Section: South China Morning Post (China)
Hollande meets Putin in Moscow in attempt to mend ties
French President Francois Hollande became the first European leader to fly to Russia in an attempt to defuse the stand-off with Vladimir Putin over Ukraine, where peace talks will take place next week. …read more Source: South China Morning...
French President Francois Hollande delays delivery of warship to Russia
France pushed back “until further notice” the delivery of a controversial warship to Russia because of the Ukraine crisis, sparking a measured initial response from Moscow. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Putin says Russia will not be cut off by ‘Iron Curtain’ amid West’s sanctions over Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin blamed the West for worsening relations with Russia since the Ukraine crisis and said Moscow would not allow itself to become internationally isolated behind another “Iron Curtain”. …read more Source: South China Morning...
EU learns lessons a year after start of Ukraine crisis
When Ukraine pulled out of its association agreement with the European Union a year ago, kicking off its revolution, it took Brussels by surprise. Twelve months later the EU is still learning bitter lessons about geopolitics and Russian aggression, experts say. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Facebook post that toppled a government: Ukraine’s revolution, one year on
Ukraine’s revolution began with a status update on Facebook. Activist’s call for a rally in Independence Square led to the toppling of Ukraine’s government; one year on his dream appears fainter than ever. …read more Source: South China Morning...
West wants regime change in Russia over Ukraine, says Kremlin
Russia has accused the West of seeking regime change in Moscow, raising tensions over the conflict in Ukraine in the worst crisis in relations since the end of the Cold War. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Kiev says Russia has 7,500 troops in Ukraine
Ukraine says Russia has thousands of troops in its conflict-ravaged east and has vowed to boost its own military capacity, ratcheting up tensions after Kiev pledged to make joining Nato a priority. …read more Source: South China Morning...
OSCE monitors shot at in eastern Ukraine as death toll jumps
A convoy of international monitors from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) was shot at by “uniformed personnel” in east Ukraine on Thursday. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Five more Ukrainian soldiers killed as German foreign minister visits Kiev
Five Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in the conflict in eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours, the military said on Tuesday, as Germany’s foreign minister prepared to hold talks on the crisis in both Kiev and Moscow. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Downed MH17 aircraft nearly hit village in rebel-held eastern Ukraine, video shows
Four months after Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine, a video has emerged that shows how close the burning passenger jet came to hitting village homes and suggests that residents first assumed it was a Ukrainian military plane that had been struck. …read more Source: South China Morning...
