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Violence escalates in east Ukraine ahead of talks
KIEV: Ukraine’s military accused pro-Russian rebels on Monday of using heavy weapons that were meant to have been withdrawn under a ceasefire deal, after one Ukrainian serviceman was killed and six wounded in rebel-held territories. With fighting intensifying once more, the foreign ministers of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany were due...
Easter in the trenches for Ukrainian troops – video
Ukrainian troops in Eastern Ukraine slice into traditional Easter cake to celebrate the Eastern Orthodox holiday on the battlefield, despite a shaky ceasefire. …read more Source: The...
German FM rejects calls to invite Putin to G7 talks
G7 nations held a summit without Putin last year in protest against Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region …read more Source: Al...
Ukraine bans Soviet-era icons; statues smashed
KIEV: Masked men toppled three statues of Communist leaders overnight on Friday Ukraine’s city of Kharkiv, days after parliament moved to purge Soviet-era symbols countrywide. A video posted on YouTube by an anti-Russian militant group called “We’ve had enough” —a video shows the men smashing three large monuments glorifying Bolshevik...
CORRECTED-Main players in Ukraine debt battle prepare to face off
(Drops word French in para 10)By Sujata RaoLONDON, April 9 (Reuters) – Three years after facing off over Greece&aposs debt workout, the two giants of debt restructuring – Lazard and Blackstone – are again preparing to do battle, one for Ukraine and the latter on behalf of its creditors.The aim of having private investors...
Latvian president will not seek second term
RIGA: Latvian President Andris Berzins said on Friday he will not seek a second term, weeks ahead of a ballot to be held amid security concerns in the Baltic state over Russia’s actions in Ukraine. The region has been on edge since Moscow annexed the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine last year and offered alleged military support for...
Ukraine army, rebels accuse each other of attacks
KIEV: Ukraine’s military and pro-Russian rebels accused each other on Friday of intensifying attacks in separatist eastern territories despite a two-month-old ceasefire deal. The conflict has reached stalemate in recent weeks with the truce, brokered in the Belarussian capital of Minsk in mid-February, still technically in force though...
Czech plans to register citizens for military service
PRAGUE: The Czech government plans to create a register of citizens who could be called up for military service, in response to growing concerns over threats from Daesh and insecurity in Ukraine, Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka said on Thursday. Sobotka said the move would not amount to the reintroduction of compulsory military service, but would...
Ukraine rebel warns of possible return to war
Donetsk: Ukrainian pro-Russian separatist leader Alexander Zakharchenko accused the Kiev government of “totally ignoring” the terms of a peace deal and warned in an interview with reporters that fighting might resume. The warning came as international monitors overseeing a fragile February truce — which is largely holding despite isolated clashes...
Main players in Ukraine debt battle prepare to face off
By Sujata RaoLONDON, April 9 (Reuters) – Three years after facing off over Greece&aposs debt workout, the two giants of debt restructuring – Lazard and Blackstone – are again preparing to do battle, one for Ukraine and the latter on behalf of its creditors.The aim of having private investors take a $15.3 billion hit on their...
