Section: Lebanon
Putin says Ukraine’s detention of Russian soldiers is ‘perfidy’
The detention this week of two Russian servicemen near the border with Ukraine was an act of “perfidy” by the Kiev authorities, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday. …read more Source: The Daily...
Germany says aiming for new Ukraine talks in Minsk next Tuesday
Germany’s foreign minister said Wednesday that he and his French counterpart had invited the foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine to meet in Minsk next week in another push to revive peace talks on the crisis in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia accuses Ukraine of abducting two soldiers in Crimea
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Russia says detention of its soldiers near Crimea was ‘provocation’
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday that Ukraine’s detention of two Russian soldiers near the border with Crimea was “a provocation.” …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia accuses Ukraine of abducting two soldiers in Crimea
Russia has accused Ukraine of abducting two Russian servicemen on the annexed Crimea peninsula, but Kiev said it had merely detained two Ukrainian army deserters. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine says no to Russia on pro-EU revolt anniversary
Ukraine Monday marked the third anniversary of the start of its pro-EU revolution with President Petro Poroshenko’s firm rejection of “the Russian world.” …read more Source: The Daily...
Obama, Putin speak briefly at summit in Peru
President Barack Obama spoke briefly with Russian President Vladimir Putin about Syria and Ukraine Sunday as an economic summit got underway in Peru, in their first-known conversation since Donald Trump was elected the next U.S. president. …read more Source: The Daily...
Obama, Russia’s Putin speak at economic summit in Peru
President Barack Obama spoke briefly with Russian President Vladimir Putin about Syria and Ukraine on Sunday as an economic summit got under way in Peru, in their first known conversation since Donald Trump was elected the next U.S. president. …read more Source: The Daily...
Lavrov: Russian Jets Striking Idlib & Homs to Prevent ISIL Exodus from Mosul to Syria
Russian bombers are striking terrorist targets in Syria’s Idlib and Homs provinces so that ISIL militants retreating from Iraq’s Mosul do not cross into Syria, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said after “constructive” talks with his US counterpart, John Kerry. “Our aviation and the aviation of Syria work only in the provinces of Idlib...
Obama, EU leaders agree to keep anti-Russian sanctions over Ukraine
US President Barack Obama and EU leaders have agreed to keep anti-Russian sanctions in place for a further year over the situation in Ukraine. President Obama, who is on his final official visit to Europe, met with the leaders of Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the UK on Friday. Among the main topics on the agenda were extending sanctions...
