Section: Hurriyet Daily News (Turkey)
Foreign ministers meet in Paris on Ukraine crisis
Foreign ministers from Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany were meeting in Paris on Feb. 24 in a bid to salvage a ceasefire deal which has failed to halt fighting in eastern Ukraine …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Russia warns of gas risks after Ukraine fails to pre-pay
Russia’s Gazprom said on Feb. 24 there were “serious” risks to gas transit to Europe via Ukraine after Kyiv failed to make a pre-payment …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Kyiv says cannot withdraw heavy weapons as attacks persist
Kyiv accused pro-Russian rebels of opening fire with rockets and artillery at villages in southeastern Ukraine on Monday, all but burying a week-old European-brokered ceasefire deal. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Pro-Russian rebels set sights on Ukraine port city despite truce
Pro-Russian forces massing near Ukraine’s port city of Mariupol tried to overrun a troop position overnight, KYiv said on Feb. 23, fuelling concerns for the fate of an internationally brokered ceasefire …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Blast kills two at pro-government march in east Ukraine city
An explosion killed two people and wounded 11 on Feb. 22 in Ukraine’s government-controlled eastern city of Kharkiv, officials said. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Both sides agree to start heavy weapons pullback in Ukraine
Both sides in Ukraine’s conflict have agreed to pull back their heavy weapons from the frontline in accordance with a UN-backed truce, a Ukrainian military official told AFP on Feb. 22. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Ukraine lost ’179 troops’ in battle for Debaltseve
Ukraine lost 179 troops in the one-month battle with pro-Russian rebels that ended in defeat over the key eastern town of Debaltseve, Yuri Biryukov, an advisor to Ukraine’s president has said on his Facebook page …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
First comments from Russia
Turkey has replaced Ukraine since Russia declared the suspension of the long-planned South Stream project in early December 2014. In other words: Russia is going to build a new pipeline via Turkey, called the “Turkish Stream,” which will transport Russian gas to Europe via Turkey instead of Ukraine …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
EU to ‘reframe’ Russian energy ties in right time
The European Union will consider “reframing” energy relations with Russia based on market conditions when the time is right and for now will focus on its strategic gas partnership with Ukraine, a draft document shows …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
NATO should increase pressure on Russia over Ukraine: Turkey
The NATO alliance should increase its pressure on Russia over Ukraine, Turkey’s parliament speaker has said …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
