Section: The Hindu (India)
Strategic Ukraine town under rebel control
President Petro Poroshenko summoned the council as the strategic southeastern Ukraine town of Novoazovsk appeared firmly under the control of Russia-backed separatists. …read more Source: The...
Fighting moves to south-east Ukraine as Kiev suggests new road map
Ukraine proposed a road map on Wednesday to solve the bloody conflict in the country’s east, while the United States and Kiev said there was evidence the Russian military was moving toward south-e… …read more Source: The...
Putin, Poroshenko hold bilateral meeting in Minsk
Ukraine and Russia have agreed to hold military consultations over the bloody conflict in eastern Ukraine, President Petro Poroshenko said late on Tuesday after two hours of talks with Russian Pre… …read more Source: The...
Putin sits down with Ukrainian President for talks
The Presidents of Russia and Ukraine sat down for talks on Tuesday, meeting face-to-face for the first time since June on the fighting that has engulfed Ukraine’s separatist east. Russia’s… …read more Source: The...
Ukraine claims capture of 10 Russian soldiers
Ukraine on Tuesday said its forces have captured 10 Russian soldiers in an eastern region where the Ukrainian troops are fighting pro-Russia rebels. The Facebook page for the anti-rebel ope… …read more Source: The...
Ukraine dissolves Parliament, sets elections for October
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko dissolved Parliament and set early elections for October 26, on the eve of his expected meeting Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin.“The early… …read more Source: The...
Ukraine calls Russian aid convoy movement ‘direct invasion’
Russia sent dozens of aid trucks into rebel-held eastern Ukraine on Friday without Kiev’s approval, saying its patience had worn out with the Ukrainian government’s stalling tactics. Ukraine calle… …read more Source: The...
Malaysia receives bodies from MH17 flight crash
The bodies and ashes of 20 Malaysians killed when Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine in July have arrived in Kuala Lumpur. It was the first repatriation of victims from the fl… …read more Source: The...
First Russian aid trucks cross into eastern Ukraine
Some Russian trucks in a massive aid convoy have begun to clear customs at a rebel-held border crossing in eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian border guard service said on Thursday. An Ass… …read more Source: The...
34 killed in east Ukraine fighting
Thirty four people have been killed in fighting between pro-Russian separatists and government troops in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region over the past 24 hours, the local government said on Wedne… …read more Source: The...
