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Merkel, Hollande seek Ukraine peace deal during Russia visit
German Chancellor Merkel and French President Hollande arrive in Moscow Friday for talks with Russian President Putin on halting eastern Ukraine violence …read more Source: Anadolu...
EU leaders meet Putin to end violence in Ukraine
It comes as terrified civilians piled onto a convoy of buses yesterday in a bid to escape the battleground in the eastern Ukrainian town of Debaltseve during a brief truce …read more Source: The...
Turkish Foreign Minister pulls out of Munich conference due to Israel
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has decided not to attend the 51st Munich Security Conference because of Israeli participation at a session on the Middle East. Cavusoglu made the announcement at a press conference in Berlin Friday after participating in Turkey’s West Europe Consul-Generals’ meeting. The foreign minister...
Merkel, Hollande take Ukraine plan to Putin – Brief truce allows civilians to leave
MOSCOW: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande arrived in Moscow yesterday to secure President Vladimir Putin’s support for a peace plan to end surging separatist violence in the east. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said talks with Merkel and Hollande late Thursday raised “hope for a...
UN: Close to one million internally displaced people in Ukraine
Number of registered IDPs countrywide stands at 980,000 and figure is expected to rise, UN says …read more Source: Anadolu...
As Ukraine Talks Open, Civilians Evacuate from Embattled Strategic Town
KYIV, UKRAINE—Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels began… …read more Source:...
Putin, Merkel and Hollande start Ukraine talks in Kremlin
…read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Reporter’s Notebook: E. Ukraine Remains an Open Wound
ARTEMIVSK, UKRAINE—Editor’s note: VOA’s London-based senior foreign correspondent, Al Pessin, spent six days in eastern Ukraine last week reporting on the Ukrainian … …read more Source:...
Ten months of bloodshed in Ukraine
Here are key dates in the conflict between pro-Moscow separatists and government forces in eastern Ukraine that has left more than 5,300 dead since April 2014, according to the United Nations.Kiev and the West accuse Russia of arming the rebels and of having deployed more than 9,000 soldiers in Ukraine, something Moscow denies.– 2014...
German and French leaders arrive in Moscow for Ukraine talks
Merkel and Francois Hollande head to Moscow after holding talks with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in bid to halt conflict Ukraine. …read more Source: World...
