Section: The Daily Star (Lebanon)
290 US paratroopers to train Ukraine forces
Hundreds of US paratroopers will train Ukrainian soldiers from April 20 as Kiev battles to contain pro-Russian separatists in the country’s east, Ukrainian interior minister Arsen Avakov says …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine’s president dismisses powerful regional governor
Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko dismisses the billionaire governor of an eastern region Wednesday following a rancorous dispute pitting the tycoon against the government …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine urges G20 for more financial aid
Ukraine needs greater financial aid from the world’s biggest economies to prevent the conflict-wracked country from becoming a failed state, finance minister Natalie Jaresko says …read more Source: The Daily...
Mother of captured Ukraine pilot lobbies Germany to help free daughter
The mother of captured Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko sought German support in her campaign to pressure Putin into ordering the release of her daughter. …read more Source: The Daily...
Son of Ukraine’s ousted leader drowns: interior minister’s aide
A son of ousted Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich has drowned after a minivan he was driving plunged through ice on a Siberian lake, an aide to Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov says. …read more Source: The Daily...
Arms should be on the table for Ukraine: NATO general
The West should consider using all its tools to help Ukraine, including sending defensive weapons, NATO’s top military commander said Sunday.Officials in Washington have been discussing whether to send weapons to Ukraine’s military to help them fight pro-Russian separatists who NATO says are armed and supported by Moscow. …read...
West should consider all tools, including arms, for Ukraine: NATO general
The West should consider using all its tools to help Ukraine, including sending defensive weapons, NATO’s top military commander say …read more Source: The Daily...
Sri Lanka probes ex-envoy over alleged Ukraine arms deals
Sri Lanka is investigating its former ambassador to Russia following a media report that he helped arm pro-Moscow separatists in Ukraine, the foreign minister says …read more Source: The Daily...
Artillery fire breaks out in east Ukraine
Intensive artillery fire broke out near the rebel-held city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, apparently breaking an internationally brokered cease-fire …read more Source: The Daily...
One civilian killed in rebel attack in east Ukrainian town: regional police
One civilian was killed in an attack by pro-Russian separatist rebels in the government-controlled town of Avdiyivka in east Ukraine despite a cease-fire deal, Ukrainian regional police say …read more Source: The Daily...
