Section: United Arab Emirates
Russia, rebels attack Ukraine’s call for peacekeepers
A plea from Ukraine for international peacekeepers to enforce a shattered ceasefire in the east ran into strident … …read more Source: Gulf...
Embattled Ukraine town falls to rebels
Poroshenko orders troop pullout as hundreds of soldiers are taken captive …read more Source: Gulf...
Ukraine troops pull out of besieged flashpoint town
The retreat from Debaltseve, a strategic railway hub, is a serious defeat for Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, who vowed to crush the separatist uprising. …read more Source: Gulf...
UN Security Council endorses Minsk ceasefire and calls on parties to fully implement truce
NEW YORK, 18th February, 2015 (WAM) — The United Nations Security Council today adopted a resolution endorsing the 13-point accord on ending the Ukraine crisis agreed in Minsk, including a cease-fire, and called on all parties to the conflict to fully… …read more Source:...
UN Security Council endorses Minsk ceasefire and calls on parties to fully implement truce
NEW YORK, 18th February, 2015 (WAM) — The United Nations Security Council today adopted a resolution endorsing the 13-point accord on ending the Ukraine crisis agreed in Minsk, including a cease-fire, and called on all parties to the conflict to fully implement that cessation of hostilities, as the UN human rights office expressed concern...
US blames Russian forces, separatist rebels for Ukraine ceasefire ‘violation’
The US has accused Russian forces and separatist rebels of violating the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, after fierce fighting … …read more Source: Gulf...
U.N. Security Council endorses Ukraine peace deal
The council reaffirmed “its full respect for the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine’ …read more Source: Al...
Ukraine accuses rebels of destroying peace hopes
KIEV: Ukraine on Tuesday accused rebels and Russia of destroying a fragile three-day-old ceasefire after insurgents armed with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades stormed a flashpoint town and engaged thousands of troops there in intense combat. “The hopes of the world for peace are being destroyed,” the deputy head of Ukraine’s...
Ukraine says peace hopes ‘destroyed’ as rebels assault town
Fierce fighting was raging in the streets of Debaltseve, a strategic railway hub between the main rebel-held cities of Donetsk and Lugansk …read more Source: The...
Ukraine truce unravels as battle rages
Rebels say the ceasefire does not apply to the main battle front at the town of Debaltseve, where they have a Ukrainian military garrison surrounded. …read more Source: Gulf...
