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Ukraine, NATO agree to expansion of cooperation
Ukraine and NATO have signed a series of agreements on increasing the Western military alliance’s presence in the European country, which has been hit by conflict in the eastern regions. Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko said on Tuesday that the agreements are aimed at strengthening cooperation between Kiev and NATO in the sphere of...
MH17 final report to be disclosed on Oct. 13
The final report on the cause of the MH17 crash will be made public on Oct. 13, the Dutch Safety Board (DSB) announced on Thursday. Prior to the official publication of the report, the relatives will be informed about the conclusions of the investigation during a closed information meeting, Xinhua reported. On Sept. 9 last year the DSB already...
Progress made in Ukraine peace talks: Europe FMs
The foreign ministers of Germany, Russia, Ukraine and France say they have made progress in their talks over the peace process in eastern Ukraine. The negotiations that managed to resolve some contentious issues in the Ukrainian crisis to some extent were held on Saturday in the German capital city of Berlin to pave the way for a summit in France...
Winter is coming to Ukraine: ‘Normandy Four’ vows to speed up ‘less confrontational’ crisis talks
Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine have agreed to step up talks between both sides of the conflict in Ukraine’s east before winter sets in. Topics are to include weapons pullbacks and humanitarian issues. All of the ‘Normandy Four’ foreign ministers were generally satisfied with how the ceasefire was holding up, aside from a few...
US sanctions against Russia will remain: Victoria Nuland
The United States has warned Russia again that sanctions against the country will remain in place until peace accords are fully implemented in Ukraine. “We are clear that until Minsk is completed, sanctions will not be lifted,” US Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland said Saturday in Kiev. “If and when Minsk is fully implemented,...
Ukraine PM warns against lifting Russia sanctions
The Ukrainian prime minister has warned the West against the consequences of relaxing sanctions imposed on Russia for its alleged role in the ongoing unrest in east Ukraine. Arseniy Yatsenyuk said on Saturday any move that could mean an easing of the sanctions slapped on Russia over its alleged role in Ukraine’s crisis could embolden...
Countries eyeing NATO arms, troops playing with fire: Russian envoy
A senior Russian diplomat says NATO’s increasing military presence in the region is “like playing with fire.” “It should be no secret for our Western partners that any attempts to deploy any weapons potentially dangerous for Russia are like playing with fire,” Alexander Grushko, Russia’s permanent representative to NATO,...
Ukraine, US stage live-fire joint war games
US troopers have held joint live-fire military exercises with Ukrainian soldiers in western Ukraine. According to the reports, nearly 300 American and 900 Ukrainian soldiers participated in the Sunday drills held in the town of Yavoriv near the Ukraine-Poland border. The exercises, part of a series of drills dubbed “Operation Fearless Guardian,”...
600k Ukrainians seek asylum in Russia: Migration service
Russia’s Federal Migration Service (FMS) says more than 600,000 of Ukrainians have appealed to the organization amid the humanitarian crisis in eastern Ukraine. “Ukrainians appeal for temporary asylum or refugee status,” Tass news agency quoted an FMS representative as saying on Friday. At present about 2.6 million Ukrainians...
Ukraine president praises ceasefire in the east
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko has expressed satisfaction with the fact that a ceasefire in the east of country is holding, saying that not a single Ukrainian soldier has recently died. Poroshenko said Saturday that the current week is the first in the conflict when no soldier has been killed in fighting with pro-Russia forces in the...
