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France says Ukraine-Russia ceasefire deal ‘not dead’
Francois Hollande to hold ’emergency meeting’ with Angela Merkel, Vladimir Putin and Petro Poroshenko as separatists seize Debaltseve …read more Source: Anadolu...
Ukraine announces army pull-out from Debaltseve
80 percent of forces had been withdrawn from Debaltseve with their weapons …read more Source: World...
Ukraine forces withdraw from besieged town
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko has said government forces are withdrawing from the besieged town of Debaltseve. Poroshenko said on Wednesday that 80 percent of Ukraine forces have already withdrawn from the town, which is a key transport hub, the Reuters news agency reported. Earlier, pro-government forces had reported the retreat. “The...
Ukraine’s economic challenge
What are the consequences of economic sanctions against Russia for Ukraine and its people? …read more Source: AL...
Ukraine’s economic challenge
Russia’s presence in Ukraine has brought Western sanctions onto Russia, but it has also pushed Ukraine to the brink of bankruptcy, and into an IMF-led $40bn bailout. Due to the conflict, industrial production in Donetsk dropped 60 percent year on year, and in Lugansk it fell by 85 percent. Ukraine’s government says it is spending $10m...
Some Ukraine forces start to quit besieged town
Members of the Ukrainian armed forces ride on a military vehicle near Debaltseve, eastern Ukraine, on February 16, 2015. (Reuters/Gleb Garanich) Kiev, Reuters—Some Ukrainian forces began to pull out of a town under siege by Russian-backed separatists on Wednesday as renewed fighting threatened to wreck an international deal aimed at ending the...
Some pro-government forces start pulling out of besieged Ukrainian town
Kiev so far silent on reported retreat from Debaltseve, which has been surrounded by pro-Russia separatists. …read more Source: World...
Some Ukraine forces ‘withdrawing from besieged town’
Some Ukraine forces have begun pulling out of the town of Debaltseve which is under siege from pro-Russia rebels, commanders of pro-Ukraine government paramilitary units claimed. “The withdrawal of forces from Debaltseve is taking place in a planned and organised way,” Semen Semenchenko, a parliamentary deputy who heads the...
Some Ukraine forces ‘withdrawing from besieged town’
Kiev so far silent on reported retreat from Debaltseve, which has been surrounded by pro-Russia separatists. …read more Source: AL...
Putin: Military aid to Ukraine will increase victims
President Putin says Ukraine’s crisis cannot be solved militarily. …read more Source: Anadolu...
