Section: The Daily Star (Lebanon)
Ukraine warns EU to avoid sanctions split
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk warns EU leaders to keep the pressure on Russia and not allow President Vladimir Putin to exploit their differences over sanctions. …read more Source: The Daily...
UK troops start training mission in Ukraine: ministry
British troops begin a training mission in Ukraine, helping government forces fighting pro-Russian separatists, the Ministry of Defense in London says …read more Source: The Daily...
Greece, Ukraine to dominate EU summit
Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will plead with European counterparts at a summit in Brussels Thursday to release vital funds to help his debt-laden country stave off a looming cash crunch …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine rebels warn they could abandon cease-fire
Separatist leaders in eastern Ukraine threaten to abandon a cease-fire following changes to a law granting their regions self-rule. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine authorities scramble to avoid unrest flashpoint
Residents in the eastern Ukrainian town of Kostyantynivka angrily confronts police officials over an accident in which an armored military vehicle struck and killed an 8-year old girl …read more Source: The Daily...
Kremlin rules out handing back Crimea to Ukraine
Russia says it would not hand back Crimea to Ukraine, despite warnings by the United States and European Union that they will not drop sanctions over the Black Sea peninsula’s annexation a year ago …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine pilot detained in Russia resumes hunger strike
A female Ukrainian pilot detained in Russia on murder charges that Kiev says are politically motivated restarted a hunger strike that officials have warned could kill her, her lawyer tells AFP …read more Source: The Daily...
EU worried by military build-up, human rights situation in Crimea
The European Union says it would stick to its policy of not recognizing Russia’s annexation of Crimea and voiced concern over what it said was a military build-up and deteriorating human rights situation there …read more Source: The Daily...
No compromise with Russia over Ukraine sanctions: EU chief
The European Union must not compromise with Russia over sanctions in response to the Ukraine crisis, the bloc’s chief Donald Tusk says …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine activists unveil Putin ‘tombstone’ by Russian embassy
Ukrainian activists, playing on speculation about President Vladimir Putin’s health, erect a mock tombstone to the Russian leader depicting him as the Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler outside the Russian embassy in Kiev …read more Source: The Daily...
