Section: The Times of India (India)
Ukraine pledges more autonomy to rebellious east
Ukraine’s president promised on Wednesday to introduce a bill as early as next week that would offer greater autonomy to the pro-Russian east, where separatists have been battling government troops for almost five months. …read more Source: The Times of...
Ukraine ‘frees’ 1,200 people captured by rebels
It was not immediately clear if the release was related to a prisoner swap the warring parties agreed to under a truce deal hammered out on Friday. …read more Source: The Times of...
Blasts heard near Donetsk airport in Ukraine
Ukraine, Russia and the Kremlin-backed separatists signed a ceasefire deal in the Belarusian capital Minsk in an effort to end more than four months of bloodshed in the region. …read more Source: The Times of...
Artillery attack challenges ceasefire in east Ukraine
Witnesses in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol reported sustained explosions outside the city and a volunteer battalion of Ukrainian fighters says Grad rockets were fired at its positions late Saturday, little more than a day after Ukraine and Russian-backed separatist rebels signed a cease-fire following more than four months of fighting in...
Apparent shelling heard outside Ukrainian port
Witnesses in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol reported sustained explosions outside the city and a volunteer battalion of Ukrainian fighters says Grad rockets were fired at its positions late Saturday, little more than a day after Ukraine and Russian-backed separatist rebels signed a cease-fire following more than four months of fighting in...
EU agrees on tough new sanctions against Russia
The European Union said Friday it had agreed on a tough new package of economic sanctions against Russia, despite a ceasefire between government forces and pro-Kremlin rebels in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Times of...
Rebel leaders accuse Ukraine forces of breaking ceasefire
Pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine on Saturday accused Kiev’s forces of breaking a ceasefire just hours after it was agreed, and vowed to pursue their independence drive in the east. …read more Source: The Times of...
Ukraine signs ceasefire with pro-Russian rebels
Ukraine and the Russian-backed rebels have signed a ceasefire deal that starts in less than two hours, a European official at the talks said on Friday. …read more Source: The Times of...
Talks on Ukraine cease-fire start in Belarus
Talks expected to bring a much-anticipated cease-fire to the fighting in eastern Ukraine began on Friday in the Belarusian capital even as the rebels kept pressing their offensive against a strategic port city. …read more Source: The Times of...
Talks on Ukraine ceasefire start in Belarus
Talks expected to bring a much-anticipated ceasefire to the fighting in eastern Ukraine began on Friday in the Belarusian capital even as the rebels kept pressing their offensive against a strategic port city. …read more Source: The Times of...
