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Ukrainian PM warns Russia may try to disrupt Sunday’s election
By Richard Balmforth Ukraine’s prime minister warned on Thursday of possible attempts by Russia to disrupt an election in Ukraine at the weekend, a vote being held against a background of Russian support for separatist rebels and an unresolved row over gas. Sunday’s poll is the first parliamentary election since street protests last...
Ukrainian FM: ‘We Want Israeli Drones’
After deal for Israeli military hardware reported canned last month over Russian pressure, visiting Ukrainian diplomat makes another call. …read more Source: Arutz...
Ukraine rebels end ceasefire before polls
Donetsk separatists end truce days ahead of parliamentary polls, which Kiev accuses Moscow of vying to disrupt. …read more Source: AL...
Ukraine prepares to vote amid tension in east
More than 36 million citizens set to elect 450 members of parliament …read more Source: Anadolu...
Singing for a separate state in eastern Ukraine
30 contenders have entered the contest to create the national song contest organised by Russian-backed rebels …read more Source: Gulf...
Tortured and jailed, Ukrainian women run for office
Iryna Dovgan and Nadiya Savchenko are standing for parliament in Sunday’s polls with campaigns that paint them as patriotic heroines …read more Source: Gulf...
Ukraine accuses separatists of using cluster munitions
Two days after Human Rights Watch accuses Ukraine of using cluster munitions, Kiev blames pro-Russian separatists for the same thing …read more Source: Anadolu...
Financial obstacles in Russia-Ukraine gas negotiations
Ukraine needs to pay its previous debt to Russia by the end of the year and pay in advance for getting new volumes of natural gas …read more Source: Anadolu...
Barroso says eurozone has won the battle for stability
We have won the battle for stability, the outgoing president of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso told the members of the European Parliament, warning that growth is still timid and threats remain for the eurozone. Barroso who assumed the leadership of the Commission in 2004 delivered a speech in the Plenary on Tuesday, on the work done...
Moscow, Kiev agree on need to obey truce in Ukraine’s east
Putin and Poroshenko stress that the ceasefire deal in the restive eastern regions must be fully complied with …read more Source: Anadolu...
