Section: The Daily Star (Lebanon)
Russia’s Putin, Ukraine’s Zelenskiy discuss ending conflict in eastern Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy held their first telephone conversation Thursday and discussed settling the conflict in eastern Ukraine and the return of prisoners, the Kremlin said. …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia detains Crimean Tatars for Red Square protest
Russian police Wednesday detained seven Crimean Tatars on Red Square as they held up posters protesting against the persecution of the Muslim ethnic group on the peninsula, Russian television reported. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine’s new president invites Putin for talks
Ukraine’s new president has proposed holding talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the conflict in the east and Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea. …read more Source: The Daily...
Putin says Russia will do all it can to improve ties with U.S.
Russia’s president said Saturday that Moscow would do all it could to improve relations with the United States that have been strained by years of diplomatic conflicts over Ukraine and accusations of Russian meddling in U.S. elections. …read more Source: The Daily...
Council of Europe readmits Russia, five years after suspension over Crimea
Europe’s main human rights forum Tuesday approved Russia’s readmission, the first time that an international sanction imposed for its seizure of Crimea in 2014 has been reversed, despite a stalling protest from Ukraine and Georgia. …read more Source: The Daily...
EU extends sanctions against Russia over Ukraine conflict
European Union leaders Thursday extended sanctions against Russia for another six months for its failure to fulfil a peace deal on the Ukraine conflict, EU spokesman Preben Aamann said. …read more Source: The Daily...
Russians, Ukrainian to face murder charges over downing of flight MH17
Three Russians and a Ukrainian will face murder charges for the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine which killed 298 people, in a trial to start in the Netherlands next March, an investigation team said Wednesday. …read more Source: The Daily...
Pope to meet Putin before Vatican Ukraine meeting
Pope Francis will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Vatican next month, a day before Catholic leaders from Ukraine gather at the Holy See to discuss the continuing conflict there and the fallout from the schism between the Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox Churches. …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia must release detained Ukrainian sailors: maritime tribunal
Moscow must release 24 sailors who were aboard three Ukrainian vessels it intercepted in November as they crossed a strait between Russian-annexed Crimea and southern Russia, an international maritime tribunal said Saturday. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine may submit any Russia peace deal to referendum
Ukraine may submit any preliminary peace deal agreed with Russia to the Ukrainian people for a referendum, the new head of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s administration told the 112 TV news channel Tuesday. …read more Source: The Daily...
