Section: The Daily Star (Lebanon)
MH17 probe finds ‘possible’ Russian missile
Investigators probing the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 said Tuesday they had identified possible Russian-made BUK missile fragments from eastern Ukraine, where the plane crashed. …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia to add new countries to its food import ban list: agencies
Russia said Tuesday it planned to add new countries to the list of those from which it has banned food imports in retaliation for Western sanctions imposed on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The Daily...
MH17 investigators find ‘possible’ BUK missile fragments
The Hague, Aug 11, 2015 (AFP) – Investigators probing the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine said Tuesday they had identified pieces that “possibly” come from a Russian-made BUK missile, where the plane crashed. …read more Source: The Daily...
EU denounces arson attack on observers’ vehicles in Ukraine
The EU denounces an arson attack on armored vehicles belonging to OSCE observers monitoring a fragile cease-fire in rebel-held eastern Ukraine and urged warring sides to fully respect the truce …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine hopes for new gas talks with Russia, EU at end-Aug
Ukraine hopes to hold a new round of talks with the European Commission and Russia about natural gas supplies at the end of August in Vienna, Energy Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn says …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine reports heavy tank battle with pro-Russians rebels
Ukraine Monday said it had repelled a rare tank assault by pro-Russian rebels that threatened to erase a shaky cease-fire and dangerously escalate the 16-month war in its breakaway east. …read more Source: The Daily...
Four OSCE cars torched in separatist east Ukraine
Four armored vehicles belonging to the OSCE monitoring mission in Ukraine’s eastern conflict zone were destroyed overnight, the security watchdog says …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine slaps broadcast ban on 13 Russian artists – including Depardieu
Ukraine Saturday named 13 pro-Russian actors and singers whose work would be banned from TV, radio and cinema, including France’s Gerard Depardieu. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine says one soldier killed in clashes in separatist east
Ukraine Saturday reported the death of one soldier as clashes with pro-Russian separatists continue in the country’s war-torn east despite a shaky truce. …read more Source: The Daily...
Tighter US sanctions over Ukraine ‘destroying relations’: Kremlin
The United States is further damaging its relations with Moscow by adding a Russian offshore oil and gas field to its sanctions imposed over Ukraine, a Kremlin spokesman said Friday. …read more Source: The Daily...
