Section: South China Morning Post (China)
Nato to unveil strengthened Eastern Europe defences to counter Ukraine crisis
Nato was set on Thursday to agree a major boost to the alliance’s defences near its Russian borders, including six command centres and a quick-reaction spearhead force of 5,000 troops in response to the crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source: South China Morning...
U.S. dilemma over arms for rebels
By considering providing weapons to Kiev, the United States could be contemplating a risky venture advocates say would help end the conflict in Ukraine but opponents warn might fan the flames of war. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Shell hits hospital in Ukraine’s Donetsk, several killed
A shell hit a hospital in the east Ukrainian rebel-controlled city of Donetsk on Wednesday, killing or injuring several people, the city administration said. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Mother of seven who was charged with treason ‘to be freed’ after thousands petition Putin
A mother of seven accused of treason for telling the Ukrainian embassy about Russian troop movements was to be released from jail. …read more Source: South China Morning...
UN slams civilian death toll in eastern Ukraine as violence escalates
The United Nations on Tuesday sharply criticised both the Ukrainian government and the pro-Russian rebels for turning bus stops, schools, markets and hospitals into battlegrounds where civilians are getting killed. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Shells hit Donetsk, five more Ukrainian soldiers killed
Artillery attacks on the Ukrainian city of Donetsk killed at least one civilian on Monday while Kiev’s military reported that five more Ukrainian soldiers had been killed in clashes with separatists in the east in the past 24 hours. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Kiev hopes for stalled truce talks despite separatist vow to push offensive
Kiev’s pro-Western leaders hope to hold truce talks on Saturday with pro-Russian separatists despite the rebels’ vow to push their latest offensive in eastern Ukraine if the negotiations should fail. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Minsk peace talks cancelled as 24 killed in latest Ukraine clashes
A new round of peace talks between Ukraine and pro-Russia rebels was cancelled on Friday after government officials failed to show up, a rebel spokesman said. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Three Russians charged with spying in US allegedly sought economic secrets
Three Russians charged by the US with espionage allegedly sought secrets tied to the New York Stock Exchange and US economic sanctions on Russia, even while one bemoaned his tedious job’s lack of a James Bond flair. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Russia blocks UN statement on Ukraine as fighting escalates
Russia has blocked a UN Security Council statement that would have criticised a pro-Russian Ukrainian rebel leader and condemned a recent upsurge in violence that has claimed dozens of lives in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: South China Morning...
