Section: The Daily Star (Lebanon)
EU says Ukraine-Russia gas talks in Berlin postponed
EU-brokered gas talks between Russia and Ukraine on a long-term supply deal due Tuesday in Berlin have been postponed, the EU announces …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine military, rebels accuse each other of increased attacks
Ukraine’s military and pro-Russian rebels accuse each other of intensifying attacks in separatist eastern territories despite a two-month-old cease-fire deal …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine outlaws Communist names in fresh break with Soviet past
Ukraine outlaws Communist names, symbols and even songs in a fresh break with the country’s Soviet past as its soldiers fight pro-Russian separatists in the east …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine sets sights on joining NATO
Ukraine, locked in conflict with Russian-backed separatists in its east, draws up a new security doctrine denouncing Russia’s ‘aggression’ and setting its sights on joining the US-led NATO military alliance …read more Source: The Daily...
Germany confirms ‘Normandy’ talks on Ukraine in Berlin
The foreign ministers of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine will meet in Berlin Monday to discuss the implementation of the Minsk cease-fire agreement, a spokesperson for Germany’s foreign ministry confirms …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine separatist leader warns of possible return to war
Ukrainian pro-Russian separatist leader Alexander Zakharchenko accuses the Kiev government of ‘totally ignoring’ the terms of a peace deal and warned in an interview with AFP that fighting might resume …read more Source: The Daily...
Amnesty says Ukraine rebels executed government soldiers
Amnesty International says that it has evidence that Russian-backed separatists in east Ukraine have executed several captured government soldiers in gross violation of international humanitarian law …read more Source: The Daily...
Two soldiers, one rebel killed in east Ukraine fighting
Two soldiers and a pro-Russian rebel were killed in the last 24 hours in eastern Ukraine where isolated clashes continue in breach of a truce to end the yearlong war. …read more Source: The Daily...
Russian deputy who opposed Crimea seizure stripped of immunity
Russia’s parliament votes to strip the only deputy who voted against last year’s annexation of Crimea of his immunity from prosecution as a lawmaker …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine far-right leader made army advisor in move to control militias
The controversial leader of Ukraine’s ultra-nationalist Pravy Sektor paramilitary group, which is fighting pro-Russian rebels alongside government troops, was made an army advisor as Kiev seeks to tighten its control over volunteer fighters …read more Source: The Daily...
