Section: Saudi Gazette (Saudi Arabia)
Putin orders troop pullback from Ukraine border ahead of key talks
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his defense minister to pull thousands of troops from the border with Ukraine, ahead of key talks on a fragile truce in the ex-Soviet country. The announcement by the Kremlin late Saturday comes as the Russian strongman is gearing up to hold the talks with Ukrainian Preside...
Ukrainian refugees seek new life in Russia
Olesya Astakhova BELGOROD, Russia — After three days trapped in a cellar by shelling, Svetlana and Sergei Divenko left their home in eastern Ukraine and fled to Russia with their two children and a single bag. The two-day, 250-km (150-mile) car journey from the city of Slaviansk to the quiet provincial city …read more Source: Saudi...
Ukraine claims rebels breach truce
DONETSK, Ukraine — Ukraine’s military accused Russian-backed separatists of fresh violations of a month-old ceasefire on Sunday, saying their forces came under attack in several parts of the east including the airport at the big city of Donetsk. Two Ukrainian service staff were killed in the past 24 hours and 6 others were wounded, m...
Ukraine truce in trouble as rebels try to seize airport
KIEV — Pro-Russian separatists have suffered their worst casualties since a ceasefire officially began on Sept.5, losing 12 men in attacks on buildings at Donetsk airport, Ukrainian military officials said on Saturday. The attacks on the airport have imperiled the month-long truce, which has become increasingly frayed in recent days, leadin...
Ukraine prepares to close Russia border
KIEV — President Petro Poroshenko instructed his government on Thursday to consider temporarily closing Ukraine’s porous border with Russia to help halt its “intervention” in the Westward-leaning former Soviet state’s affairs. A decree published on the presidential website ordered the government...
Ukraine troops prepare pullback as truce holds
KIEV — A fragile truce between pro-Russian insurgents and Ukrainian forces appeared to be consolidate on Monday as clashes subsided and attention focused on the unresolved status of the separatist east. Ukraine said it lost two soldiers in sporadic overnight raids by “armed gangs” on small towns surrounding the main rebel strong...
Gunfire around Donetsk after NATO warns on truce
DONETSK, Ukraine — Heavy gunfire erupted around the eastern Ukrainian rebel stronghold of Donetsk on Sunday, just hours after NATO’s top military commander said there was a ceasefire “in name only” on the ground. …read more Source: Saudi...
‘Families of German MH17 victims to sue Ukraine’
BERLIN — Survivors of German victims of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 downed over Ukraine plan to sue the country and its president for manslaughter by negligence in 298 cases, the lawyer representing them said on Sunday. Professor of aviation law Elmar Giemulla, who is representing three families of …read more...
Russia welcomes special status for east Ukrainian regions
MOSCOW — The Russian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday welcomed as a “step in the right direction” a decision by the Ukrainian Parliament to grant special status to two eastern regions where pro-Russian separatists are fighting to split from Kiev. On Wednesday, Ukraine passed laws granting temporary and limited self-rule to the Done...
Kiev accuses rebels of threatening peace as fighting flares
DONETSK, Ukraine — The Ukrainian government accused pro-Russian separatists on Sunday of threatening a tenuous push for peace as booming rounds of heavy artillery fire echoed across the insurgent stronghold of Donetsk. …read more Source: Saudi...
