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Ukraine Finance Ministers American Values
Ukraine’s new Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko, who has become the face of reform for the U.S.-backed regime in Kiev and will be a key figure handling billions of dollars in Western financial … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
World › Debaltseve falls to Ukraine rebels; troops retreat
Government soldiers pulled out of a ferociously contested railway hub in eastern Ukraine Wednesday, ending a siege so intense the retreating troops said they couldn’t get water or food amid relentless shelling by Russian-backed separatists. At least six soldiers were killed in the withdrawal and more than 100 wounded. President… …read...
Ukraine troops pull out of besieged flashpoint town Debaltseve
Ukrainian troops pulled out of a besieged flashpoint eastern town on Wednesday after it was stormed by pro-Russian rebels in what the EU said was a “clear violation” of an internationally backed truce. The retreat from Debaltseve — a strategic railway hub sandwiched between the main rebel-held cities of Donetsk and Lugansk — was a […] The post...
Envoy says Ukraine is actually in war with Russia
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Putin finds warm welcome in Hungary, despite European chill
Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed a deal to keep supplying gas to Hungary on Tuesday during a visit to Budapest that cemented Hungary’s close ties with the Kremlin as the rest of Europe gives Russia the cold shoulder over the fighting in Ukraine. The fact Putin was in Hungary at all underlined the relationship — […] The post Putin...
Putin urges Kiev not to stop Ukrainian soldiers from laying down arms
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday urged Kiev to allow Ukrainian soldiers who are encircled by pro-Russian rebels in the town of Debaltseve to lay down their weapons. “I hope that the Ukrainian authorities are not going to prevent the Ukrainian soldiers from laying down their weapons,” Putin said in a press conference in Budapest, […]...
U.N. Security Council urges parties to honor Ukraine cease-fire
NEW YORK – The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Tuesday supporting the cease-fire deal in… …read more Source: Kyodo...
World › Putin tells Kiev to let troops surrender as Ukraine ceasefire unravels
Russian President Vladimir Putin told Kiev to let its soldiers surrender to pro-Russian rebels, who spurned a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine and fought their way on Tuesday into the town of Debaltseve, encircling thousands of government troops. A peace deal reached at all-night talks in the Belarussian capital Minsk last… …read more Source:...
Rebels claim to capture key Ukraine rail hub of Debaltseve
Russia-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine claimed Tuesday to have taken the key transportation hub of Debaltseve as both parties faced a deadline to start pulling back heavy weapons from the front line. Fierce fighting Tuesday appeared to be focused on Debaltseve, a government-held town surrounded by rebel forces that both sides claim to be on […]...
Ukraine army, rebels miss deadline to start weapons pullback
Ukrainian government troops and Russia-backed rebels failed Tuesday to start pulling back heavy weaponry from the front line in eastern Ukraine as a deadline passed to do so. Under a cease-fire agreement negotiated by the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France last week, the warring sides were to begin withdrawing heavy weapons from the...
