Section: The Daily Star (Lebanon)
NATO warns Putin ‘critical’ to implement Ukraine truce
NATO leaders on Wednesday warned President Vladimir Putin to waste no time in implementing a fragile peace deal to end the fighting in Ukraine, after the Russian strongman’s meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry raised hopes of a slackening in tensions. …read more Source: The Daily...
No breakthrough after eight hours of U.S.-Russia talks
Top U.S. and Russian officials said they hoped to work together on contentious issues such as the conflicts in Ukraine and Syria but offered no sign of concrete progress after more than eight hours of talks Tuesday. …read more Source: The Daily...
Three Ukrainian soldiers killed in east: military
Three Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and another one injured as clashes with pro-Russian rebel fighters flared despite a shaky truce, Kiev’s military spokesman said …read more Source: The Daily...
Scores of Russian soldiers killed in east Ukraine: opposition report
Moscow spent more than 53 billion roubles ($1.04 billion) supplying a separatist rebellion in east Ukraine and at least 220 Russian soldiers have been killed there, a report by Russian opposition activists said …read more Source: The Daily...
Putin, Kerry to hold talks amid signs of easing tensions
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to hold talks with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin Tuesday, as signs emerge Moscow and the West may be ready for a detente after more than a year of tensions over Ukraine. …read more Source: The Daily...
Putin, Kerry to discuss Ukraine, Syria, Iran, US says
US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Russia, on Tuesday to discuss Ukraine and other issues, the United States said …read more Source: The Daily...
NATO: Russian-backed separatists equipped to launch new attacks with little warning
Russia has built up its forces on the border with Ukraine and sent more military hardware into eastern Ukraine, enabling pro-Russia separatists to launch attacks with little warning if they choose to do so, NATO’s chief warned …read more Source: The Daily...
US, Russian foreign ministers to hold talks Tuesday
US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet in Sochi on Tuesday with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov for talks on ongoing unrest in Ukraine, Syria and Yemen, Russian news agencies reported …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia’s Putin says Ukraine peace process moving forward despite problems
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that a peace deal agreed in Minsk over the separatist conflict in east Ukraine was moving forward despite problems and that it had been quieter in Ukraine recently. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine rebels release two US aid workers
Ukraine’s pro-Russian rebel leader Alexander Zakharchenko said Saturday that insurgents had released two US aid workers detained for alleged spying. …read more Source: The Daily...
