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Obama: No Decision Yet on Lethal Weapons for Ukraine
Published February 09, 2015 As violence escalates in eastern Ukraine, U.S. President Barack Obama says he has not yet decided whether to provide lethal weapons to Ukraine as it fights Russian-backed separatists. Mr. Obama made the comments in Washington on Monday alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Both leaders said they will continue to...
Germany Warns ‘European Order’ at Risk Ahead of Ukraine Peace Talks
Published February 09, 2015 Germany has warned that the ‘peaceful order of Europe’ is at risk if the West abandons the principle of territorial integrity. German Chancellor Angela Merkel made the comments in Washington ahead of a proposed meeting in Belarus Wednesday with the leaders of Russia, Ukraine and France, aimed at securing an end...
Obama says US considers sending weapons to Ukraine
More to this story US President Barack Obama has said that his administration is looking at all options in handling the crisis in Ukraine, but he has not yet decided whether the US will provide lethal arms to Kiev. “The possibility of lethal defence is one of those options that’s being examined. But I have not made a decision about...
Obama says all options open on resolving Ukraine crisis
More to this story US President Barack Obama has said that his administration is looking at all options in handling the crisis in Ukraine, but he has not yet decided whether the US will provide lethal arms to Kiev. “The possibility of lethal defence is one of those options that’s being examined. But I have not made a decision about...
Russia Sanctions on Hold as EU Waits for Peace Talks
PARIS—European Union foreign ministers agreed Monday to postpone further sanctions against Russia for a week to give time to a peace push to defuse the crisis in Ukraine. EU ministers meeting in Brussels made it clear their decision to delay new sanctions against Russia did not mean repealing them… …read more Source:...
Obama, Merkel Begin Ukraine Crisis Talks
Published February 09, 2015 German Chancellor Angela Merkel has arrived at the White House Monday for talks with President Barack Obama on the fighting in Ukraine, amid …read more Source:...
German Chancellor to Hold Talks Monday with Obama on Ukraine
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is due in Washington Monday for talks with President Barack Obama on the fighting in Ukraine, amid intense diplomatic activity to end the crisis in the country. On Sunday, Merkel participated in four-way phone talks with the leaders of Ukraine, Russia and France on a French-German plan aimed at ending the surging...
Washington Week: Focus on Ukraine Crisis
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Ukrainians escape encircled strategic town
Kramatorsk, Ukraine – Elina, 28, lived without water or electricity for two weeks amid the winter cold on eastern Ukraine’s new front line. She fled the strategic city of Debaltseve, which has been the focus of a pro-Moscow rebel offensive. According to Amnesty International, only 7,000 people are left in Debaltseve, which used to...
Leaders Agree to New Ukraine Peace Talks
The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany discussed by phone on Sunday a French-German peace plan to end the fighting in Ukraine. The talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel came amid an intense diplomatic push to end the...
