Section: World Bulletin (Turkey)
In response to Ukraine crisis, Berlin to launch new think tank
“Strengthening our understanding of eastern Europe has been a top priority of the foreign minister,” said one fm official. …read more Source: World...
Ukraine rebels say government forces pushed back near Donetsk
Heaviest rebel attacks on Mariupol, Debaltseve and Vuhlehirsk, army says. Rebels deny plans to capture Mariupol. …read more Source: World...
Ukraine parliament calls Russia “aggressor state”
Legal recognition as an aggressor state entails consequences as provided for under 1974 UN resolution and the UN charter. …read more Source: World...
Meskhetian Turks flee eastern Ukraine
Turkish-speaking minority fearful amid renewed fighting between Kiev and pro-Russia separatists. …read more Source: World...
Attacks on civilians in Mariupol, Ukraine were war crime-UN
Moscow maintains Kiev is to blame for the latest fighting for refusing to pull its heavy weapons from the front and negotiate with the rebels. …read more Source: World...
EU leaders likely to decide on new Russia sanctions
EU’s 28 leaders voiced concern about the deteriorating security and humanitarian situation in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: World...
Nine Ukrainian soldiers killed in “tense” eastern conflict
In the past 24 hours illegal armed groups carried out 120 attacks on government positions. …read more Source: World...
Ukrainian woman pilot could die in Russian detention
Savchenko, the first woman military pilot in Ukraine on hunger strike for nearly 45 days. …read more Source: World...
State of emergency declared in eastern Ukraine
‘The Ukrainian government has decided to institute the state of emergency in Donetsk and Luhansk,’ announced PM Yatsenyuk. …read more Source: World...
Putin: Ukrainian army is NATO’s ‘foreign legion’
Russian president claims NATO is using the Ukrainian military as a ‘foreign legion’ to contain Russia …read more Source: World...
