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Three civilians, one soldier killed in east Ukraine
Three Ukrainian civilians and one soldier have died in the past day of intensifying clashes between the Western-backed government’s forces and pro-Russian insurgents, officials from both sides said …read more Source: The Daily...
Pope Receives Putin, Urges Russian Leader to Make ‘Great’ Peace Efforts
Pope Francis urged Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday to commit himself to a “sincere and great effort” to achieve peace in Ukraine, the Vatican said. …read more Source: Al-Manar...
Italy gives Putin stage to make case against sanctions
Vladimir Putin used a trip to Italy Wednesday to press his case against international sanctions on Russia and insist he was committed to a peaceful resolution of the crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Daily...
US envoy meets Poroshenko as concerns for Ukraine grow
Washington’s UN ambassador was set to meet Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko at a time of renewed hostilities with pro-Russian fighters and fears of the Western-backed state’s imminent debt default …read more Source: The Daily...
Putin visits Italy, pope as US seeks more Vatican criticism
Russian President Vladimir Putin was meeting with Italian officials and Pope Francis as the US sought to encourage the Vatican to join the West in condemning Moscow’s actions in Ukraine …read more Source: The Daily...
US Treasury head encourages Ukraine on debt restructure
US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew encouraged Ukraine to make ‘shared sacrifices’ to restructure its debt at a meeting in Washington with the country’s Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk …read more Source: The Daily...
Poll: Americans and Europeans differ on aid to Ukraine
A new survey shows that Americans are less willing than Europeans to send economic aid to Ukraine, where the government is struggling to keep the economy afloat while battling Russian-backed separatists …read more Source: The Daily...
Implementation of Minsk agreements on Ukraine 'still fragile' Russian Foreign Ministry
NNA – The implementation of the Minsk agreements aimed at ending the conflict in east Ukraine is still fragile, Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. “It was stated that process …read more Source: National News...
UN nuclear agency backs report despite Russian protest over Crimea
The annual report of the U.N. nuclear watchdog has been approved by its board of governors despite Russia’s protests against it listing a nuclear site near Crimea’s Sevastopol as being in Ukraine, according to a document seen by Reuters …read more Source: The Daily...
Fuel depot blazes in Ukraine, explosion kills firemen
NNA – A powerful explosion killed a number of firemen on Tuesday as they fought to control a blazing fuel depot which had burned through the night outside the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, the interior min …read more Source: National News...
