Section: The Gulf Today (United Arab Emirates)
Kiev seeks jail for suspected Russian spies
KIEV: Ukraine’s military prosecutors on Friday demanded 15-year jail terms for two suspected Russian surveillance soldiers captured in the war-torn separatist east last May. Moscow argues that sergeant Aleksander Aleksandrov and captain Yevgeny Yerofeyev had delisted from the armed forces by the time they crossed the Ukrainian border into...
Nato set for first formal talks with Russia in 2 years
BRUSSELS: Nato will hold its first formal talks with Russia in nearly two years on April 20 to discuss the Ukraine crisis and other security issues, the US-led military alliance said on Tuesday. “The date has been mutually agreed,” a Nato spokeswoman said, adding: “It is good to talk but it cannot be a return to business as usual.” Alliance head...
EU slams Ukraine violence after monitors attacked
KIEV: The European Union (EU) on Sunday criticised the “unprecedented level of violence” in eastern Ukraine after international monitors came under fire despite a truce between government forces and pro-Russian separatists. “The significant increase of ceasefire violations in the Donetsk region represents an unprecedented level of violence” since...
Ukraine’s embattled prime minister resigns
MINSK: Ukraine’s embattled Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk announced on Sunday that he is resigning, opening the way for the formation of a new government to end a drawn-out political crisis. In his weekly televised address, Arseniy Yatsenyuk said his resignation would be formally submitted to parliament on Tuesday. The same day,...
Assailants torch office of Ukraine judge
Kiev: Unknown assailants on Friday threw Molotov cocktails and set alight the Kiev office of a Ukrainian judge overseeing the trial of two alleged Russian soldiers captured in the separate east. The attack comes two weeks after police discovered the body of a Ukrainian lawyer who was brutally murdered after representing one of the two Russian...
Dutch say ‘No’ to Ukraine-EU deal
THE HAGUE: The Dutch “No” to an EU pact with Ukraine dealt a fresh blow to European unity on Thursday, handing eurosceptics a symbolic victory ahead of Britain’s in-out referendum in June. Ukrainians blamed their political leaders for not doing enough to tackle corruption and improve the country’s image. European leaders were licking...
Russia secret service claims detaining Ukrainian agent
MOSCOW: Russia’s FSB security service on Thursday said it had detained an alleged CIA-trained Ukrainian intelligence officer who was trying to become a triple agent, and would deport him. “On March 26 on Russian territory, an employee of the counterespionage department of the SBU security service of Ukraine, lieutenant-colonel Yury...
Ukraine parliament sacks graft-tainted prosecutor
KIEV: Ukraine’s parliament on Tuesday sacked the country’s chief prosecutor over his alleged attempts to stall high-profile corruption investigations and cover up state graft. The decision should cheer Western allies increasingly concerned that the ex-Soviet country is reverting to a culture of sleaze since it ousted a Russian-backed...
Ukrainians rally against graft-tainted prosecutor
KIEV: More than one hundred Ukrainian protesters rallied outside the president’s office on Monday demanding the immediate ouster of the chief prosecutor and a more dedicated fight against state graft. Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin has been ensnared in a web of scandals that have worried Ukraine’s Western allies and left despondent...
Two Ukrainian soldiers killed, 8 wounded in fresh clashes in rebel east
Kiev: Two Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in the latest uptick in fighting with pro-Russian separatists in the country’s war-torn east, a Kiev military official said on Saturday. “As a result of fighting two Ukrainian servicemen were killed and another eight were wounded,” Ukrainian military spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk told...
