Section: NDTV (India)
Russians ‘Want Us to Freeze’ Says Ukraine Prime Minister
The prime minister of the Kiev government accused Russia on Thursday of attempting to freeze Ukraine in the coming winter by using natural gas as a weapon to subjugate the former Soviet Republic. …read more Source:...
Petro Poroshenko Says Ukraine Crisis Approaching End
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday that he was confident that his peace deal with pro-Russian insurgents means the “most dangerous” part of the five-month conflict is over. …read more Source:...
Ukraine President Tells Cabinet to Consider ‘Temporarily’ Closing Russia Border
President Petro Poroshenko issued a decree on Thursday instructing his government to consider temporarily closing Ukraine’s eastern border with Russia to help halt its “intervention” in the ex-Soviet … …read more Source:...
Ukraine Leader Sees Country Applying For EU Membership ‘In Six Years time’
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko said he would present a broad plan of social and economic reforms later on Thursday which would allow the former Soviet republic to apply for membership of the Eur… …read more Source:...
‘We Know What Terrorism Means’: Ukraine to United Nations
Ukraine’s prime minister is urging countries not to lift sanctions against Russia until his country regains control over its entire territory, including Crimea. …read more Source:...
Barack Obama Offers to Lift Sanctions if Russia ‘Changes Course’ on Ukraine
US President Barack Obama on Wednesday slammed Russia’s “aggression” in Ukraine but offered to lift sanctions against Moscow if it threw its weight behind an unraveling peace deal with Kiev. …read more Source:...
Ukraine Peace Efforts Stall Despite Lull in Fighting
Ukrainian peace efforts stalled on Wednesday after pro-Russian insurgents called their own elections in defiance of a deal under which they and the Ukrainian army began withdrawing heavy weapons after… …read more Source:...
NATO Sees Significant Pullback of Russian Troops From Ukraine
NATO has observed a significant withdrawal of Russian forces from inside Ukraine, but many Russian troops remain stationed nearby, an alliance military spokesman said on Wednesday. …read more Source:...
Japan Puts More Sanctions on Russia, Protests at Island Visit
Japan said on Wednesday it was imposing additional sanctions on Russia because of its involvement in the Ukraine conflict and that it had also formally protested at the visit to a contested island by … …read more Source:...
Ukraine Conflict Death Toll Soars Past 3,000: United Nations
The death toll in Ukraine’s conflict has soared past 3,000, likely by a significant margin, top UN human rights official Ivan Simonovic said on Tuesday. …read more Source:...
