Section: United Arab Emirates
Kiev says cannot withdraw heavy weapons
KIEV: Ukraine’s military said on Monday it could not start withdrawing heavy weapons from the front line in the east as required under a tenuous ceasefire because pro-Russian separatists who advanced last week were still attacking its positions. A truce to end fighting that has killed more than 5,600 people appeared stillborn last week...
Russian defence spending likely to decrease due to sanctions
Monday, Feb 23, 2015 Abu Dhabi Russian defence budget is likely to shrink by about 10 per cent due to sanctions related to Ukraine issue and falling oil prices, a top executive from the Russian government owned Rostec said on Monday. Sergey Chemezov,… …read more Source:...
Kiev says cannot withdraw heavy weapons as attacks persist
Kiev accused pro-Russian rebels of opening fire with rockets and artillery at villages in southeastern Ukraine … …read more Source: Gulf...
Ahead of Lent, a ‘pagan’ festival in eastern Ukraine – video
Donetsk residents celebrate the pre-Lenten festival of Maslenitsa, hoping for a peaceful future as very shaky ceasefire continues. …read more Source: The...
Kiev points finger at Russia after 2 killed in blast
KHARKIV: At least two people were killed on Sunday when a blast struck a crowd at a pro-Ukrainian rally far from eastern Ukraine’s war zone, and Kiev said it had arrested suspects who had been armed and instructed in Russia. Ukrainian authorities fear violence could spread from two rebellious provinces to other areas in the mainly...
Blast kills two in east Ukraine as rebels, army wrangle over truce
139 Ukrainian soldiers swapped overnight for 52 rebel fighters …read more Source: Gulf...
Both sides agree to start heavy weapons pullback in Ukraine
Both sides in Ukraine’s conflict have agreed to pull back their heavy weapons from the frontline in accordance with a UN-backed truce …read more Source: Gulf...
40,000 attend Moscow pro-Putin rally
MOSCOW: Tens of thousands of strongman Vladimir Putin’s supporters rallied on Saturday near the Kremlin walls, a year after protests in neighbouring Ukraine led to the fall of its pro-Russian president. The demonstrators, some dressed in fatigues, waved Russian flags and many sported the black and orange St George ribbon, a symbol of...
US and allies discuss new sanctions on Russia over Ukraine: Kerry
The United States and its allies are discussing imposing more sanctions against Russia for undermining a European … …read more Source: Gulf...
Pro-Kremlin demo vows ‘no Maidan’ for Russia
Rally marks one year since scores of demonstrators were gunned down in Ukraine’s pro-Western uprising …read more Source: Gulf...
