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European Union Warns Russia Not to Use Gas as Weapon in Ukraine Crisis
The chief European Union energy official warned Russia on Tuesday not to use gas supplies as a weapon in its standoff with Ukraine over the fate of its neighbour’s separatist east. …read more Source:...
Pro-Russia Rebels Say Withdrawing Artillery in East Ukraine
The prime minister of the self-proclaimed People’s Republic of Donetsk said Tuesday that rebels have removed artillery from frontline areas where Ukraine had also withdrawn, in line with a peace plan … …read more Source:...
Fighting Flares at Ukraine’s Donetsk Airport
Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels were battling around the airport near the insurgent stronghold of Donetsk on Tuesday, sending flames and clouds of black smoke into the sky, AFP journalists sai… …read more Source:...
Shinzo Abe Drops Plan For Vladimir Putin Visit to Japan This Year
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has dropped plans to host Russian President Vladimir Putin in Japan this year due to friction after Tokyo imposed sanctions on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis, reports said Tu… …read more Source:...
Minsk Peace Plan Has Chance of Success, Says Senior Rebel From Eastern Ukraine
A senior separatist from eastern Ukraine said on Monday he believed there was a chance a peace plan for eastern Ukraine could succeed. …read more Source:...
Ukraine Troops Prepare Pullback as Truce Holds
A fragile truce between pro-Russian insurgents and Ukrainian forces appeared to consolidate on Monday as clashes subsided and attention focused on the unresolved status of the separatist east. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s Military Readies to Pull Back Big Guns After Fall-off in Separatist Fire
Ukrainian government forces prepared on Monday to withdraw artillery and heavy armoured vehicles within a proposed 30-km (19-mile) buffer zone after detecting a lessening of fire from Russian-backed s… …read more Source:...
Petro Poroshenko Warns Ukraine Will Defend Itself if Truce Fails
President Petro Poroshenko warned Sunday that Ukraine must be ready to defend itself should a peace plan aimed at ending a five-month war with pro-Russian insurgents fall through. …read more Source:...
Families of German MH17 Victims to Sue Ukraine: Lawyer
Survivors of German victims of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 downed over Ukraine plan to sue the country and its president for manslaughter by negligence in 298 cases, the lawyer representing them sa… …read more Source:...
Gunfire Around Ukraine’s Donetsk After NATO Warns on Truce
Heavy gunfire erupted around the eastern Ukrainian rebel stronghold of Donetsk on Sunday, just hours after NATO’s top military commander said there was a ceasefire “in name only” on the ground. …read more Source:...
