Section: Global Times (China)
E. Ukraine refugees suffer deprivation, pray for returning home
Braving freezing temperatures and cold morning chill, Igor, a 58-year-old refugee from the restive eastern Lugansk region, is queuing in front of a humanitarian aid center in the historical part of Kiev for clothing and food. …read more Source: Global...
Ukrainian President Poroshenko calls for intl peacekeepers to enforce ceasefire in eastern Ukraine
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Thursday called for deploying international peacekeepers in the war-torn eastern Ukraine to observe the implementation of a ceasefire deal between government troops and pro-independence rebels. …read more Source: Global...
Russia launches gas supplies to southeastern Ukraine
Russia’s energy giant Gazprom started to supply natural gas to southeastern Ukraine Thursday afternoon as Kiev cut off gas supplies to the war-torn areas the day before. …read more Source: Global...
Government soldiers killed, wounded in withdrawal: Ukraine
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry said Thursday that at least 13 Ukrainian soldiers were killed and 157 others wounded during their pullback from the war-engulfed Debaltseve town in Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Global...
Britain urges extending EU sanctions against Russia if Ukraine ceasefire breaks down
The European Union (EU) should consider extending sanctions against Russia if the ceasefire in Ukraine breaks down, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said Wednesday. …read more Source: Global...
Putin warmly received in Hungary amid heightened EU sanctions
Despite heightened European Union (EU) sanctions on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis, Russian President Vladimir Putin found warm welcome when he paid a brief visit to Hungary on Tuesday and agreed to a deal on keeping supplying gas to the country. …read more Source: Global...
UN Security Council adopts resolution endorsing new cease-fire on Ukraine crisis
The UN Security Council on Tuesday unanimously adopted a resolution endorsing measures for the implementation of the new truce on Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: Global...
Putin, Merkel, Poroshenko agree on OSCE’s monitor mission in eastern Ukraine
Top leaders of Russia, Germany and Ukraine have agreed on the monitor mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in eastern Ukraine, said the Kremlin on Tuesday. …read more Source: Global...
US says proxy war with Russia not in Ukraine’s interest
The United States said on Tuesday that “getting into a proxy war with Russia” is not in the interests of Ukraine, but it still weighs all the options on the table in a bid to resolve the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: Global...
Russia’s Putin visits Hungary in bid for support from EU member
Russian President Vladimir Putin paid a brief visit to Hungary on Tuesday as the European Union increased its sanctions against Moscow and a fragile cease-fire took shape in Ukraine. …read more Source: Global...
