Section: United Arab Emirates
Ukraine conflict leaves kids in lurch
KHARTSYZK: Seryozha colours in his drawing of a tank, lost in thought. Like many 7-year-olds in eastern Ukraine, he has trouble recalling a time before the war. “They’ve always been shooting,” he says, vigorously scratching with the brightest of pencils. Yelena Nikulenko, the director of the children’s home in the rebel-held town of...
Poland to hold countrywide defence drills
WARSAW: Poland will stress-test its defence capabilities with a series of countrywide drills involving the government, local authorities and the military in response to the Ukraine crisis, Polish president’s chief security advisor said. A former eastern bloc country which became a Nato member in 1999, Poland is concerned that Russia’s...
Ukraine ceasefire on ‘thin ice’: OSCE
KIEV: The ceasefire in eastern Ukraine between Kiev’s forces and pro-Russian rebels is largely being observed but is still on “thin ice,” an Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) monitor said on Thursday, one month after both sides agreed to the truce. “The ceasefire holds broadly along the long contact line” in the...
U.S. blacklists more Ukrainian rebels, expands non-lethal aid
The aid to Ukraine includes about 200 unarmed Humvees and 30 with armor …read more Source: Al...
Ukraine president says arms withdrawal almost complete
Petro Poroshenko said some heavy weaponry remains in place at the airport of the rebel-held city of Donetsk. …read more Source: Khaleej...
Ukraine president says arms withdrawal almost complete
But each side accuses the other of stalling on complying other terms of a ceasefire deal …read more Source: Gulf...
Kiev says one soldier killed in eastern Ukraine
KIEV: Ukraine said on Sunday that one soldier has been killed in the country’s east by pro-Russia separatists but that the EU-mediated ceasefire was largely being observed. “One soldier died and three were injured” since Saturday, said security spokesman Andriy Lysenko in a briefing in Kiev. “However the Minsk accords are largely being...
Ukraine’s women rebels don evening gowns for glam night
“Even in my military fatigues I don’t forget that I am a woman,” says Yana Manuilova. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine’s female rebel fighters swap uniforms for evening gowns – video
Female fighters from the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic swap military uniforms for evening gowns to mark International Women’s Day. …read more Source: The...
Nemtsov’s girlfriend threatened
KIEV: The Ukrainian girlfriend of murdered Russian opposition activist Boris Nemtsov, who was by his side when he was shot dead, has complained to police of receiving death threats, Ukrainian prosecutors said on Friday. “Ganna Duritska… filed a statement about the threat to her life from unidentified people during her time in her...
