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Merkel warns against military answer to Ukraine crisis
More to this story German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that it is … …read more Source:...
West presses Putin to back ‘last-chance’ Ukraine peace bid
From left: Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US Vice President Joe Biden pose for the media prior to a meeting during the 51. Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, on Saturday. — AP MUNICH, Germany — Western leaders challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin Saturday to...
12 killed in Ukraine, peace deal unsure
KIEV: Kiev on Saturday accused pro-Russian Ukrainian separatists of massing forces for fresh offensives, with seven civilians and five soldiers killed in the latest fighting in the east. Rebels are “accumulating forces for further offensive operations on Debaltseve and Mariupol,” Ukrainian defence official Volodymyr Polyovyi told journalists. The...
War of words continues between Ukraine and Russia
Poroshenko accuses Russia of supporting separatists, demands non-lethal aid from the West …read more Source: Anadolu...
US says to assist Ukraine ‘for self-defense’
Biden sharply criticizes Putin for not honoring agreements on Ukraine; promises security assistance for Kiev …read more Source: Anadolu...
Merkel leads last chance Ukraine peace drive
MUNICH: German Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday pushed a new peace bid to end the Ukraine conflict, warning that sending weapons to government forces fighting pro-Russian rebels would not stop the bloodshed. Fresh from overnight talks in Moscow with French President Francois Hollande to thrash out a new peace plan, Merkel said success was far...
Ukraine leader shows off captured Russian military IDs
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko Saturday brandished in front of world leaders several passports taken from Russian soldiers in what he said was proof of Moscow’s “presence” in his country.”I take with me the passports and military ID of Russian soldiers, Russian officers who come to us,” Poroshenko said,...
Russian-backed rebels massing to attack key Ukrainian towns
By Aleksandar Vasovic Pro-Russian separatists have intensified shelling of government forces on all front lines and appear to be amassing forces for new offensives on the key railway town of Debaltseve and the coastal city of Mariupol, Ukraine’s military said on Saturday. Five Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and 26 wounded in fighting...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko asks for military help from allies
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Ukraine’s Poroshenko asks for military help from allies
Poroshenko held up the red passports of Russian soldiers that was found in Russia, saying it was the best evidence for presence of foreign troops in his country. …read more Source: World...
