Section: Africa&ME
Ukraine’s economic challenge
Russia’s presence in Ukraine has brought Western sanctions onto Russia, but it has also pushed Ukraine to the brink of bankruptcy, and into an IMF-led $40bn bailout. Due to the conflict, industrial production in Donetsk dropped 60 percent year on year, and in Lugansk it fell by 85 percent. Ukraine’s government says it is spending $10m...
Some Ukraine forces start to quit besieged town
Members of the Ukrainian armed forces ride on a military vehicle near Debaltseve, eastern Ukraine, on February 16, 2015. (Reuters/Gleb Garanich) Kiev, Reuters—Some Ukrainian forces began to pull out of a town under siege by Russian-backed separatists on Wednesday as renewed fighting threatened to wreck an international deal aimed at ending the...
Some pro-government forces start pulling out of besieged Ukrainian town
Kiev so far silent on reported retreat from Debaltseve, which has been surrounded by pro-Russia separatists. …read more Source: World...
Some Ukraine forces ‘withdrawing from besieged town’
Some Ukraine forces have begun pulling out of the town of Debaltseve which is under siege from pro-Russia rebels, commanders of pro-Ukraine government paramilitary units claimed. “The withdrawal of forces from Debaltseve is taking place in a planned and organised way,” Semen Semenchenko, a parliamentary deputy who heads the...
Some Ukraine forces ‘withdrawing from besieged town’
Kiev so far silent on reported retreat from Debaltseve, which has been surrounded by pro-Russia separatists. …read more Source: AL...
Putin: Military aid to Ukraine will increase victims
President Putin says Ukraine’s crisis cannot be solved militarily. …read more Source: Anadolu...
Some pro-government forces start pulling out of besieged Ukrainian town
By Richard Balmforth Some pro-government forces began on Wednesday to pull out of the east Ukrainian town of Debaltseve which is under siege from Russian-backed separatists, commanders of pro-government paramilitary units said. “The withdrawal of forces from Debaltseve is taking place in a planned and organised way,” said Semen Semenchenko, who...
Some Ukraine forces ‘begin to withdraw from key town’
Some Ukraine forces have begun pulling out of the town of Debaltseve which is under siege from pro-Russia rebels, commanders of pro-Ukraine government paramilitary units claimed. “The withdrawal of forces from Debaltseve is taking place in a planned and organised way,” Semen Semenchenko, a parliamentary deputy who heads…...
Putin: Troops To Surrender As Ukraine Ceasefire Unravels
Russian President Vladimir Putin, told Kiev to let its soldiers surrender to pro-Russian rebels, who spurned a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine and fought their way on Tuesday into the town of Debaltseve, encircling thousands of government troops. A peace deal reached at all-night talks in the Belarussian capital, Minsk, last week had all but...
UN Security Council urges enactment of Ukraine agreement
Council adopts Russian-drafted resolution endorsing Minsk cease-fire agreement. …read more Source: World...
