Section: Africa&ME
Ukraine rebels fight boredom of war with tanks and guns
Bored of war and dreaming of peace, pro-Moscow rebels in eastern Ukraine pass the time firing off weapons as months of conflict drag on with no resolution in sight. A group from the “Sword Battalion” are outside Ilovaisk, east of the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, testing a weapon just given to them by the self-proclaimed separatist Donetsk...
Russia urges Kiev to talk directly to separatists
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday (19/11/2014) Ukraine’s leaders must talk directly to separatists in the east of the country and should not treat Moscow as a party to the conflict. Kiev and the West accuse Russia of destabilising Ukraine by providing the rebels with money, arms and reinforcements. The West has...
Putin, German FM Discuss Ukraine
Germany’s foreign minister met with Vladimir Putin in Moscow… …read more Source:...
Russia urges Kiev to talk directly to separatists
Russia backs the separatists who have rebelled in the east but says it is not directly involved in the conflict in the Donbass region. …read more Source: World...
NEWS ANALYSIS: Putin unshaken by isolation at G-20 Brisbane summit
No resolution will leave an unresolved, or ‘frozen’, conflict that makes the east ungovernable for Kiev and hampers Ukraine’s leaders’ drive towards mainstream Europe …read more Source: Business...
Vice President Biden to Visit Ukraine
U.S. Vice… …read more Source:...
Reporter’s notebook: Ukraine rabbi tries to hold a dispersed community together
Those working to aid displaced Jews recount personal exoduses …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Can Minsk Cease-fire Agreement Hold?
Published November 18, 2014 Growing tensions between government troops and separatists in eastern Ukraine further threaten a cease-fire agreement reached two months ago in the Belarusian capital of Minsk. Critics of U.S. policy in Ukraine say it is time the Obama administration gives up on that much-violated cease-fire and moves toward...
Nato warns Russia over troops
BRUSSELS: Nato warned on Tuesday of a “very serious” build-up of Russian soldiers and weapons inside Ukraine and on its border as Germany’s foreign minister urged Kiev and Moscow to respect a tattered peace plan. The West is keeping up pressure on Russia over Ukraine following a bad-tempered G20 summit in Australia at the weekend, which...
German sees no optimism on Ukraine after talks in Moscow, Kiev
Around 140 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed since the ceasefire was declared, according to Ukraine’s military …read more Source: World...
