Section: Africa&ME
Fighting near Donetsk airport despite ceasefire
The Spartak district, adjacent to the city’s now-flattened airport, is one of several sites in eastern Ukraine to have seen continued hostilities between the rebels and Ukrainian government forces …read more Source: World...
Ukraine pilot detained in Russia resumes hunger strike
A female Ukrainian pilot detained in Russia on murder charges that Kiev says are politically motivated restarted a hunger strike that officials have warned could kill her, her lawyer tells AFP …read more Source: The Daily...
Crimea fetes anniversary of vote to join Russia
Crimea kicked off celebrations Monday to mark one year since a controversial vote that led to Russia’s annexation of the peninsula, a historic shift blasted by the West and Ukraine as an illegal takeover. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Russia starts nationwide show of force
More than 45,000 Russian troops as well as war planes and submarines started military exercises across much of the country on Monday in one of the Kremlin’s biggest shows of force since its ties with the West plunged to Cold War-lows.President Vladimir Putin called the Navy’s Northern Fleet to full combat readiness in exercises in...
Merkel accuses Ukraine separatists of not complying with truce
The pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine are not fully complying with the Minsk peace accord, German Chancellor Angela Merkel says. …read more Source: The New...
Ukraine mired in intense negotiations with creditors
Debt reduction will further charge relations with Russia, which holds $3 billion of country’s debt. …read more Source: Anadolu...
With pomp and no regrets, Crimea celebrates choice to join Russia
Moscow is pulling out all the stops to mark the first anniversary …read more Source: Gulf...
Poroshenko tables resolution on UN force for Ukraine
Draft legislation expected to be discussed in Ukrainian parliament on Tuesday. …read more Source: Anadolu...
EU warns of Crimea build-up
The EU has warned of a Russian build-up in Crimea as Russia celebrates the one year anniversary of annexing the region. …read more Source:...
EU warns of Russian military buildup in Crimea
The EU warned March 16 of a continued Russian military build-up in Crimea as it condemned Moscow’s “illegal annexation” of the peninsula from Ukraine one year ago. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
