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The other Minsk mediation
Beyond eastern Ukraine, another simmering conflict threatens to erupt – Nagorno-Karabakh. …read more Source: AL...
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 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 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 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...
