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Japan PM urges cease-fire observance in talks with Ukraine’s leader
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U.N. seeks to shore up Ukraine truce as fighting flares
The United Nations on Friday urged Ukraine’s warring parties to respect their increasingly shaky cease-fire as they accused each other of jeopardizing the truce. Speaking as the European Union prepared to strengthen its sanctions on Russia for its role in the conflict, U.N. political chief Jeffrey Feltman warned the Security Council meeting...
UPDATE1: Japanese PM Abe in Ukraine for talks with Poroshenko
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Poroshenko says Ukrainian forces liberated Marinka
President Petro Poroshenko said on Friday that Ukrainian forces have completely liberated the village of Marinka, where pro-Russian separatists had launched an offensive, and that a Russian citizen … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Merkel Inconceivable For Russia To Rejoin G7
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has once again said it is “inconceivable” for Russia to rejoin the Group of Seven (G7) economic powers after its annexation of Crimea. “Russian participation at the … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Abe departs for Ukraine, G-7 summit in Germany
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Merkel Inconceivable For Russia To Rejoin G-7
German Chancellor Angela Merkel once again said it is “inconceivable” for Russia to rejoin the Group of Seven economic powers after its annexation of Crimea. “Russian participation at the moment is … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Warring sides in tense east Ukraine faceoff after fierce firefight
Separatist and government troops in east Ukraine stood nervously poised hundreds of meters apart Thursday in the wake of bloody battle that has threatened to demolish what remains of the brittle cease-fire there. Underscoring anxieties in the Ukrainian capital, President Petro Poroshenko warned of a possible large-scale offensive by separatist...
Fierce fighting erupts in east Ukraine, testing truce to breaking point
A major battle erupted Wednesday on the western edge of the main separatist rebel stronghold in eastern Ukraine, leaving more than a dozen dead and threatening to tip the country back into full-blown war. Rebels in the city of Donetsk reported 15 dead between civilians and combatants in territory under their control. The Ukrainian Interior […]...
Ex-Finance Minister Says Russia In Full-Blown Crisis
Former Finance Minister Aleksei Kudrin says the Russian economy is in a “full-blown crisis” fueled by capital flight and low economic growth due to the conflict in eastern Ukraine and low global oil … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
