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Ukraine Rules Out Direct Talks With Separatists
KYIV, MOSCOW—Russia urged Ukraine’s leaders on Wednesday to talk directly to separatists to end the conflict in the east, but Kyiv rejected the call and told Moscow to stop “playing games” aimed at legitimizing “terrorists.” Kyiv and the West accuse Russia of destabilizing Ukraine by providing the rebels with money, arms and reinforcements....
Pro-Moscow Separatists Face Health Crisis
DONETSK—Ukraine’s government is threatening to stop funding hospitals and medical services in areas in the east of the country controlled by Moscow-backed separatists. This is leaving the insurgents scrambling to make up for the shortfall amid signs that some locals want… …read more Source:...
Putin, German FM Discuss Ukraine
Germany’s foreign minister met with Vladimir Putin in Moscow… …read more Source:...
Vice President Biden to Visit Ukraine
U.S. Vice… …read more Source:...
Can Minsk Cease-fire Agreement Hold?
Published November 18, 2014 Growing tensions between government troops and separatists in eastern Ukraine further threaten a cease-fire agreement reached two months ago in the Belarusian capital of Minsk. Critics of U.S. policy in Ukraine say it is time the Obama administration gives up on that much-violated cease-fire and moves toward...
Donetsk Residents Angry Over Kyiv Threat
DONETSK—Citizens of the Ukrainian city of Donetsk say they did not ask for pro-Moscow separatists to take… …read more Source:...
Ukraine Readies for Possible Russian-backed Attack
Published November 18, 2014 Ukraine’s military is preparing to repel a possible assault by Russian-backed rebels in the east following reports of Russian military reinforcements crossing the border. Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko has said they are ready for total war. VOA’s Daniel Schearf reports from Ukraine’s front...
NATO Head Urges Russia to Pull Back Troops From Ukraine
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg… …read more Source:...
Ukraine Readies for Possible Russian-Backed Rebel Attack
DONETSK AND LUHANSK PROVINCES, UKRAINE—Ukraine’s military is preparing to repel a possible assault by Russian-backed rebels in the east following reports of Russian military reinforcements crossing the border. … …read more Source:...
Protesters give Czech president red card to mark Velvet Revolution
Thousands of people protested Monday on the 25th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution against Czech president Milos Zeman’s Russia-friendly foreign policy and a vulgar diatribe that sparked uproar.The demonstration marked the brutal suppression by communist police of a student march in Prague on November 17, 1989 that sparked the Velvet...
