Section: South China Morning Post (China)
Prisoner swap between Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels part of effort to restart peace talks
Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels were on Saturday set to complete a swap of hundreds of prisoners as part of a new push for peace that came despite Kiev’s decision to cut off key transport links to breakaway Crimea. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Putin says Russia will supply coal, electricity to Ukraine despite Crimea conflict
Russia has agreed on a new deal to supply coal and electricity to Ukraine, which is struggling with a lack of raw fuel for power plants due to the separatist conflict in the industrial east, Russian officials said on Saturday. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Ukraine and pro-Russia rebels swap hundreds of prisoners
Ukrainian authorities and separatists exchanged hundreds of prisoners of war on Friday, a spokesman for President Petro Poroshenko said, part of a 12-point plan aimed at ending the pro-Russian uprising in the east of the country. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Russia says new US, Canada sanctions will fuel further unrest in Ukraine
Conflict in Ukraine will be more difficult to resolve after the latest round of sanctions by the United States and Canada, Russia’s foreign ministry says. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Russia threatens response if US sets new sactions on Ukraine
Russia has responded angrily to news that US senators had passed a bill calling for fresh sanctions against Moscow and the supply of lethal military aid to Ukraine. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Russia threatens response if US sets new sanctions over Ukraine
Russia has responded with anger to news the US Senate passed a bill calling for fresh sanctions against Moscow and the supply of lethal military aid to Ukraine. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Ukrainian President Poroshenko says real ceasefire in place
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko yesterday said a “real” ceasefire was in place in Ukraine after the first 24 hours in seven months without a military casualty, although he admitted the standoff was fragile. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Opera soprano Anna Netrebko flies the flag for rebels in Ukraine
The Russian-Austrian opera soprano Anna Netrebko has given support to east Ukrainian separatists, posing with one of their top political leaders and holding up the flag of Novorossia, a self-declared amalgamation of territory that is seeking independence from Kiev. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Chechens loyal to Russia fight alongside east Ukraine rebels
Chanting “Allahu Akbar” [God is greatest], dozens of armed men in camouflage uniforms from Russia’s republic of Chechnya train in snow in a camp in the rebel-held east Ukraine. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Every Ukraine military deal is tainted with corruption, anti-graft chief says
It must rank as one of the world’s most daunting jobs: tackling corruption in Ukraine’s military. But with support from the president, a patriotic volunteer unit and a polygraph machine, one man thinks he has the answer. …read more Source: South China Morning...
