Section: Tasnim News Agency (Iran)
Fuel Depot Blazes in Ukraine, 3 Firemen Missing
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Emergency services struggled to prevent the spread of a deadly fuel depot fire outside Kiev on Tuesday and three firemen were reported missing after the blaze triggered a powerful explosion. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
Renewed Shelling Hits Residential Areas in Eastern Ukraine
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Artillery shells hit a local market in the north-western district of Donetsk, a city in eastern Ukraine. At least one person has been wounded, according to the head of the district’s administration aligned with Donbass rebels. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
Russia Has Right to Place Nuclear Arms on Its Soil, Including Crimea
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Russia has the right to house nuclear weapons on its territory, if it deems this move to be necessary, while this also includes the option of stationing them in Crimea, a statement from the Foreign Ministry read. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
Ex-Georgian President Named Governor of Ukraine Region
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili on Saturday was appointed governor of Ukraine’s troubled Odessa region. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
Russia to Adopt Tough Position If Ukraine Defaults: PM Medvedev
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Russia would adopt a tough position if Ukraine decided not to pay off debts owed to Moscow by its previous government, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview broadcast by Russian TV on Saturday. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
Russia’s Lavrov Discusses Syria, Yemen with Kerry
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov discussed the situation in Syria and Yemen as well as Ukraine with US Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
Putin Says Ukraine’s Statement on Default Unprofessional
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Ukraine’s statement regarding a possible default is a consequence of Kiev’s low level of professionalism, said Russian President Vladimir Putin, ordering the Finance Ministry to sort out the issue of Ukraine’s debt to Russia. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
US Signs $1 bln Loan Guarantee for Ukraine
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The United States signed its second $1 billion loan guarantee deal for Ukraine aimed at helping the crisis-wracked country surmount a Russia-backed insurgency and rebuild its tattered economy. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
Ukraine President Enacts Controversial Laws Banning Soviet Symbols
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Friday enacted laws banning Soviet symbols and communist-era propaganda, his office said, after the measures drew strong Russian criticism when they were approved by parliament last month. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
Ukraine Appoints US Senator McCain Presidential Aide
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has appointed John McCain, a hawkish US senator who has pressed Washington to send lethal weapons to war-torn Ukraine, as his advisor, his administration said. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
