Section: The Gulf Today (United Arab Emirates)
Three Ukrainian soldiers killed in separatist east
Kiev: Three Ukrainian soldiers were killed and sixteen wounded as violent clashes continued between pro-Russian rebels and government forces in the country’s separatist east, Kiev said on Sunday. Eight of the injured soldiers suffered concussion during artillery shelling over the weekend near Luganske, a village 50 kilometres northeast of...
Nato unites to keep pressure on Russia
Warsaw: Nato leaders united on Saturday behind a policy of deterrence and dialogue with Russia after launching the alliance’s biggest military revamp since the end of the Cold War to counter a resurgent Moscow. Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said at a summit in Warsaw that they “stand together” on Russia, with Nato’s eastern flank...
Ukraine minister held over alleged bribery scheme
Kiev: Ukraine’s security service said on Friday it had arrested the deputy health minister for allegedly running a bribery scheme that saw patients pay extra money for operations and other essential treatment. Deputy Health Minister Roman Vasylyshyn becomes the most prominent figure detained since the appointment of a new government in...
Kiev renames Moscow Avenue after Russian hate figure
KIEV: The change could hardly have been more confrontational or symbolic. Ukraine’s capital Kiev on Thursday renamed its Soviet-era Moscow Avenue after a Russian hate figure accused by the Kremlin of siding with the Nazis during World War II. Kiev’s local council decided that one of the bustling city’s main northern arteries...
Nato-Russia talks after Warsaw summit
Brussels: Nato is set to hold formal talks with Russia shortly after a summit in Warsaw this week where the alliance will endorse a military buildup following the Ukraine conflict, chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday. In April the Nato-Russia Council held its first meeting since June 2014 when relations were effectively frozen, and the talks...
EU extends Russia sanctions to Jan 2017
Brussels: The European Union on Friday formally extended damaging economic sanctions against Russia by six months due to a lack of progress in resolving the conflict in eastern Ukraine. The measures target the oil, financial and defence sectors of the Russian economy and were first imposed after the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17...
Russia agrees to talks with Nato after Warsaw summit
PARIS: Moscow has agreed to a Russia-Nato council after the alliance’s summit in Warsaw next month, French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said on Wednesday, as both sides seek to defuse military tensions exacerbated by the Ukraine crisis. Nato held its first formal meeting with Russia’s envoy to the alliance in almost two years in...
Ukraine arrest 2 Daesh militants from Tajikistan
Kiev: Ukraine said on Saturday it had detained two alleged Daesh fighters from ex-Soviet Tajikistan, who had fought in Syria and planned to foment “an Islamic revolution” in their homeland. The Ukrainian state border service said the two Tajik nationals were stopped after they arrived on Friday from Istanbul in the eastern city of...
EU extends economic curbs on Russia
Brussels: EU ambassadors agreed to roll over damaging economic sanctions against Russia for six months in the absence of any progress on resolving the Ukraine conflict, European sources said on Tuesday. The measures target the oil, financial and defence sectors of the Russian economy and were first imposed after the shooting down of Malaysia...
Three Ukrainian soldiers killed in separatist east
Kiev: Three Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and another injured in fresh clashes between pro-Russian rebels and government forces in the country’s separatist east, the military said on Sunday. “As a result of fighting, three Ukrainian soldiers have unfortunately been killed over the past 24 hours,” Ukrainian military spokesman Oleksandr...
