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Ukraine truce fades as sides refuse to withdraw big guns
Government forces and pro-Russian separatists said they would not carry out an agreement to pull back heavy guns in east Ukraine on Tuesday, pushing a shaky peace deal closer to collapse. Fighting has eased in many areas since a ceasefire came into force on Sunday, but the rebels have refused to halt attacks on a town where Ukrainian forces are...
Ukraine army, rebels miss deadline to start weapons pullback
Ukrainian government troops and Russia-backed rebels failed Tuesday to start pulling back heavy weaponry from the front line in eastern Ukraine as a deadline passed to do so. Under a cease-fire agreement negotiated by the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France last week, the warring sides were to begin withdrawing heavy weapons from the...
Merkel, Putin, Poroshenko agree steps on Ukraine ceasefire
German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed on concrete steps with the leaders of Russia and Ukraine to allow the OSCE to observe the situation in eastern Ukraine given the fragility of the agreed ceas… …read more Source: The...
Ceasefire fragile as pro-Russia rebels battle with Ukraine army over Debaltseve
Pro-Russian rebels pounded encircled Ukrainian government forces on Monday and Kiev said it would not pull back heavy guns while a truce was being violated, leaving a European-brokered peace deal on the verge of collapse. The European Union kept pressure on Russia and the rebels by announcing a new list of separatists and Russians targeted with...
Ukraine ceasefire may collapse as fighting rages on
Intense artillery exchanges between Ukrainian government forces and Russian-backed separatists around a strategic town in the east persisted on Monday in fighting that threatens to dash a cease-fire deal brokered last week. …read more Source: The Times of...
Greek shares fall, Europe slips as no deal seen in debt talks
Greek shares fell and pan-European indexes slipped on Monday as investors tempered their expectations that euro zone finance ministers meeting in Brussels would find common ground with Greece’s new leftist government. The currency bloc’s finance ministers and the Greek government, elected last month on promises of ending austerity and...
Georgia calls in Ukraine envoy over ex-president’s role in Kiev
Georgia has called Ukraine’s ambassador to a meeting to discuss Kiev’s “surprising” appointment of former President Mikheil Saakashvili as an adviser, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday. Saakashvili is on Georgia’s wanted list over charges of exceeding his authority but has left the South Caucasus country. Ukrainian...
No arms pull-back until full ceasefire: Ukraine rebels
Pro-Russian rebels in east Ukraine said on Monday they will only start pulling back weapons from the frontline under a peace deal once there is a “full ceasefire”. …read more Source: The Times of...
Russia Vows to Respond to ‘Illogical’ European Union Sanctions
Moscow said today it would respond to the latest EU sanctions over the Ukraine conflict which target several prominent figures including a popular singer, condemning them as “inconsistent and illogica… …read more Source:...
Angela Merkel says way forward in Ukraine crisis will be ‘extremely difficult’
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday that the situation in eastern Ukraine remained fragile and that the path to a comprehensive peace would be “extremely difficult”. “The situation is fragile. Particularly with regard to Debaltseve this is not unexpected”, Merkel said during a news conference in Berlin,...
