Section: Gulf News (United Arab Emirates)
Fighting between Ukrainian army, rebels subsides as ceasefire begins
Heavy fighting between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian rebels appeared to subside after envoys meeting in Minsk approved a peace deal that included a ceasefire taking effect …read more Source: Gulf...
Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels agree ceasefire
Separatists’ leaders also say they remain set on their goal of splitting from Kiev’s rule …read more Source: Gulf...
Poroshenko orders Ukraine forces to halt fire at 1500 GMT
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Friday ordered his army commander to halt fire in Kiev’s five-month campaign against pro-Russian insurgents at 1500 GMT …read more Source: Gulf...
Fighting rages in eastern Ukraine despite truce talks
Mariupol has become the latest flashpoint in the insurgency as pro-Russian rebels wage a counter-offensive. …read more Source: Gulf...
Nato leaders blast Russia over Ukraine
Nato demanded yesterday that Moscow withdraw its troops from Ukraine as US President Barack Obama and his Western allies vowed to support Kiev and buttress their own defences.. …read more Source: Gulf...
MH17 Ukraine crash report due Tuesday: investigators
Dutch air crash investigators on Thursday announced that the preliminary report into what brought down flight MH17 over east Ukraine … …read more Source: Gulf...
Putin calls on Ukraine rebels, Kiev to halt fire
Announcements of a ceasefire raise hopes of an end to fighting that has killed at least 2,600 people. …read more Source: Gulf...
Putin, Poroshenko agree on ‘permanent ceasefire’ in Donbass region: Ukraine
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko reached agreement with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on a ‘permanent ceasefire’ … …read more Source: Gulf...
More than 1 million Ukrainians displaced by conflict: UNHCR
More than one million people have been uprooted by the conflict in Ukraine, including 260,000 within the country where further mass displacement is feared due to ongoing fighting …read more Source: Gulf...
More than 1 million Ukrainians displaced by conflict: UNHCR
More than one million people have been uprooted by the conflict in Ukraine, including 260,000 within the country where further mass displacement is feared due to ongoing fighting …read more Source: Gulf...