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Ukrainian Town Cut off By Military Struggles to Survive
Published April 09, 2015 In eastern Ukraine, villages cut off by military front lines are on the brink of a humanitarian crisis. Ukraine’s Kyiv government can’t seem to get supplies in supplies and pro-Russia separatist forces have not been able to restore war-damaged services in towns behind their lines. Next week, European leaders...
Amnesty Says Ukraine Rebels Killed Captive Soldiers
KYIV—Amnesty International said Thursday that it has evidence that Russian-backed separatists in east Ukraine have killed several captured government soldiers in gross violation of international humanitarian law. The human rights group said in a statement that footage it has seen shows at least four Ukrainian soldiers — now confirmed dead — being...
Report: Ukraine rebels executed government soldiers
More to this story Pro-Russia separatists in Donbass, eastern Ukraine, have carried out summary executions of Ukrainian soldiers they have captured, according to Amnesty International. In a statement posted on Thursday, the rights group, said it had reviewed footage purporting to show a Ukrainian soldier with signs of abuse on his face,...
Amnesty Alleges Summary Killings by Rebels in Ukraine
A human rights group says it has new evidence of “execution-style killings” by pro-Russian armed groups in eastern Ukraine and is calling for greater accountability for human rights violations in the Ukrainian conflict.Amnesty International said that the evidence is a new indicator of the escalating human rights crisis in eastern...
Is Russian foreign policy being unfairly judged?
Russian foreign policy has been the subject of intense criticism in the West. Critics say the country is, at best, destabilising the affairs of its neighbour Ukraine, or worse, engaging in all-out war. The Kremlin has also taken flak for its support of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria, and for its close relationship with Tehran. But...
Greece has not asked Russia for aid, Greek official says
Greece has not asked Russia for money to help cope with its debt and financial problems and wants to resolve them within the European Union, a Greek government official said on Wednesday. “We have not asked for financial aid,” the official saidbefore talks in Moscow between Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Russian President...
IMF Official Sees ‘Leeway’ in Judging Ukraine’s Debt Progress
WASHINGTON—The International Monetary Fund will assess the progress of Ukraine’s talks with creditors, but does not have to make any decisions in June, when its next review of the country’s $17.5-billion bailout is due, the Fund’s No. 2 official … …read more Source:...
Czech president bans US envoy from palace over Ukraine
A rare public dispute has broken out between the president of the Czech Republic and the US ambassador to the central European country. The dispute started after Ambassador Andrew Shapiro faulted President Milos Zeman for attending a Russian military parade at a time Moscow is being criticised by the US for its involvement in the conflict in...
Ukrainian Leader Lifts Objections to Vote on Regional Power
KYIV—Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday publicly lifted his objections to a referendum that could give more powers to the restive regions engulfed in more than a year of warfare, reversing his government’s previous position. Russia-backed separatists, however, dismissed Poroshenko’s gesture as meaningless. The conflict...
Czech president bans US ambassador from Prague Castle
President Milos Zeman has “closed the door” of Prague Castle to the US ambassador following comments perceived as critical of the Czech’s decision to attend a World War Two commemoration in Moscow, according to local media reports on Sunday. European Union leaders are boycotting the ceremony in May over Russia’s role in...
