Section: The Daily Star (Lebanon)
Ukraine to investigate suspected computer attack on energy grid
Ukraine will investigate a suspected computer malware attack on its energy grid, the energy ministry said Thursday, an incident the country’s secret service has blamed on Russia …read more Source: The Daily...
Crimea loses quarter of power after Ukraine halts supplies
Crimea has lost at least one quarter of its power after Ukraine switched off supplies, citing a downed electricity pylon, an official in the contested peninsula said Thursday …read more Source: The Daily...
Russian court jails blogger for five years for ‘extremist’ posts
A Russian court Wednesday sentenced a blogger to five years in jail for what it said was his extremist activity on the Internet after he urged people to attend a protest against high transport fares and criticized Russian intervention in Ukraine …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine: Leaders focus on elections, cease-fire in east
The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France are discussing elections in eastern Ukraine and want a lasting cease-fire that could bring the Ukraine conflict to an end in 2016 …read more Source: The Daily...
Germany’s Steinmeier warns Ukraine ceasefire is fragile
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier warned Tuesday that the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists was becoming more fragile …read more Source: The Daily...
Kremlin does not rule out phone contacts on Ukraine crisis in ‘Normandy format’ before year-end
Russia does not rule out phone contacts in the so-called “Normandy format” on the Ukraine crisis before the end of 2015, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday. …read more Source: The Daily...
Kiev soldier, woman killed in breach of holiday truce: military
A Ukrainian soldier and an elderly woman have been killed as government forces and pro-Russian separatists clashed in the first violation of a holiday truce, a Ukraine military spokesman said Sunday …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine approves IMF-backed austerity budget
The Ukrainian parliament Friday adopted a budget for 2016 with a deficit of 3 percent of GDP, crucial for unlocking much needed aid from the IMF and Western countries …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine MPs approve tit-for-tat Russian trade embargo
Ukraine’s parliament voted Thursday to give the government the right to impose a trade embargo against Russia, which said last week that it would suspend a free trade zone with Ukraine from Jan. 1 …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine faces ‘catastrophe’ if IMF-backed budget not passed: PM
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has warned that the cash-strapped and war-scarred nation faced an “economic catastrophe” if parliament failed to pass an IMF-backed austerity budget in a Thursday vote …read more Source: The Daily...
