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Ukraine forces withdraw from besieged town
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko has said government forces are withdrawing from the besieged town of Debaltseve. Poroshenko said on Wednesday that 80 percent of Ukraine forces have already withdrawn from the town, which is a key transport hub, the Reuters news agency reported. Earlier, pro-government forces had reported the retreat. “The...
Ukraine’s economic challenge
Russia’s presence in Ukraine has brought Western sanctions onto Russia, but it has also pushed Ukraine to the brink of bankruptcy, and into an IMF-led $40bn bailout. Due to the conflict, industrial production in Donetsk dropped 60 percent year on year, and in Lugansk it fell by 85 percent. Ukraine’s government says it is spending $10m...
Some Ukraine forces ‘withdrawing from besieged town’
Some Ukraine forces have begun pulling out of the town of Debaltseve which is under siege from pro-Russia rebels, commanders of pro-Ukraine government paramilitary units claimed. “The withdrawal of forces from Debaltseve is taking place in a planned and organised way,” Semen Semenchenko, a parliamentary deputy who heads the...
Some Ukraine forces ‘begin to withdraw from key town’
Some Ukraine forces have begun pulling out of the town of Debaltseve which is under siege from pro-Russia rebels, commanders of pro-Ukraine government paramilitary units claimed. “The withdrawal of forces from Debaltseve is taking place in a planned and organised way,” Semen Semenchenko, a parliamentary deputy who heads…...
The other Minsk mediation
Amid the intense focus on the fragile ceasefire now in effect in eastern Ukraine, another simmering conflict, in a more remote part of Russia’s “near abroad”, is now dangerously close to erupting in renewed hostilities. That conflict, over Nagorno-Karabakh, an Armenian enclave that broke away from Azerbaijan over two decades...
Putin Calls On Ukraine Troops Encircled at Debaltseve to Surrender
Russian President Vladimir Putin is calling on pro-Russian rebels to allow besieged Ukrainian troops safe passage out of the encircled town of Debaltseve in eastern Ukraine. Speaking Tuesday in the Hungarian capital, Putin also urged the Kyiv government to allow its troops to surrender. Putin spoke alongside Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban...
UN Security Council calls for Ukraine fighting to stop
More to this story The UN Security Council has unanimously approved a Russian-drafted resolution that endorses the new ceasefire agreement on Ukraine as battle rages between pro-Moscow rebels and Ukrainian forces for the control of a key town. The vote on Tuesday came… …read more Source:...
UN resolution on Ukraine truce adopted amid fighting
More to this story The UN Security Council has unanimously approved a Russian-drafted resolution that endorses the new ceasefire agreement on Ukraine as battle rages between pro-Moscow rebels and Ukrainian forces for the control of a key town. The vote on Tuesday came as Russian President Vladimir Putin told Kiev to let its soldiers surrender to...
Afghan-Born Ukrainian Legislator Warns of Russian Takeover
Like many other members of Ukraine’s parliament, Mustafa Nayyem doubts the cease-fire in his government’s battle with Russia-backed separatists will last, given what he sees as Russia’s lack of good … …read more Source:...
Ukraine, Rebels Continue Fight for Debaltseve – Feb. 17, 2015
Cannons of the Ukrainian armed forces are seen at their positions near Debaltseve, eastern Ukraine, Feb. 17, 2015. Ukrainian artillery is at a position outside of the village of Luhanske, some 20 kilometers (14 miles) north of Debaltseve, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015. Members of the Ukrainian armed forces ride on a military vehicle near...
