Section: The Daily Star (Lebanon)
Russia’s Lavrov says US signals it wants to mend ties
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the United States has been sending ‘signals’ that it wants to start mending ties with Moscow, badly strained over the past year and a half by the conflict in Ukraine …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukrainian leader says Russia sent 3 military convoys to rebel east
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko Monday accused Russia of this week sending three military convoys over the border into the separatist-controlled east. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine leader urges unity to bring change, combat Russian ‘aggressor’
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko calls on all political forces in the country to rally behind his plans for constitutional change aimed at ending a separatist conflict in the east …read more Source: The Daily...
Military pressure on Ukraine will last decades, president says
Military pressure on Ukraine from Russia and the separatists that Moscow supports is likely to last decades and future generations will have to undergo military training, President Petro Poroshenko said Saturday. …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia court nixes bid to move Ukraine pilot trial to Moscow
A Russian court Friday turned down an appeal to shift the high-profile trial of a Ukrainian female helicopter pilot from southern Russia to Moscow, her lawyer said. …read more Source: The Daily...
NATO warns pro-Russia rebels against more Ukraine land grabs
NATO warns pro-Russian separatists against grabbing more land in eastern Ukraine and stressed Moscow has a ‘special responsibility’ to help restore peace as fighting escalates …read more Source: The Daily...
Moscow urges Europe to get Ukraine to comply with truce
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is pushing for European powers to get Ukraine to comply with a truce in eastern Ukraine …read more Source: The Daily...
US launches biggest allied airborne drills since Cold War ended
The United States says it has launched the biggest allied airborne drills in Europe since the Cold War ended, as fighting involving pro-Russian separatists escalated in eastern Ukraine …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine, Russia trade blame for sharp violence spike
Ukraine’s pro-Western leadership and Russia traded blame for a sharp escalation in violence that threatened to see all-out warfare return to the former Soviet nation’s separatist east …read more Source: The Daily...
Putin slams ‘external control’ over Ukraine on Crimea visit
Putin slams alleged ‘external control’ over Ukraine’s government as he makes his third visit to the Crimean peninsula since Moscow seized the region from Kiev last year …read more Source: The Daily...
