Section: United Arab Emirates
Ukraine pulls rocket launchers back from frontline
KIEV: Kiev said on Friday it had withdrawn all its Uragan multiple rocket launchers from the main conflict zone in eastern Ukraine, in compliance with a ceasefire agreement with pro-Russian rebels. Two of the imposing Uragan (Hurricane) rocket launchers — equipped with 16 launch tubes for 220mm rockets — were being readied for loading on to a...
Russian troops dying in ‘large numbers’ in eastern Ukraine: Nato
Russian officials on Thursday dismissed a claim by the United States that Moscow has sent “thousands” of troops to fight alongside pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine. …read more Source: Khaleej...
In Crimea, cash is king
Rising inflation, chronic shortages and growing anxiety over the conflict has made this Black Sea peninsula an economic no-go zone …read more Source: Gulf...
32 feared dead in east Ukraine mine blast
The mine accident comes as Ukraine’s army said it was pulling back 152-calibre howitzers, the ‘second stage’ of the peace accord. …read more Source: The...
More than 30 killed in Ukraine coal mine blast
About 70 people were working in the mine in the eastern Ukrainian rebel stronghold of Donetsk when the explosion happened. …read more Source: Gulf...
OSCE to monitor truce violation areas: Kiev
KIEV: The leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany have agreed to send observers to flashpoint sites in eastern Ukraine as sporadic deadly attacks continue to rattle a shaky truce, Kiev said on Tuesday. Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin described the situation on the ground as “very difficult and tense,” three weeks after a...
Stunning girl-friend at heart of Russia’s biggest murder ‘arrives’
The chief witness in the murder of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov — a Ukrainian model who was his girlfriend More… …read more Source: Emirates...
Ukraine death toll crosses 6,000: UN
GENEVA: UN rights leaders on Monday decried the “merciless devastation of civilian lives and infrastructure” in Ukraine as the death toll passed 6,000, warning that targeting civilian areas could be a “crime against humanity.” The United Nations’ ninth report on the situation in violence-wracked Ukraine paints a bleak picture of...
Kerry, Lavrov hold talks as Ukraine toll tops 6,000
The foreign ministers of the US and Russia both said the ceasefire was on the right track, despite repeated breaches of the peace deal that have left hundreds dead. …read more Source: The...
Kerry, Lavrov in ‘hopeful’ talks over Ukraine
Death toll of fighting tops 6,000 in less than a year, UN says …read more Source: Gulf...
