Section: The Daily Star (Lebanon)
Yatsenyuk threatens to quit as Ukraine PM
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk Friday threatened to quit along with his entire government in the latest development of a political crisis rocking the former Soviet state …read more Source: The Daily...
Fighting flares up in eastern Ukraine
The Ukrainian government has accused Russia-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine of violating the shaky truce with large-caliber weapons …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukrainian lawmakers fret over Western aid after minister’s exit
The abrupt resignation of Ukraine’s economy minister, followed by several of his deputies, over allegations of corruption has jeopardized Kiev’s relations with its Western backers, threatening vital loan aid, politicians said Thursday …read more Source: The Daily...
Hundreds of Soviet regime victims reburied in Ukraine
The remains of more than five hundred apparent victims of the Soviet regime were reburied Wednesday at a cemetery in Ukraine’s western city of Lviv, local authorities said …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine PM says there is a campaign to discredit government
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said Wednesday political forces were seeking to discredit his government in order to gain power and control state revenue, after the economy minister resigned citing graft …read more Source: The Daily...
Merkel tells Putin to ‘use influence’ to rein in Ukraine rebels
Chancellor Angela Merkel Tuesday told Russian President Vladimir Putin to use his influence to rein in pro-Kremlin rebels in eastern Ukraine, a day after the German leader warned that a peace deal was not being fully implemented …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine reports first military casualties in 3 weeks
Two Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in the country’s war-torn east where government forces are seeking to put down a pro-Russian insurgency, the first reported casualties in nearly three weeks, Ukraine’s military said Sunday”Over the last day, as a result of clashes one Ukrainian soldier was killed and another three were...
Statue of controversial Bolshevik leader toppled in Ukraine
Ukrainian activists in the eastern city of Dnipropetrovsk Friday night toppled a statue of controversial Bolshevik leader Grigory Petrovsky, implicated in a famine that killed millions in the 1930s, city hall said …read more Source: The Daily...
NATO looks to combat Russia’s ‘information weapon:’ document
NATO may combat Kremlin “weaponization of information” used to support action such as the 2014 seizure of Crimea by creating a new more powerful communications section and declassifying more sensitive material, according to draft plans …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia says won’t hold talks on returning Crimea to Ukraine
Russia refuses to hold any talks on returning Crimea to Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday …read more Source: The Daily...
