Section: Global Times (China)
Four-way teleconference held on Ukraine truce execution
Leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine on Sunday held a teleconference, demanding a strict observance of the latest cease-fire agreement struck in Minsk, capital of Belarus. …read more Source: Global...
Playing ball
Ukrainian servicemen play soccer on a road at Svitlodarsk, approaching Debaltseve on Sunday. A cease-fire in Ukraine was cautiously observed by both sides, despite accusations by Kiev and the US that Russia had fueled a final push by rebels to gain territory before the deadline. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko ordered troops to abide by the...
Ukraine truce mainly holding start
Fighting dropped sharply across eastern Ukraine on Sunday but there was still sporadic shooting after a cease-fire came into force, the first step in a fragile peace plan aimed at ending 10 months of conflict. …read more Source: Global...
German, Russian, Ukrainian, French leaders to hold teleconference on Sunday
Leaders of Germany, Russia, Ukraine and France will hold a teleconference on Sunday, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin was cited as saying by the Interfax news agency. …read more Source: Global...
Iran welcomes ceasefire on Ukraine crisis
Iranian Foreign Ministry welcomed the recent truce deal between the Ukrainian military and pro-Russian militants to end clashes in the east of Ukraine, Tasnim news agency reported on Sunday. …read more Source: Global...
Slovakia to host peace conference on Ukraine in March
Slovakia will host a peace conference on the Ukraine crisis in March, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on a radio talk show on Saturday. …read more Source: Global...
Conflicting sides in Ukraine hold fire in line with Minsk peace agreement
Conflicting sides in Ukraine observed ceasefire at midnight Sunday as written in the Minsk peace agreement. …read more Source: Global...
DPR, LPR strictly observe Ukraine ceasefire — militia authorities
Militia forces of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republic (DPR and LPR) have ceased fire, officials of the two republics said Sunday. …read more Source: Global...
Ukrainian president orders government forces to cease fire
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko issued an order to cease fire in the conflict zones in the country’s south-eastern Donbass region from midnight on Sunday (2200 GMT Saturday) in line with the Minsk peace agreements. …read more Source: Global...
Moscow, West exchange blame for fighting ahead of Ukraine cease-fire
Ferocious fighting raged in Ukraine on Saturday, threatening a cease-fire deal as Kiev and the US accused Russia of fuelling a rebel onslaught to grab territory before the truce starts. …read more Source: Global...
