Section: Africa&ME
US blames Russian forces, separatist rebels for Ukraine ceasefire ‘violation’
The US has accused Russian forces and separatist rebels of violating the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, after fierce fighting around the strategic town of Debaltseve threatened the latest attempt to end the bloody 10-month conflict. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
UN Security Council endorses Minsk ceasefire and calls on parties to fully implement truce
NEW YORK, 18th February, 2015 (WAM) — The United Nations Security Council today adopted a resolution endorsing the 13-point accord on ending the Ukraine crisis agreed in Minsk, including a cease-fire, and called on all parties to the conflict to fully… …read more Source:...
News24.com | Ukraine troops taken prisoner in railway hub fighting
Under a near-constant barrage of artillery fire, Ukrainian forces and separatist rebels have fought fierce street battles for control of the strategic railway hub of Debaltseve. …read more Source:...
Putin tells Ukraine to let its troops surrender as peace deal fails
Russia’s president says Ukrainian troops should be allowed to surrender to pro-Russian forces, as a deadline to withdraw heavy weapons is missed. …read more Source: Mail &...
UN calls for Ukraine fighting to stop
The UN Security Council called on all parties in eastern Ukraine to stop fighting and implement a European-brokered peace deal. ||| United Nations – The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday called on all parties in eastern Ukraine to stop fighting and implement a European-brokered peace deal as an almost three-day-old ceasefire...
UN Security Council endorses Minsk ceasefire and calls on parties to fully implement truce
NEW YORK, 18th February, 2015 (WAM) — The United Nations Security Council today adopted a resolution endorsing the 13-point accord on ending the Ukraine crisis agreed in Minsk, including a cease-fire, and called on all parties to the conflict to fully implement that cessation of hostilities, as the UN human rights office expressed concern...
US blames Russian forces, rebels for Ukraine ceasefire ‘violation’
Ukraine appeals to the West to get ‘tough’ on Russia; Putin says conflict can’t be solved by ‘military… …read more Source:...
US blames Russian forces, separatist rebels for Ukraine ceasefire ‘violation’
The US has accused Russian forces and separatist rebels of violating the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, after fierce fighting … …read more Source: Gulf...
The other Minsk mediation
Amid the intense focus on the fragile ceasefire now in effect in eastern Ukraine, another simmering conflict, in a more remote part of Russia’s “near abroad”, is now dangerously close to erupting in renewed hostilities. That conflict, over Nagorno-Karabakh, an Armenian enclave that broke away from Azerbaijan over two decades...
Ukraine wants action after rebel attack
Ukraine on Tuesday appealed to the West to get “tough” on Russia after pro-Moscow separatists stormed a flashpoint town to attack thousands of government troops, violating a three-day-old ceasefire. …read more Source:...
