Section: South China Morning Post (China)
EU, Ukraine debate sanctions against Russia amid euro bloc’s leadership shuffle
European Union leaders are likely to threaten Russia with new economic sanctions over its action in Ukraine on Saturday as the EU’s outgoing commission chief warned that the crisis could reach the “point of no return”. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Russia ‘actively fighting’ in Ukraine, US says, and airs tougher sanctions
The US openly accused Russia of sending combat forces into Ukraine and threatened to tighten economic sanctions, but has stopped short of calling Moscow’s actions an invasion. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Nato chief urges Russia to halt ‘illegal military actions’ in Ukraine
Russian forces are engaged in direct military operations inside Ukraine in a blatant violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, Nato Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Friday. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Russian soldiers’ wives report body bags returning from Ukraine
Several dozen women gathered yesterday outside a military base in central Russia to demand Moscow come clean about where their husbands are, after reports of secret funerals for soldiers clandestinely sent to Ukraine. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Crisis deepens as Ukraine says Russian troops back rebel advance
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday that Russian forces had entered his country and the military conflict was worsening after Russian-backed separatists swept into a key town in the east. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Russia and Ukraine fail to make breakthrough as leaders hold late-night talks
Talks between the leaders of Russia and Ukraine apparently failed to make a major breakthrough towards ending brutal fighting in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Putin and Poroshenko meet face-to-face to discuss future of Ukraine
The presidents of Russia and Ukraine held talks yesterday on the fighting that has engulfed Ukraine’s separatist east, meeting face-to-face for the first time since June. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Families of flight MH17 victims could wait years for compensation
Families of passengers who were on the Malaysia Airlines plane shot down over Ukraine are starting the long process of gaining compensation for their loss. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Russian military sources say soldiers crossed Ukraine border ‘by accident’
Russian military sources quoted by state agencies on Tuesday said that Russian troops captured by Kiev and shown on Ukrainian television had crossed the border accidentally. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Russia planning to send second aid convoy into rebel-held eastern Ukraine, says Lavrov
Moscow has informed Kiev that it intends to send a second humanitarian aid convoy into rebel-held eastern Ukraine in the coming days, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday. …read more Source: South China Morning...
