Section: The Gulf Today (United Arab Emirates)
EU, US leaders in new Ukraine peace bid
KIEV: German and French leaders flew into Kiev on Thursday armed with a new peace plan aimed at halting an upsurge in deadly fighting in eastern Ukraine. Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Francois Hollande arrived hot on the heels of US Secretary of State John Kerry as Washington weighed sending arms for Kiev’s fight with pro-Russian...
Hospital shelled in east Ukraine
KIEV: Shelling at a hospital in east Ukraine killed four people on Wednesday ahead of a visit to Kiev by US Secretary of State John Kerry that will see possible arms supplies high on the agenda. The latest deaths came as international pressure grew for an immediate halt to surging violence which has seen hundreds of civilians killed in recent...
Mother of seven accused of treason released from jail
MOSCOW: A mother of seven accused of treason for telling the Ukrainian embassy about Russian troop movements was to be released from jail on Tuesday, her husband said, though the charges against her remain. Svetlana Davydova, who faces between 12 and 20 years in prison, is being held in the high-security Lefortovo jail in Moscow. Her case has led...
Ukraine hopes for US arms as death toll mounts in east
KIEV: Ukraine will step up efforts to persuade the United States to send weapons, a government source said on Tuesday, after Washington signalled it might be ready to arm troops battling a rebel offensive. At least 19 civilians and five government troops were killed over the previous 24 hours as fierce clashes raged between pro-Russian...
Ukraine rebels vow to escalate conflict
Donetsk: Pro-Russian separatists vowed on Monday to mobilise up to 100,000 fighters for their latest east Ukraine offensive as the United States mulled sending weapons to Kiev’s outgunned forces after the latest truce bid collapsed. The pledge to dramatically escalate a nine-month conflict that has already left at least 5,100 people dead...
13 Ukrainian soldiers killed in fight with Russia-backed rebels
KIEV: Russian-backed separatists kept up their assault on Sunday on a railway hub in eastern Ukraine, the fiercest battle in fighting that the government said has killed 13 of its troops and wounded 20 others over the last day. The separatists attacked several villages around the town of Debaltseve, a rail link between the two rebel strongholds...
Civilians dodge artillery fleeing Ukraine war epicentre
LKIEV: Civilians fleeing the besieged east Ukrainian town of Debaltseve came under withering artillery fire from pro-Russian separatists on Sunday, with security forces vowing to fight to the end to defend the key transport hub. A punishing barrage of shells fell around a three-vehicle convoy entering the town, which the rebels claim to have...
3 dead, 24 injured in Slovak bus crash
BRATISLAVA: Three people died and 24 were injured in a bus crash in northern Slovakia early on Saturday, rescuers said. “Three people died, two are in a critical condition, four suffered serious injuries and 18 had light injuries,” emergency service spokesman Andrej Hirjak told AFP, adding the accident had occurred around 03:00GMT. Two casualties...
Fighting rages in East Ukraine amid fresh talks
MINSK/KIEV: A new round of peace talks got under way involving Ukraine and separatists on Saturday, even as fighting between Kiev government forces and the Russian-backed rebels raged in Ukraine’s east, claiming civilian and military lives. The main members of the so-called contact group – Ukrainian former president Leonid Kuchma, a...
Ukraine talks fail, dozens killed and wounded in fighting
KIEV: Truce talks between Ukraine’s government and pro-Russian insurgents appeared to collapse on Friday after 24 people, mostly civilians, were reported killed in heavy weapons fire in eastern Ukraine, prompting new European criticism of Russia. Plans for the talks in the Belarussian capital Minsk were announced on Thursday, raising hopes...
