Section: The Daily Star (Lebanon)
3 people killed in eastern Ukraine amid renewed fighting
The Ukrainian government says three troops have been killed in the volatile eastern Ukraine over the past 24 hours …read more Source: The Daily...
Sanctions against Russia must remain: Ukraine president
Ukraine’s president says sanctions against Russia must stay in place as long as hostilities in eastern Ukraine still continue …read more Source: The Daily...
NATO, Russia meeting confirms ‘profound disagreements’: NATO chief
NATO’s first formal meeting with Russia’s envoy to the alliance in almost two years underscored the deep East-West divide over the Ukraine crisis and the future of Europe’s security, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said …read more Source: The Daily...
Three Ukraine troops killed in deadliest attack in nearly two months
Three Ukrainian soldiers have been killed by pro-Russian rebels, the Kiev military said Wednesday, the heaviest toll reported in the separatist east of the ex-Soviet republic in nearly two months …read more Source: The Daily...
Austrian president voices doubts over Russia sanctions
Austria’s president says he believes the sanctions imposed on Russia after its annexation of Crimea could be relaxed next year if there is progress in peace talks between Moscow and Kiev …read more Source: The Daily...
NATO, Russia to hold highest-level talks since Crimea annexation
NATO and Russia begin their highest level talks for nearly two years Wednesday, in a bid to ease military tensions over the Baltic Sea and the simmering violence still gripping eastern Ukraine …read more Source: The Daily...
Dutch govt narrowly beats call to scrap EU-Kiev deal
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s ruling coalition Tuesday narrowly defeated a motion calling for the country to immediately pull out of an EU-Ukraine deal rejected by voters in a referendum this month …read more Source: The Daily...
MH17 families mulling lawsuit against Malaysia Airlines
Dozens of families of those killed when a missile shot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine two years ago are considering suing the carrier for compensation, their lawyer told AFP Tuesday …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia opens ‘extremism’ probe into US-funded Crimea news site
Russian security forces in annexed Crimea on Tuesday opened a criminal probe into a US-funded news site for allegedly condoning extremism, searching three journalists’ homes and hauling them in for questioning …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine, Russia reach deal to release pilot, Poroshenko says
Ukraine and Russia have reached a deal to release a jailed Ukrainian pilot, President Petro Poroshenko said Tuesday, without elaborating if it would entail a swap for two Russian servicemen convicted by Kiev …read more Source: The Daily...
