Section: The Daily Star (Lebanon)
Russian FM dimisses ‘absurdity’ of EU anger over entry bans
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov dismissed the ‘absurdity’ of EU complaints over a travel ban imposed by Moscow on 89 Europeans over the Ukraine crisis …read more Source: The Daily...
More than 6,400 killed amid ‘tremendous hardship’ in Ukraine says UN
The United Nations said that more than 6,400 people had been killed in conflict-wracked Ukraine, and despite a slowdown in fighting, millions more are suffering from abuses and hardship …read more Source: The Daily...
Three Ukrainian serviceman killed in separatist east: Kiev military
Three Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and four others wounded in attacks by pro-Russian separatists in the east over the past 24 hours, Ukraine’s military spokesman said …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine president appoints ex-Georgia leader Saakashvili regional governor
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko appointed fiercely pro-Western former Georgian leader Mikheil Saakashvili, who once fought a war with Russia, governor of the strategic Odessa region …read more Source: The Daily...
European politicians ‘proud’ to be on Russian blacklist
European politicians who discovered they were on a Russian travel blacklist said Saturday they were proud of being included and would continue speaking out against Russia’s policy towards Ukraine. …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia issues blacklist, bars EU politicians: Dutch PM
Moscow has issued a blacklist of European Union politicians barred from Russia in response to EU sanctions over Crimea and Ukraine, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Friday. …read more Source: The Daily...
Putin makes troop deaths in peacetime operations a ‘state secret’
Putin bans revealing information about troop deaths in “special operations” during peacetime, as the Kremlin continues to rebuff accusations its soldiers are fighting in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Daily...
Putin makes troop deaths in peacetime operations a state secret
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree making military losses in ‘special operations’ during peacetime a state secret, as the Kremlin continues to rebuff accusations its troops are fighting in Ukraine …read more Source: The Daily...
German minister to visit Ukraine amid fears over truce
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier will visit Ukraine on Friday and Saturday, the government in Berlin said, voicing fears about a possible “new military escalation” in the separatist conflict. …read more Source: The Daily...
7 civilians, fighters killed in new Ukraine unrest
Ukrainian government and rebel officials say seven people have been killed over the last day of fighting between armed forces and separatists. …read more Source: The Daily...
