Section: Africa&ME
Russia, Germany concerned over truce violations in Ukraine
Russia and Germany voice concern about escalated fighting and truce violations in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
No political will in Kiev for new peace deal: Analyst
An analyst says there is no political will on the side of Ukraine to have a new peace deal with pro-Russians in east Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Cease-fire violations in eastern Ukraine cause concern
Russia and Germany both expressed concern Friday about violations of the cease-fire in eastern Ukraine and the risk of a new escalation of the conflict. …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia Sends New Humanitarian Convoy to Donbass
TEHRAN (FNA)- A new humanitarian aid convoy from Russia is traveling towards the state border with Ukraine, a source from the Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations said. …read more Source: Fars News...
Deal proves elusive at ‘final’ Ukraine debt talks
Ukraine has been lurching from one crisis to another since February 2014 …read more Source: World...
Moscow slaps food embargo on more European countries
MOSCOW: Russia on Thursday broadened a food embargo imposed in retaliation for Western sanctions over Ukraine to include Iceland, a significant fish importer, as well as Montenegro, Albania and Liechtenstein. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Ukraine will be added to the embargo from January 1 next year when a landmark EU-Ukraine trade deal...
US chides Russia on ‘sharp increase’ in Ukraine attacks
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State John Kerry called his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Thursday to express “grave concern” about increased separatist attacks in Ukraine, a senior State Department official said. Washington has long accused Russia of fomenting unrest in a breakaway region of eastern Ukraine and has urged Moscow to help...
Kerry calls on Russia to end Ukraine violence
US Secretary of State John Kerry has urged Russia to fully implement the Minsk agreement with Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Kerry voices concern to Russian counterpart on Ukraine, Soleimani
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry expressed ‘gave concern’ on Thursday to his Russian counterpart about a sharp increase in separatist attacks in eastern Ukraine and urged an immediate cease-fire, the State Department says …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia adds four new countries to food import ban list
Russia adds Albania, Montenegro, Liechtenstein and Iceland to list of countries from which it has banned food imports in retaliation for sanctions over Ukraine crisis …read more Source: Business...
