Section: Hurriyet Daily News (Turkey)
Ukraine, Russia, Germany, France urge truce compliance, condemn breaches
The leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France on Feb 19 jointly urged a tattered truce in east Ukraine be restored and condemned breaches in recent days, according to official accounts of a four-way telephone call. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Ukraine calls for peacekeepers after rebels take key town
Ukrainian President Poroshenko on Feb. 18 called for European peacekeepers to enforce a shattered ceasefire deal in east Ukraine after a flashpoint strategic town fell to a fierce assault by pro-Russian rebels …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Western prevarications
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President François Hollande brokered a truce between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Feb. 12 in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, to subdue the bloodshed in eastern Ukraine. After intense and acrimonious negotiations, the four leaders agreed on a deal that came...
US blames Russian forces, separatist rebels for Ukraine ceasefire ‘violation’
The US has accused Russian forces and separatist rebels of violating the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, after fierce fighting around the strategic town of Debaltseve threatened the latest attempt to end the bloody 10-month conflict. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Domestic political and economic climate disturbed
The reaching of a cease-fire in the Ukrainian crisis and the signs of a possible agreement between Greece and the EU have caused the tension in global markets to ease last week. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Access agreed for OSCE monitors in Ukraine: Berlin
The leaders of Russia, Germany and Ukraine have agreed on ‘concrete measures’ to allow OSCE observers to monitor the shaky ceasefire in Ukraine, Berlin announced …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Breaches threaten shaky Ukraine ceasefire
A shaky truce in Ukraine was already at risk on its second day Feb 16 with both the Kyiv government and pro-Russian separatists accusing each other of attacks holding up an agreed pull-back of heavy weapons from the frontline …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Ukraine cease-fire or respite to war?
With news that moments after the Ukraine cease-fire went into effect, there were some serious violations, fingers were crossed with wishes that the “glimmer of hope” as described by Angela Merkel – who together with President François Hollande of France brokered the deal in talks in Minsk, Belarus with Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and...
Two killed as Ukraine truce gets off to fragile start
Two civilians were killed by rebel rocket fire shortly after the start of a ceasefire in east Ukraine on Feb. 15, a pro-Kyiv official said, but fighting reportedly died down across most of the conflict zone …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Turkcell’s net profit falls amid forex losses
Turkey’s largest mobile operator Turkcell posted a lower-than-expected net profit of 258 million Turkish Liras ($105 million) in the fourth quarter, due to foreign currency losses in operations in Ukraine and Belarus. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
