Section: The Daily Star (Lebanon)
One soldier killed in renewed east Ukraine clashes
One Ukrainian soldier was killed in fresh clashes between government forces and pro-Russian rebels in the war-torn country’s east, s military spokesman said Sunday …read more Source: The Daily...
Biden visits war-scarred Ukraine to reaffirm US support
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden arrives in Kiev late Sunday to reassure its pro-Western leaders that Washington remains committed to Ukraine despite stepped-up efforts to work with Russia against ISIS extremists …read more Source: The Daily...
Serb FM: OSCE meeting failed to agree on Ukraine, migrants
Serbia’s foreign minister says disagreements among member states have blocked joint resolutions about Ukraine and migrant crisis during this week’s meeting of the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia calls for lifting of east Ukraine blockade
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has called for immediate lifting of an economic blockade of pro-Russian rebel-held eastern Ukraine …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia unlikely to meet Ukraine peace deal deadline, NATO says
NATO’s top commander warned Wednesday there was little chance that Russia would meet a year-end deadline for a peace deal in eastern Ukraine, saying the calmer situation there did not mean the end of the conflict was near …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine to keep defense spending high next year to fight separatists
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Wednesday he aims to spend 5 percent of gross domestic product on defense and security next year, to bolster the army’s fight against pro-Russian separatists in the east …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia says likely to curb Ukraine imports over EU pact
Russia is likely to penalize Ukrainian imports from January after EU-brokered talks failed to find a compromise Tuesday, exactly a month before the launch of an EU-Ukraine free trade pact that Russia opposes …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukrainian president pardons Russian in prisoner exchange
President Petro Poroshenko has pardoned a Russian citizen arrested in eastern Ukraine and exchanged him for a Ukrainian serviceman held by Russian-backed separatists. …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia causing ‘environmental disaster’ in Ukraine: Poroshenko
Russia risks causing an “environmental disaster” in eastern Ukraine with its support for rebel forces, President Petro Poroshenko told a U.N. climate conference in Paris Monday …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine says can restore some power to Crimea when activists ready
Ukraine’s government has asked Tatar activists to allow repairs to the Kakhova-Tital electricity line to Crimea, but will only start resuming power supplies to the peninsula at a time agreed with the activists, the energy minister said Monday …read more Source: The Daily...
