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Poroshenko, Kerry stress diplomatic solution to Ukraine conflict
Kiev: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and visiting US Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday discussed the crisis in Ukraine, stressing the need for a diplomatic solution to the ongoing conflict in the eastern regions.Speaking at a joint press briefing following their t.. …read more Source: India...
Civilians flee east Ukraine town as fighting intensifies
Debaltseve, Ukraine : Outgoing heavy-caliber fire boomed incessantly, shaking the ground and rattling windows around the besieged town. Residents of Debaltseve, seemingly inured to the racket, listened impassively as they mustered at the town hall on Saturday to be evacua.. …read more Source: India...
EU leaders threaten more anti-Russian sanctions over Ukraine
Brussels: European Union leaders are threatening fresh sanctions against Russia because of what it sees as “growing support” of Moscow for separatists in eastern Ukraine during intensified fighting over the past days.In Tuesday’s rare joint declaration outside the.. …read more Source: India...
Rockets kill 30 in Ukrainian city as rebels launch offensive
Kiev, Ukraine: Indiscriminate rocket fire slammed into a market, schools, homes and shops Saturday in Ukraine’s southeastern city of Mariupol, killing at least 30 people, authorities said. The Ukrainian president called the blitz a terrorist attack and NATO and the .. …read more Source: India...
Ukraine partially withdraws troops from Donetsk airport
Kiev: The Ukrainian government has partially withdrawn troops from Donetsk airport after months of bitter fighting with independence-seeking insurgents, a defence ministry statement said on Thursday.”Yesterday, 20 troops of the Ukrainian armed forces left the terminals of .. …read more Source: India...
Shelling in eastern Ukraine kills at least 6 civilians
Donestk, Ukraine: Shelling in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk killed at least six civilians Tuesday, as fighting intensified between government and rebel forces.AP reporters saw the bodies of two people who were killed while waiting for a bus in the separatist-held city.. …read more Source: India...
Ukraine and rebels both claim to control Donetsk airport
Donetsk, Ukraine: After days of intense fighting, Russian-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine claimed Monday they had seized control of Donetsk airport once again. The Ukrainian military denied this but acknowledged that the fighting for the rubble-strewn trophy had been fierce.Th.. …read more Source: India...
Hollande says sanctions on Russia should be lifted
Paris: French President Francois Hollande on Monday said economic sanctions imposed on Russia over tensions of Ukrainian crisis should be lifted if Moscow would made progress in restoring stability in the region.Speaking to the local radio France Inter, Hollande, who brokered t.. …read more Source: India...
UN starts humanitarian campaign for displaced in Ukraine
United Nations: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Wednesday announced that it is launching an initiative aimed at ferrying aid to Ukraine’s internally displaced persons (IDPs), as well as other vulnerable citizens trapped by the ongoing hostili.. …read more Source: India...
Russia threatens to stop gas supplies to Ukraine
Moscow: Russia, on Tuesday, threatened Ukraine of halting gas supplies, if it failed to pay Russia $1.65 billion before the end of 2014, as an advance for January deliveries.Under an agreement between the Russian and Ukrainian governments, “there will be no supplies in Jan.. …read more Source: India...
