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Putin Calls On Ukraine Troops Encircled at Debaltseve to Surrender
Russian President Vladimir Putin is calling on pro-Russian rebels to allow besieged Ukrainian troops safe passage out of the encircled town of Debaltseve in eastern Ukraine. Speaking Tuesday in the Hungarian capital, Putin also urged the Kyiv government to allow its troops to surrender. Putin spoke alongside Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban...
UN Security Council calls for Ukraine fighting to stop
More to this story The UN Security Council has unanimously approved a Russian-drafted resolution that endorses the new ceasefire agreement on Ukraine as battle rages between pro-Moscow rebels and Ukrainian forces for the control of a key town. The vote on Tuesday came… …read more Source:...
UN Security Council calls for Ukraine fighting to stop
Russian-drafted resolution adopted unanimously as pro-Moscow rebels fight their way into flashpoint town of Debaltseve. …read more Source: AL...
UN resolution on Ukraine truce adopted amid fighting
More to this story The UN Security Council has unanimously approved a Russian-drafted resolution that endorses the new ceasefire agreement on Ukraine as battle rages between pro-Moscow rebels and Ukrainian forces for the control of a key town. The vote on Tuesday came as Russian President Vladimir Putin told Kiev to let its soldiers surrender to...
UN Security Council urges enactment of Ukraine agreement
Council adopts Russian-drafted resolution endorsing Minsk cease-fire agreement. …read more Source: Anadolu...
Domestic political and economic climate disturbed
The reaching of a cease-fire in the Ukrainian crisis and the signs of a possible agreement between Greece and the EU have caused the tension in global markets to ease last week. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
U.N. Security Council endorses Ukraine peace deal
The council reaffirmed “its full respect for the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine’ …read more Source: Al...
Afghan-Born Ukrainian Legislator Warns of Russian Takeover
Like many other members of Ukraine’s parliament, Mustafa Nayyem doubts the cease-fire in his government’s battle with Russia-backed separatists will last, given what he sees as Russia’s lack of good … …read more Source:...
Ukraine truce fades as fighting rages – Kiev and separatists stall on pulling back big guns
NIKISHINE: Pro-Russian rebels bombarded government troops encircled in east Ukraine yesterday and a plan for both sides to pull back their heavy guns stalled, pushing a fragile peace deal closer to collapse. A Reuters witness near the front line said artillery rounds rocked the town of Debaltseve every five seconds and black smoke rose skywards,...
Ukraine accuses rebels of destroying peace hopes
KIEV: Ukraine on Tuesday accused rebels and Russia of destroying a fragile three-day-old ceasefire after insurgents armed with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades stormed a flashpoint town and engaged thousands of troops there in intense combat. “The hopes of the world for peace are being destroyed,” the deputy head of Ukraine’s...
