Section: The Daily Star (Lebanon)
In Kiev, Biden says world must stand against Russian aggression
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said Monday that “the international community” must stand up against Russian aggression and urged the incoming Trump administration to be a strong supporter and partner of Ukraine …read more Source: The Daily...
Russian lawmakers give mixed reaction to Trump’s nuclear cuts offer
Parliamentarians in Russia gave a mixed reaction Monday to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s proposal to strike a deal on nuclear arms cuts in exchange for Washington lifting sanctions imposed on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine army and rebels say new truce in east disrupted
Ukrainian government forces and the pro-Russian separatist rebels fighting in eastern Ukraine Saturday accused each other of disrupting a fragile truce declared late December. …read more Source: The Daily...
U.S. Vice President Biden to make swansong visit to Ukraine
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will fly to Kiev Sunday on a farewell visit by one of Ukraine’s strongest political supporters, as the country looks forward with apprehension to the new administration of Donald Trump …read more Source: The Daily...
Questions about Russia dominate start of US secretary of state hearing
Russia’s actions during the U.S. presidential election and its behavior toward Ukraine dominated the confirmation hearing of Rex Tillerson, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of state, as senators pressed him on Wednesday on how he would deal with aggression from Moscow. …read more Source: The Daily...
Dutch police seize MH17 crash debris from reporter
Dutch police have taken from a journalist items, including possible human remains, which he found at the crash site of flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine, prosecutors said Sunday …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine’s military denies Russian hack attack
Ukraine’s military Friday denied a report claiming Russia may have hacked targeting software for its heavy artillery in a breach that could have helped Moscow track Kiev’s big guns …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine moves to blacklist Le Pen over Crimea comments
Ukraine indicated Wednesday it would bar French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen from entering the country after comments she made that appeared to legitimize Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 …read more Source: The Daily...
OSCE says displeased with ‘status quo’ in Ukraine conflict
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, which has been monitoring the pro-Russian insurgency in eastern Ukraine, said Wednesday it was displeased with the “status quo” in the 32-month conflict …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine lawmaker sparks scandal by shooting man in leg
New Year’s Eve passed off peacefully enough in war-torn Ukraine — until a senior lawmaker shot a man in the leg during a testosterone-charged road rage incident …read more Source: The Daily...
