Section: The Times of India (India)
Obama talks ceasefire with leaders of Ukraine, Germany
President Barack Obama has spoken with the leaders of Ukraine and Germany as fighting continued between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine hours before a scheduled cease-fire. …read more Source: The Times of...
Shelling halts in Ukraine’s Donetsk as Poroshenko orders ceasefire
Shelling suddenly stopped at midnight in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk after President Petro Poroshenko gave the order to government forces to cease firing at midnight in line with a peace agreement reached last Thursday. …read more Source: The Times of...
Ukraine fighting rages ahead of ceasefire
Ferocious fighting raged in Ukraine on Saturday as Kiev and the US accused Russia of fuelling a rebel onslaught to grab territory in the hours before a truce began. …read more Source: The Times of...
Rebels fighting for more territory ahead of Ukraine ceasefire: Kiev military
Fighting intensified in eastern Ukraine on Saturday ahead of a midnight ceasefire, with separatists pressing government forces in the key town of Debaltseve and shelling killing at least one person in the rebel-held city of Donetsk. …read more Source: The Times of...
Ukraine battles persist before ceasefire deadline, 25 dead
Fierce fighting surged on Friday in eastern Ukraine as Russian-backed separatists mounted a major, sustained offensive to capture a strategic railway hub ahead of a weekend ceasefire deadline. …read more Source: The Times of...
Ukraine death toll grows after fragile peace deal signed
At least 15 people have been killed in east Ukraine in new shelling despite the signing of a peace deal to end the 10-month conflict. …read more Source: The Times of...
US welcomes IMF deal on aid to Ukraine
The United States welcomed on Thursday the International Monetary Fund’s announcement of a new $17.5 billion bailout deal for Ukraine, urging the crisis-torn country to undertake the reforms required by the program. …read more Source: The Times of...
Nine killed in fresh Ukraine fighting: officials
Nine people were killed and 35 more wounded in fresh fighting in eastern Ukraine as marathon peace talks dragged on in Minsk, officials said today. …read more Source: The Times of...
Marathon Ukraine talks end with peace deal
The deal was full of potential pitfalls, however, that could derail its implementation. …read more Source: The Times of...
Ukraine summit agrees ceasefire, withdrawal of weapons: Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he and the leaders of France, Germany and Ukraine had agreed on the withdrawal of heavy weapons from Ukraine’s frontlines and a ceasefire to begin from February 15. …read more Source: The Times of...