Section: China
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...
Obama discusses violence in Ukraine with Ukrainian, German leaders
U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday spoke to Ukrainian and German leaders about the conflict in eastern Ukraine, where a cease-fire was reportedly coming into force as agreed under a new peace deal. …read more Source: China Internet Information...
Conflicting sides take up hardline rhetoric hours before Ukraine ceasefire
As bloodshed continued in eastern Ukraine on Saturday ahead of a midnight ceasefire, the conflicting sides accused each other of opening fire and took up hardline rhetoric. …read more Source: China Internet Information...
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: China Internet Information...
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...
Ukraine’s fighting intensifies ahead of ceasefire, killing 26
Hostilities between government troops and pro-independence rebels in eastern Ukraine flared up with a new vigour in the past day, killing 26 people and wounding scores of others, authorities said Friday. …read more Source:...
27 killed during heavy shelling in Ukraine as clock ticks down to ceasefire
Fighting raged in Ukraine as the clock ticked down to a ceasefire that will be a first test of the commitment by Kiev and pro-Russian separatists to a freshly-inked peace plan. …read more Source: South China Morning...
G7 urges parties to refrain over Ukraine crisis
The G7 group issued a joint statement on Friday, urged all parties to refrain from complicating the situation in Ukraine and threatened to punish those who violate a ceasefire package agreed in Minsk on Thursday. …read more Source: China Internet Information...
US conspicuous by its absence at Minsk talks on Ukraine conflict
Washington rarely shies away from seeking to wield its power in a world crisis, but in the tense negotiations that secured Ukraine’s ceasefire it played an oddly behind-the-scenes role. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Leaders at Minsk talks in contact over Ukraine: Kremlin
Leaders at the Minsk talks are keeping in touch over the lingering Ukrainian crisis, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday. …read more Source:...
