Section: World Bulletin (Turkey)
Ukraine army and rebels say new truce in east disrupted
Kiev and the rebels agreed a new “indefinite” ceasefire deal after Ukraine and Russia held talks in Minsk last month mediated by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and it went into force on December 24. …read more Source: World...
Ukraine’s military denies Russian hack attack
The conflict has claimed the lives of nearly 10,000 people and was one of the main factors why Moscow’s relations with the West are at a post-Cold War low. …read more Source: World...
Ukraine sees energy self-sufficiency by 2020
Volodymyr Groysman said the dollar would now cost 18.5 Ukrainian hryvnias instead of the current 26.5 if Kiev did not need to pay hard cash for its fuel supplies. …read more Source: World...
Ukraine’s ‘indefinite’ truce – will it bring any change?
A deal between Putin and Trump might end the flow of Russian weapons and troops that Western reporters have seen pouring into the war zone for years. …read more Source: World...
Ukraine bans books promoting Russia
Kiev accuses Russia of launching a 31-month war in its separatist east that has claimed nearly 10,000 lives in retaliation for Kiev’s February 2014 ouster of a Moscow-backed leader. …read more Source: World...
Ukraine reports first death since new truce
The military said the death occurred on Wednesday in the village of Kurti Blaka, some 15 kilometres (nine miles) north of the militias’ de facto capital of Donetsk. …read more Source: World...
Ukraine rebels agree to new indefinite truce
The armistice is meant to come into force at midnight Saturday (Friday 2200 GMT) and last through at least the holiday season. …read more Source: World...
Ukraine tycoon blasts Kiev over bank nationalisation
Billionaire Igor Kolomoyskiy said in his first published comments since Sunday’s takeover of PrivatBank that Kiev officials falsely accused him of issuing bad loans to cronies and having insufficient capital to stay afloat. …read more Source: World...
NATO urges Russia to prod Ukraine rebels to honour truce
But NATO said gaps with Moscow remained wide as the alliance also raised “particular concern” over Russia’s use of snap military exercises near eastern Europe that it says fuels instability. …read more Source: World...
Ukraine nationalises country’s largest bank
PrivatBank controls one-third of the east European country’s deposits and even has branches in the Baltic states. …read more Source: World...
