Section: The Daily Star (Lebanon)
800 troops from US, Europe take part in Moldova exercises
Some 800 troops from Moldova, the U.S., Romania, Poland and Georgia are taking part in joint military exercises in Moldova, a former Soviet republic that borders Ukraine. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine, rebels trade blame over shelling of central Donetsk
The Ukrainian military and pro-Russian separatists accused each other Sunday of shelling residential districts of separatist-held Donetsk overnight, the first attack on central parts of the city since a February cease-fire agreement. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine rebels: Ready to pull back tanks, smaller weapons
Ukraine’s Russia-backed separatist rebels say they are ready to pull back smaller-caliber weapons from much of the front line in eastern Ukraine …read more Source: The Daily...
Putin orders formation of new military reserve force
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the creation of a new reserve armed force as part of steps to improve training and military readiness at a time of international tensions with the West over Ukraine. …read more Source: The Daily...
Four dead as fighting flares in east Ukraine
Three civilians and one Ukrainian soldier have been killed over the past day in renewed fighting in the east of the country, where pro-Russian rebels are waging an insurgency, Kiev said on Saturday. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine calls local elections but not in rebel-held east
The Ukrainian parliament has voted to call a local election across the country in October, but not in the rebel-occupied east. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine passes draft law on autonomy
Ukraine’s parliament approved a draft law Thursday to grant two separatist regions greater autonomy, a step toward meeting the demands of a cease-fire agreement for the pro-Russian self-styled people’s republics. …read more Source: The Daily...
MH17 families sue Ukraine rebel for $900 mn
Relatives of MH17 crash victims have filed a nearly $900 million suit against a one-time leader of Ukranian insurgents over the shooting down of the jet over the rebel-held east of the country last year. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine takes first step toward giving rebels self-rule
Ukraine’s parliament took the first step Thursday toward granting temporary self-rule to pro-Russian rebels under a change to the constitution the West hopes can end one of Europe’s deadliest wars in recent years. …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia, US agree fishing ban in Arctic as sea ice melts
The United States, Russia and other Arctic nations signed an agreement deal Thursday to bar their fishing fleets from fast-thawing seas around the North Pole, an agreement delayed more than a year by tensions over Ukraine. …read more Source: The Daily...
