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World › U.S., allies discuss new sanctions; Obama weighs next steps on Ukraine
The United States and its European allies are in talks about harsher sanctions against Moscow, while U.S. President Barack Obama will evaluate next steps in dealing with the conflict in eastern Ukraine in coming days, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday. Kerry was speaking after meetings with… …read more Source: Japan...
Kiev marks year since war started
One year ago, Ihor Zastavnyi was shot three times and lost a leg while taking part in demonstrations that he hoped would lead to a better Ukraine. Today he faces a country racked by war, struggling with corruption and pleading to the world for financial help while still stinging from Russia’s annexation of Crimea. Yet, […] The post Kiev...
Kiev accuses Russia of sending more tanks to eastern Ukraine
Kiev accused Russia on Friday of sending more tanks and troops into eastern Ukraine and said they were heading toward the rebel-held town of Novoazovsk on the southern coast, expanding their presence on what it fears could be the next battlefront. Russia did not immediately respond to the accusation, which if confirmed would go further […] The...
Ukraine foreign minister to visit Japan from March 1 to meet Kishida
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World › As ravaged Ukraine town regains peace, fear of war remains
Almost every building was gravely damaged, nearly every window smashed in this Ukrainian town left unrecognizable by months of relentless shelling. Children played in the rubble where their homes once stood, while neighbors boiled water in open fires as temperatures dipped below freezing. Two days after government forces fled Debaltseve…...
Merkel Hollande To Discuss Ukraine Amid Renewed Fighting
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande are due to discuss the situation in eastern Ukraine amid renewed fighting which puts in danger a cease-fire deal brokered by the … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Fighting rages in east Ukraine despite bid to revive stillborn truce
Fighting raged in eastern Ukraine on Thursday despite European efforts to resurrect a stillborn cease-fire, a day after pro-Russian separatists spurned the truce by forcing thousands of government troops out of a strategic town. Western nations are refusing to give up on a peace deal brokered by France and Germany last week even though the […]...
Ukraine finance chief West IMF wont flag in bailout aid
Ukraine’s recently appointed Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko, a U.S. national who adopted Ukrainian citizenship to take up her post, speaks at a press conference in Kiev, Ukraine, on Monday, … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Russia starts gas supplies to rebel-held east Ukraine
Russia started supplying gas to rebel-held eastern Ukraine on Thursday after Kiev had temporarily suspended deliveries because of damage to the networks from heavy fighting, which is continuing despite a cease-fire. The spat over Russian gas supplies and pricing for Ukraine had been at the heart of the broader standoff between the two former...
World › Fighting rages in east Ukraine despite bid to revive truce
Fighting raged in eastern Ukraine on Thursday despite European efforts to resurrect a stillborn ceasefire, a day after pro-Russian separatists spurned the truce by forcing thousands of government troops out of a strategic town. Western nations are refusing to give up on a peace deal brokered by France and Germany… …read more Source: Japan...
