Section: Africa&ME
News24.com | Close to 500 miners trapped in east Ukraine
Nearly 500 coal miners in Ukraine’s war-torn east have been trapped after their pit lost power when a shell hit a regional electric substation. …read more Source:...
Ukraine shelling traps 500 miners
Nearly 500 coal miners in Ukraine’s war-torn east were trapped on Monday after their pit lost power when a shell hit an electricity substation. …read more Source:...
NATO, Ukraine to meet in response to renewed fighting
Ukraine invoked a clause of a NATO-Ukraine agreement. …read more Source: World...
Seven Ukrainian soldiers killed in intensified rebel attacks
Seven Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in intensified clashes with pro-Russian rebels in the eastern conflict zone in the past 24 hours, the Kiev military said on Monday, reporting fierce fighting at the strategic small town of Debaltseve. Violence in eastern Ukraine is at its worst level since a ceasefire was agreed last September and...
News24.com | Russia blames Ukraine for renewed violence
Russia has blamed Kiev for a surge in violence in south-eastern Ukraine and urged the West not to show its support with actions such as imposing new sanctions on Moscow. …read more Source:...
Nearly 500 miners trapped in east Ukraine: ministry
Nearly 500 coal miners in Ukraine’s war-torn east were trapped on Jan. 26 after their pit lost power when a shell hit an electricity substation. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Moscow to promote contact between rebels and Kyiv ‘within days’
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that Moscow is working to promote contacts between Kyiv and the pro-Russian separatists in the next few days …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Kremlin says any more pressure on Russia would be “destructive”
Russia fought back over new US and EU sanctions imposed over Ukraine. …read more Source: World...
Russia blames Ukraine for violence, urges West not to support Kiev
Russia blamed the Ukrainian authorities on Monday for a surge in violence in southeastern Ukraine and urged the West not to show its support for Kiev with actions such as imposing new sanctions on Moscow. “We see attempts to derail the peace process and attempts again and again by the Kiev leadership to solve the problem by using force to...
Russia bans salt imports from Artyomsol
Moscow’s consumer rights watchdog has imposed a temporary ban on salt imports from a state Ukrainian producer. ||| Moscow – Russia’s consumer rights watchdog said on Monday it had imposed a temporary ban on salt imports from a state Ukrainian producer, citing a violation of legislation. Rospotrebnadzor said it had banned salt...
