Section: Global Times (China)
EU prolongs Russian economic sanctions for six months: official
EU foreign ministers formally agreed Monday to prolong to January 2016 damaging economic sanctions against Russia to ensure it fully implements the Ukraine peace accords, officials said. …read more Source: Global...
Casualties mount in E.Ukraine as fighting intensifies
Three Ukrainian soldiers were killed and 14 others wounded in the past 24 hours as fighting between government forces and pro-independence rebels in eastern regions has intensified, said the authorities on Thursday. …read more Source: Global...
Slovakia purchases new cameras to monitor border with Ukraine
Slovakia is increasing protection of the country’s border with Ukraine, having purchased a total of 47 cameras worth 1.3 million euros ($1.46 million) to monitor its eastern border, according to Slovak Interior Ministry on Sunday. …read more Source: Global...
US to send arms to E.Europe
The US plans to store heavy military equipment in Baltic and Eastern European nations to reassure allies made uneasy by Russian intervention in Ukraine, and to deter further aggression, a senior US official said on Saturday. …read more Source: Global...
At least 68 children killed in Ukraine violence since March last year: UNICEF
At least 68 children were reportedly killed and 180 others injured since March last year as a result of conflict in eastern Ukraine, the UN Children’s Fund ( UNICEF) said on Friday. …read more Source: Global...
US VP warns more sanctions against Russia over Ukraine
US Vice President Joe Biden said that the West would impose more sanctions on Russia if the latter does not fully implement the Minsk agreements, the White House said in a statement on Wednesday. …read more Source: Global...
Ukraine’s fuel depot fire under control, Kiev says
The massive fire that engulfed a fuel depot outside the Ukrainian capital on Monday has been localized and efforts to fully extinguish it are underway, a top emergency official said here Wednesday. …read more Source: Global...
Huge explosion, fire at fuel depot near Kiev kill several
A huge fire and explosion on Tuesday killed several firefighters and hospitalized six others at a fuel depot outside the Ukrainian capital Kiev, according to the interior minister. …read more Source: Global...
G7 focuses on jihad, talks tough on Russia
World leaders Monday warned Russia it would face stepped-up sanctions for its “aggression” in Ukraine, as they wrapped up a G7 meeting also pledging strong action to fight climate change and Islamic militancy. …read more Source: Global...
OSCE says ready to increase number of monitors in Ukraine
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is ready to increase the number of its observers in Ukraine if tensions in eastern regions would escalate further, a senior OSCE official said Monday. …read more Source: Global...
