Section: China
Final MH17 crash report due in October
The final report into the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine last year will be published on Oct. 13, the Dutch Safety Board said on Thursday. …read more Source: China...
Ukraine leader accuses Russia of supplying arms to rebels in east
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday accused Russia of sending major military backup to pro-Moscow rebels, speaking just ahead of talks on the conflict with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande. …read more Source: Global...
Ukraine’s military casualties rise despite fall in clashes
The number of casualties among government troops fighting pro-independence rebels in eastern Ukraine continues rising, despite a significant drop in clashes, Ukrainian military authorities said Thursday. …read more Source: Global...
Putin rides to bottom of Black Sea
Vladimir Putin climbed into a three-seat submersible craft on Tuesday to check out an ancient sunken ship found recently in the Black Sea off the coast of Crimea. …read more Source: China Internet Information...
Rebels in Donetsk plan referendum on joining Russia
Leaders of the self-proclaimed “Donetsk People’s Republic” are planning to hold a referendum on seceding from Ukraine and joining Russia, the Donetsk-based Ostrov news agency reported Wednesday. …read more Source: China Internet Information...
Rebels in Ukraine’s Donetsk plan referendum on joining Russia: media
Leaders of the self-proclaimed “Donetsk People’s Republic” are planning to hold a referendum on seceding from Ukraine and joining Russia, the Donetsk-based Ostrov news agency reported. …read more Source: China...
Russia wants Hollande, Merkel to press Kiev on truce
Russia expects the leaders of Germany and France to put more pressure on Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to implement the February peace plan for east Ukraine, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday. …read more Source: Global...
Leaders of France, Germany, Ukraine to meet Monday on escalating violence
Leaders of France, Germany and Ukraine will meet in Berlin on Monday in a diplomatic move to halt a new wave of escalating violence in eastern Ukraine, a French official said on Wednesday. …read more Source: China...
Arctic region becomes new focus for global strategy
The Ukraine crisis has exploded the military rivalry between Russia and the United States, where both countries hold spheres of influence that extend from the Black Sea to the Arctic region. …read more Source:...
Action-man Putin dons pantsuit to explore Crimea shipwreck in mini-submarine
Russian President Vladimir Putin has burnished his action man image by diving down in a mini-submarine to explore a shipwreck off the coast of the Crimea peninsula that Moscow seized from Ukraine last year. …read more Source: South China Morning...
