Section: The Daily Star (Lebanon)
Putin, Merkel discuss Ukraine gas transit and Nord Stream-2: Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his German counterpart Angela Merkel discussed the Nord Stream-2 natural gas pipeline to Germany and the transit of Russian gas to Europe via Ukraine in a phone call Monday, the Kremlin said. …read more Source:: The Daily...
Ukraine extends ‘special status’ for conflict-hit regions
Ukraine’s parliament voted Thursday to extend regulations giving limited self-rule to separatist-controlled eastern regions, a prerequisite for a deal to settle the five-year conflict there. …read more Source:: The Daily...
Dems sharpen impeachment knives at hearing
U.S. Democrats Monday sought to bolster the case for impeaching President Donald Trump, describing his pressuring of Ukraine to investigate a political rival as a clear and present danger to free and fair elections and national security. …read more Source:: The Daily...
Putin meets Ukraine leader for first time at Paris peace summit
Russian President Vladimir Putin met his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy for the first time Monday at a summit in Paris aimed at advancing efforts to restore peace to eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:: The Daily...
Ukraine lawmaker says he met Giuliani to discuss misuse of US taxpayer money in Ukraine
An independent Ukrainian lawmaker said Thursday he had met U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer in Kiev to discuss the alleged misuse of U.S. taxpayer money by Ukrainian state bodies. …read more Source:: The Daily...
Ukraine threatens to wall off part of Donbass region if no agreement with Russia
A top Ukrainian presidential aide Thursday said Ukraine would wall off the rest of the country from occupied territories if Russia failed to agree to a ceasefire and prisoner swap at a summit in Paris next week. …read more Source:: The Daily...
Top US career diplomat rejects Ukraine meddling theory
WAS|HINGTON: The top US career diplomat Tuesday unambiguously rejected a theory promoted by President Donald Trump that Ukraine, not Russia, interfered in the 2016 election. …read more Source:: The Daily...
U.S. diplomat says he followed Trump orders on Ukraine
A senior U.S. diplomat said Wednesday that President Donald Trump expressly ordered him and others to help a pressure campaign against Ukraine …read more Source:: The Daily...
Senior U.S. diplomat says he followed Trump’s ‘orders’ on pressuring Ukraine
A senior U.S. diplomat told lawmakers Wednesday that President Donald Trump expressly ordered him and others to help pressure Ukraine into investigating a political rival of the president, providing some of the most significant testimony to date in the House of Representatives impeachment inquiry. …read more Source:: The Daily...
U.S. ambassador to the European Union”We followed the president’s orders”
The U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee, which is leading an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, held a fourth day of public hearings Wednesday. …read more Source:: The Daily...
