Section: Africa&ME
Germany: Damned if it leads, damned if it doesn’t
Merkel’s role in the diplomatic frenzy over Ukraine creates a new political reality in Europe. …read more Source: AL...
News24.com | Ceasefire largely holding in Ukraine
A ceasefire between the Kiev government and pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine appears to be largely holding after it was implemented overnight. …read more Source:...
Netanyahu calls for ‘massive immigration’ of European Jews to Israel
After two shootings in Copenhagen, PM says cabinet to discuss $46 million plan to encourage Jewish immigration from Ukraine, France and Belgium; Bennett: European views should not Israel is their home. …read more Source: Yedioth...
Two killed as Ukraine truce gets off to fragile start
Two civilians were killed by rebel rocket fire shortly after the start of a ceasefire in east Ukraine on Feb. 15, a pro-Kyiv official said, but fighting reportedly died down across most of the conflict zone …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Guns mostly fall silent in east Ukraine as ceasefire takes hold
Ukrainian tanks near Debaltseve, eastern Ukraine, on February 14, 2015. (REUTERS/Gleb Garanich)Donetsk and Artemivsk, Reuters—Guns fell abruptly silent at midnight across much of eastern Ukraine in line with a ceasefire agreement, although periodic shooting near a front-line railway junction showed that the truce was fragile. Reuters journalists...
Guns fall silent in Ukraine’s Donetsk as Poroshenko orders ceasefire
Shelling stopped abruptly at midnight on Saturday in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk after President Petro Poroshenko ordered government forces to halt firing in line with a ceasefire agreement aimed at ending the country’s bloody conflict. Poroshenko, wearing the uniform of the armed forces supreme commander, said in a televised...
Ukraine military says ceasefire generally observed
Despite some limited shelling, the ceasefire has generally been observed. …read more Source: World...
Attacks in Ukraine despite ceasefire-Officials
The Ukrainian government and pro-Russia rebels have exchanged accusations of fresh attacks only hours into the ceasefire agreed by them, officials from the warring sides have said. The ceasefire is seen as a first step in a peace plan aimed at ending 10 months of conflict in eastern Ukraine. Within two hours into the ceasefire, which came into...
Cease-Fire Comes Into Force in Ukraine
A fragile cease-fire began in Ukraine at midnight Saturday (12 a.m. Sunday local time, 2200 UTC Saturday) after hours of intense fighting in the eastern part of the country. Isolated incidents of violence have been reported since the cease-fire took effect. Under terms of the European-brokered deal, Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed separatist...
Ukraine fighting continues despite ceasefire
…read more Source: The Jerusalem...
