Section: Turkey
U.S., Russia to exchange info on Ukraine crisis
Before meeting Kerry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov deflected a question about whether Moscow was sending tanks and troops to help the separatists …read more Source: World...
Ukraine: Russian incursion rolls back cease-fire
Ukrainian president: Entry of heavily armed Russian units into country causes ‘substantial rollback’ of cease-fire, and escalates fighting. …read more Source: Anadolu...
Ukraine accuses Russia of sending dozens of tanks
Ukraine has accused Russia of sending in dozens of tanks and other heavy weapons into Ukraine’s rebel-controlled eastern areas. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Russia stands by Ukraine ceasefire deal, “respects” rebel vote
Russia respected the will of voters after a separatist leadership election in the east of Ukraine regarded as illegitimate by the West …read more Source: World...
Gazprom asks Ukraine to prepay for November gas supplies
Gazprom has sent Ukraine a bill to prepay for two billion cubic metres of November gas supplies at a price of $378 per 1,000 cubic metres …read more Source: World...
Putin cannot avoid me: Australia PM
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Nov. 6 warned Vladimir Putin he will not be able to avoid a “conversation” over the loss of Australian lives in the downing of Flight MH17 over Ukraine. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Number of OSCE observers in Ukraine to increase to 500
Plans to increase number of observers in Ukraine to 500, 350 of whom would be based in Donetsk and Luhansk regions. …read more Source: Anadolu...
Turkish FM Çavuşoğlu due to visit Ukraine on Nov 10
Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu will visit Ukraine on Nov. 10 to attend the third meeting of the Turkey-Ukraine Joint Strategic Planning Group Meeting …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Turkey won’t recognize rebel elections in east Ukraine
Turkish Foreign Ministry calls on Kiev and rebels to act according to the Minsk agreement of September 5. …read more Source: Anadolu...
Separatists say Ukraine has violated peace deal
Poroshenko, who accuses the rebels of violating the Minsk agreement by holding leadership elections on Sunday, said on Tuesday that he wanted parliament to scrap the law offering “special status” to the eastern regions. …read more Source: World...