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World › Explosions in east Ukraine threaten ceasefire
Powerful explosions in a key frontline city in eastern Ukraine on Saturday raised fears that a day-old truce between government and rebel forces had already collapsed. Numerous explosions were heard and thick smoke was visible on the horizon of Mariupol, a government-held port city in the east of the country.… …read more Source: Japan...
World › Ukraine ceasefire appears to be holding
The presidents of Ukraine and Russia on Saturday said the ceasefire between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed rebels was mostly holding, but the truce still appeared fragile in its first full day as both sides of the conflict claimed violations. A statement from Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s office said he and… …read more...
Ukraine, pro-Russian rebels reach cease-fire deal
Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels reached a cease-fire agreement on Friday, the first step toward ending fighting in eastern Ukraine that has caused the worst standoff between Moscow and the West since the Cold War ended. The cease-fire deal was struck in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, along with a deal allowing for prisoner exchanges, deliveries of...
World › Ukraine ceasefire begins, but U.S. still skeptical
Ukraine, Russia and the Kremlin-backed separatists signed a ceasefire deal Friday after five months of bloodshed, and Europe readied additional sanctions on Moscow. NATO leaders created a new force designed to prevent any aggression by Russia against alliance members. Gunfire and shelling appeared to fall silent across eastern Ukraine shortly…...
Ukraine, rebels vow to back peace plan, cease-fire
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and the main pro-Russian rebel leader said they would both order cease-fires on Friday, provided that an agreement is signed on a new peace plan to end the five-month war in Ukraine’s east. The breakthrough came after a week in which the pro-Moscow separatists scored major victories with what NATO says...
World › NATO leaders accuse Russia, aid Ukraine
NATO leaders on Thursday accused Russia of failing to take “a single step toward peace” in Ukraine even as President Petro Poroshenko voiced “careful optimism” about forging a ceasefire with pro-Moscow rebels. The leaders gathered at a summit of the Western military alliance in Newport, Wales agreed to set up… …read...
Russian forces near Ukraine ‘more lethal’ than ever: Pentagon
Russian forces deployed near Ukraine’s eastern border are “more lethal” than before and heavily armed with artillery and air defense weaponry, the Pentagon said Thursday. “The force that we see arrayed on the border is exceptionally capable, probably more capable, more lethal than anything that we’ve seen up until now,” spokesman Col....
World › Putin unveils Ukraine peace plan ahead of NATO summit
NATO leaders aim Thursday to show unity against Russia over the conflict in Ukraine after President Vladimir Putin unveiled a broad peace plan. The Russian president’s surprise announcement could take the wind out of the sails of a high-stakes NATO summit in Wales, where Western leaders led by U.S. President… …read more Source: Japan...
Obama calls Ukraine ‘a moment of testing’ for West
President Barack Obama on Wednesday harshly condemned Russian aggression in Ukraine as a threat to peace in Europe and pledged that NATO will protect allies who fear they will be Moscow’s next target. Standing on Russia’s doorstep, Obama declared “this is a moment of testing” for the Western alliance to stand up to the Kremlin. […]...
Putin upstages NATO summit by unveiling Ukraine peace plan
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday unveiled a broad peace plan for Ukraine that could be agreed by the weekend to end a bloody pro-Kremlin uprising that has all but severed East-West ties. The surprise announcement could take the wind out of the sails of a high-stakes NATO summit on Thursday where Western leaders led […] The post Putin...
