Section: The Hindu (India)
32 workers killed in Ukraine coal mine blast
The Speaker in Ukraine’s Parliament said 32 workers have been killed by an explosion at coal mine in eastern Ukraine. Volodymyr Groysman told lawmakers that the accident happened before daw… …read more Source: The...
Ukraine claims 12 ceasefire violations overnight
Ukrainian officials say Russia-backed separatists violated a troubled ceasefire a dozen times during the night with artillery and rocket attacks and an attempt to storm a Ukrainian encampment…. …read more Source: The...
Report: EU, Britain ‘sleepwalked’ into Ukraine crisis
The European Union and Britain “sleepwalked” into the Ukraine crisis, failing to grasp its exceptional nature and lacking the ability to read political shifts in Russia, British lawmakers said in… …read more Source: The...
Troops are withdrawing from Debaltseve: Poroshenko
Ukraine has pulled most of its troops out of Debaltseve, the President confirmed on Wednesday. Dozens of troops were seen retreating and Russia-backed separatists reported taking hundreds of soldi… …read more Source: The...
Embattled Debaltseve falls to Ukraine rebels; troops retreat
After weeks of fierce, relentless fighting, the embattled rail hub of Debaltseve fell to rebel forces on Wednesday in eastern Ukraine. The Ukrainian president confirmed that he had ordered troops… …read more Source: The...
Security Council backs Ukraine peace agreements
The UN Security Council on Wednesday backed the Ukraine peace agreements signed in Minsk, Belarus and demanded the immediate cessation of violence. The council urged the rebels to comply with the… …read more Source: The...
Ukraine says rebels continue their onslaught on Debaltseve
Government forces were seen retreating from the battlefield on Wednesday as Russia-backed rebels continued their onslaught on the railroad junction of Debaltseve, the epicentre of fighting between… …read more Source: The...
Rebels claim to capture key Ukraine rail hub of Debaltseve
Russia-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine claimed on Tuesday to have taken the key transportation hub of Debaltseve as both parties faced a deadline to start pulling back heavy weapons from the fron… …read more Source: 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...
Ukraine rebels disavow ceasefire at encircled town
Poroshenko says there is still alarm about encircled town; U.S. urges Russia to implement ceasefire; fighting had escalated in run-up to ceasefire …read more Source: The...
