Section: Africa&ME
Ukraine calls for UN peacekeepers to observe ceasefire
The ceasefire in eastern Ukraine is mostly being observed, but there are reports of mortar fire and sporadic fighting around Luhansk and Debaltseve. …read more Source: World...
Ukraine calls for peacekeepers after rebels take key town
Ukrainian army loses key railway hub linking main rebel-held cities; rebels claim 300 troops taken… …read more Source:...
Ukrainian troops withdrawn from Debaltseve, east Ukraine
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Ukraine calls for peacekeepers after rebels take key town
Ukrainian President Poroshenko on Feb. 18 called for European peacekeepers to enforce a shattered ceasefire deal in east Ukraine after a flashpoint strategic town fell to a fierce assault by pro-Russian rebels …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Ukrainian forces exit besieged town after rebel assault
Nato accuses Russian-backed rebels of violating Minsk ceasefire, after at least 22 Ukrainian soldiers are killed in fighting for strategic town of Debaltseve …read more Source: Business...
Ukraine president calls for peacekeepers
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday called for a UN-mandated peacekeeping force to monitor a tattered ceasefire deal in east Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukraine calls for UN peacekeepers to observe ceasefire
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has called for U.N. peacekeepers to be deployed to monitor a ceasefire in east Ukraine, a proposal that pro-Russia rebels swiftly said would be in breach of a peace deal. At an emergency meeting late on Wednesday, Ukraine’s national security and defence council approved Poroshenko’s request, a...
Western prevarications
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President François Hollande brokered a truce between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Feb. 12 in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, to subdue the bloodshed in eastern Ukraine. After intense and acrimonious negotiations, the four leaders agreed on a deal that came...
A Year Later, Kyiv Uprising Victims Still Wait for Justice
KYIV, UKRAINE—Nineteen-year-old Roman Guryk was a bit of a rebel, but he cared deeply about his two younger sisters, his friends and a European future for Ukraine. A year ago, he gathered with thousands of other anti-government protesters near the Hotel Ukraine in central Kyiv. When they … …read more Source:...
The Path Of Blood: Remembering Ukraine’s Maidan Massacre
Published February 18, 2015 Between February 18 and 21, 2014, antigovernment protests in central Kyiv descended into deadly violence. Ukrainian government forces fought …read more Source:...
