Section: World Bulletin (Turkey)
110 separatists killed in Eastern Ukraine in two days
Conflict escalated in spite of cease-fire agreement signed by Ukrainian government and pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source: World...
Putin says foes hope to dismember Russia, defends Ukraine policy
President Vladimir Putin portrayed Russia as a strong state that would overcome its current difficulties. …read more Source: World...
Fleeing war and crumbling economy, Ukrainians flock to Europe
The nature of illegal immigration means it yields little data but legal flows show Ukrainians were the biggest single group of non-EU citizens granted residency permits by EU members in 2013. …read more Source: World...
Ukraine says “no threat” from accident at nuclear plant
France’s public nuclear safety institute IRSN said it had not detected any unusual radioactivity in Ukraine after Friday’s accident …read more Source: World...
Ukraine president stands by foreign and defence chiefs
Parliament was expected to endorse Pavlo Klimkin as foreign minister and Stepan Poltorak as defence chief in the government of Arseny Yatseniuk …read more Source: World...
Russia accuses NATO of destabilising northern Europe
NATO has stepped up joint exercises, and offered additional reinforcements and a temporary rotation of forces in eastern Europe to reassure members in the region worried by the crisis in Ukraine …read more Source: World...
Ukraine says Russian special forces involved in attacks
There has been continued shelling from both government forces and the rebels, even after a peace deal signed on Sept. 5. …read more Source: World...
Large convoy enters east Ukraine from Russia – military
There has been continued shelling from both government forces and the rebels, even after a peace deal signed on Sept. 5. …read more Source: World...
Russia calls for end to sanctions as EU targets Ukraine separatists
The European Union has imposed sanctions on the organisers of rebel elections in eastern Ukraine this month, hitting the separatists and their organisations with asset freezes and travel bans. …read more Source: World...
EU imposes sanctions on Ukraine rebel vote organisers
Rebels in eastern Ukraine held their elections on Nov. 2, arguing that the vote was the next step after local referendums in May calling for independence from Ukraine. …read more Source: World...