Section: The Daily Star (Lebanon)
International Red Cross visits two soldiers detained in Ukraine
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said that it had visited two men captured in eastern Ukraine at the weekend who are now in hospital in Kiev …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine open to hosting missile defense system
Ukraine is open to considering proposals to place a ballistic missile-defense system on its territory to ward off the risk of attacks from Russia, a senior Ukrainian defense official said …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine charges two suspected Russian soldiers with ‘terrorist activity’
Ukraine has charged two suspected Russian soldiers who were captured during a gun battle in the separatist eastern region of Lugansk with involvement in ‘terrorist activity,’ a security official said …read more Source: The Daily...
NATO’s Stoltenberg tells Russia’s Lavrov to pull out of Ukraine
NATO officials say the alliance secretary-general will hold talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, the first such contacts since they met in January …read more Source: The Daily...
Russians troops captured in Ukraine on their way to capital
A Ukrainian military spokesman says two Russian soldiers captured in the war-torn east of the country are on their way to the capital, Kiev. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine says two Russian soldiers captured in east
Ukraine has captured two Russian soldiers in its conflict with separatists in the country’s east, Kiev said Sunday …read more Source: The Daily...
3 Ukrainian servicemen killed, 17 wounded in past 24 hours in east: military
Three Ukrainian serviceman have been killed and 17 wounded in fresh separatist attacks in eastern Ukraine in violation of a cease-fire agreement, a Ukrainian military spokesman said …read more Source: The Daily...
France offers Russia 785 mln euros to ditch warship deal: report
France has offered Russia 785 million euros to scrap a contentious contract to supply two warships that was suspended due to the Ukraine crisis, a report said Friday. …read more Source: The Daily...
Hollande denounces ‘unacceptable’ violations of Ukraine ceasefire
France’s President Francois Hollande on Thursday denounced as “unacceptable” ceasefire violations in eastern Ukraine, after speaking briefly with his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko in Germany. …read more Source: The Daily...
Baltics to ask NATO for thousands of boots on ground
The Baltic states will formally ask NATO to deploy several thousand troops as a deterrent, Lithuania said, amid tensions with Russia over the conflict in eastern Ukraine …read more Source: The Daily...
