Section: Africa&ME
Ukraine says its forces attacked by Russian troops, Lavrov seeks immediate ceasefire
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko was cutting short a foreign trip on Wednesday after Kiev accused Russian regular forces of attacking its troops in the country’s east. The accusation against Moscow on Tuesday was one of the boldest assertions yet by Ukraine of direct Russian military involvement since the conflict between pro-Russian...
Five civilians dead as fresh battles rock east Ukraine’s Donetsk
Fresh clashes between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels rocked Donetsk in the country’s war-torn east Jan. 21, killing at least five civilians …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Ukraine accuses separatists of abusing Minsk deal with land grab
Kiev also says Russia has sent two more battalions the front, as former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warns of nuclear threat …read more Source: Business...
Kiev’s claim of Russian troops in Ukraine ‘nonsense’: Moscow
Kiev on Monday accused Russia of sending some 700 reinforcements to bolster separatist fighters battling Ukrainian forces around the rebel bastion of Donetsk. …read more Source: Khaleej...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko to cut short Davos visit
Due to the escalation of fighting in eastern Ukraine Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is cutting short his visit to the World Economic Forum. …read more Source: World...
Davos elite gather in shadow of attacks
The world’s political and business elite gather for their annual meeting in Davos, with the shadow of attacks in France looming large. ||| Davos – The world’s political and business elite gather for their annual meeting in the glitzy Swiss ski resort of Davos from Wednesday, with the shadow of recent attacks in France and...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko to cut short Davos visit: spokesman
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is cutting short his visit to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland because of the escalation of fighting in eastern Ukraine and will return home on Wednesday, his spokesman, Svyatoslav Tseholko, said. …read more Source: The Sunday...
‘Russian forces’ attack Ukraine troops
Ukraine on Tuesday accused Russian forces of attacking its soldiers after crossing over into the ex-Soviet state’s war-wrecked separatist east. …read more Source:...
Was my son terrorist? Father buries 4-year-old in Ukraine
Vladimir Bobryshchev was returning home early on a recent morning after a long night of work when a rocket ripped More… …read more Source: Emirates...
Ukraine accuses Russian forces of attack
Ukrainian soldiers allegedly assaulted after hundreds of Russian troops crossed into country in violation of truce deal. …read more Source: AL...
