Section: The Hindu (India)
Ten killed in eastern Ukraine shelling
Ten people have been killed in shelling by pro-Russian separatists of the east Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, the head of the Kiev-controlled Donetsk regional police said on Saturday.”As… …read more Source: The...
Ukraine rejects Putin’s peace proposal
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko rejected a peace plan proposed to him last week by his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday evening, according to… …read more Source: The...
Fighting rages anew at Ukraine airport, 3 soldiers killed
Fighting raged on Saturday at the main airport of Ukraine’s city of Donetsk as separatists resumed attempts to break the tenuous grip of government forces on the complex and Kiev’s military said t… …read more Source: The...
U.N. starts humanitarian campaign for displaced in Ukraine
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Wednesday announced that it is launching an initiative aimed at ferrying aid to Ukraine’s internally displaced persons (IDPs), as well as other v… …read more Source: The...
Ukraine no longer a ‘non-aligned’ country
The Ukrainian President on Monday signed a bill dropping his country’s non-aligned status but signalled that he will hold a referendum before seeking NATO membership. The bill, which Par… …read more Source: The...
Ukraine President to meet Putin on January 15
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Monday he would meet French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russia’s Vladimir Putin on January 15.The meeting w… …read more Source: The...
Ukraine abandons nonaligned status
Ukraine’s parliament has dropped the nation’s nonaligned status, possibly paving the way for a bid to join NATO in defiance of the Kremlin’s wishes. …read more Source: The...
U.S. upset at India-Russia deals
Criticism over Putin visit, Crimean Premier’s presence …read more Source: The...
Two more MH17 crash victims identified
Two more victims of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash in eastern Ukraine have been identified, raising total number of the identified victims to 294, the Dutch Ministry of Security and Justi… …read more Source: The...
Putin defends Russia’s aggressive foreign policy
Defends the annexation of Crimea, describing it as Russia’s spiritual ground, “our Temple Mount” …read more Source: The...
