Section: South China Morning Post (China)
US porn star Sasha Grey dragged into Ukraine propaganda war
The story making the rounds on the Russian version of Facebook ( Vkontakte) would be truly horrific, if not for the “truly” bit. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Blast kills two as Kiev and rebels try to salvage truce and pull weapons from front line
A bomb killed two people during a pro-government march in the east of Ukraine, as Kiev’s army and rebels wrangled over a shaky truce requiring them to pull back heavy weapons. …read more Source: South China Morning...
EU, Britain ‘sleepwalked’ into Ukraine crisis: UK lawmakers
The European Union and Britain “sleepwalked” into the Ukraine crisis, failing to grasp its exceptional nature and lacking the ability to read political shifts in Russia, British lawmakers said on Friday. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Ukraine calls for EU peacekeepers to save truce deal after deadly fighting in Debaltseve
Ukraine’s president is calling for European peacekeepers to enforce a shattered ceasefire deal in east Ukraine, where 14 troops were killed over the past 24 hours. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Pro-government Ukrainian forces start pulling out of besieged Debaltseve
Some pro-government forces began on Wednesday to pull out of the east Ukrainian town of Debaltseve which is under siege from Russian-backed separatists. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Shaky ceasefire masks simmering aggression and deep distrust over Ukraine
Since a ceasefire was declared on Sunday, the commander of one of the Ukrainian forces’ most well-known irregular battalions has been sitting in his office, monitoring the truce from a base just minutes from the front line. And it is making him itch. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Ukraine truce mainly holding after shaky start
Fighting dropped sharply across eastern Ukraine on Sunday but there was still sporadic shooting after a ceasefire came into force, the first step in a fragile peace plan aimed at ending 10 months of conflict. …read more Source: South China Morning...
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...
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...
Fighting rages in run-up to Ukraine ceasefire
Ukraine and Russian-backed rebels fought fiercely for control of a strategic railway junction on Friday despite a new peace deal brokered by Germany and France. …read more Source: South China Morning...
