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Ukraine to Seek ‘Unconditional Ceasefire’ During Talks:Petro Poroshenko
Feb11

Ukraine to Seek ‘Unconditional Ceasefire’ During Talks:Petro Poroshenko

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said today that Kiev would seek a “ceasefire without any conditions” during the upcoming talks in Belarus’s capital Minsk on the conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...

Ukraine peace summit starts in Minsk: Official
Feb11

Ukraine peace summit starts in Minsk: Official

The leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France on Wednesday gathered for the start of a peace summit in Minsk aimed at ending 10 months of bloodshed in Ukraine, officials said. …read more Source: The Times of...

Ukraine Peace Talks Begin, Overshadowed by Fighting
Feb11

Ukraine Peace Talks Begin, Overshadowed by Fighting

The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine began peace talks in Belarus on Wednesday, while in Ukraine pro-Moscow separatists tightened the pressure on Kiev by launching some of the war’s wors… …read more Source:...

5 Killed in Shelling of Ukraine Rebel Stronghold Donetsk
Feb11

5 Killed in Shelling of Ukraine Rebel Stronghold Donetsk

Five people were killed in mortar attacks on the Ukrainian rebel-controlled city of Donetsk today as peace talks were due to be held in Minsk. …read more Source:...

Rebel attacks kill 19 Ukrainian soldiers
Feb11

Rebel attacks kill 19 Ukrainian soldiers

Nineteen Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and 78 wounded in rebel attacks near the key railway town of Debaltseve, which government troops are defending, a military spokesman said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...

Ukraine: Fighting continues, peace talks later today.
Feb11

Ukraine: Fighting continues, peace talks later today.

Fighting is continuing to rage in eastern Ukraine ahead of crucial peace talks later in the day. Shelling early Wednesday rocked a bus station in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, where an Associated Press reporter saw one body at a bus station and was told by rebel officials that another body had been recently removed from the scene. Donetsk city...

Moment of Truth Looms at Crunch Ukraine Summit
Feb11

Moment of Truth Looms at Crunch Ukraine Summit

Leaders from Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany were due to hold last-ditch peace talks today aimed at halting 10 months of conflict in east Ukraine that has claimed over 5,400 lives. …read more Source:...

Barack Obama Presses Vladimir Putin to Strike Ukraine Peace Deal
Feb11

Barack Obama Presses Vladimir Putin to Strike Ukraine Peace Deal

US President Barack Obama called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to discuss escalating violence in eastern Ukraine, urging him to embrace a negotiated solution. …read more Source:...

New violence in Ukraine diminishes hopes before 4-way summit
Feb11

New violence in Ukraine diminishes hopes before 4-way summit

Rockets killed more than 10 civilians and soldiers deep in Ukrainian government-held territory on Tuesday and rebels pushed on with an assault on an army-held rail junction, setbacks that showed Kiev’s position worsening on the eve of peace talks. …read more Source: The Times of...

Ukraine Fighting Intensifies Ahead of Peace Summit
Feb11

Ukraine Fighting Intensifies Ahead of Peace Summit

Intense fighting in Ukraine, including a rocket strike on Kiev’s military headquarters in the east, killed at least 23 people on Tuesday on the eve of a four-way peace summit. …read more Source:...