likes to portray himself as the saviour of the nation. In Europe and the United States he has come to be seen as a threat to …read more Source: The New...
Britain, US discuss new sanctions against Russia
US Secretary of State John Kerry and his British counterpart discussed the crisis in Ukraine and possible new sanctions against Russia on Saturday. …read more Source: The New...
