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Diplomats meet in Berlin to try and save Ukraine peace summit
Foreign ministers from France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia were meeting Monday in Berlin to try and resolve tensions threatening to scupper a planned summit on ending the Ukrainian conflict. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko hopes that a presidential summit of the four countries can take place Thursday in Kazakhstan with the goal of signing a...
Intense Ukraine shelling traps hundreds of miners
Intense fighting erupted around east Ukraine’s main rebel-held city on Sunday wrecked a power station and briefly trapped more than 300 coal miners in one of Europe’s largest mines. Repeated rounds of rocket and mortar fire echoed across snow-covered Donetsk on Sunday evening despite a formal truce in the nine-month war. Witnesses...
World › Merkel urges Putin, Poroshenko to implement Ukraine peace plan
German Chancellor Angela Merkel told the leaders of Russia and Ukraine that she’s not ready to take part in a four-way summit over the Ukraine conflict unless there’s a chance of real progress. Backing France’s position on the issue, Merkel met with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and French President Francois… …read...
Merkel Tells Putin No Astana Summit Without Progress In Ukraine
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told Russian President Vladimir Putin that a four-way summit on the Ukraine crisis will not be held until progress has been made on the Minsk peace plan. Merkel … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Russia May Demand Early Repayment Of Ukraine Loan
Russia says it may seek early repayment of a $3 billion loan to Ukraine. Russian news agencies quoted Finance Minister Anton Siluanov as saying on January 10 that Moscow had “every reason” to demand … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
World › Eight killed in Ukraine as peace talk prospects dim
Four Ukrainian soldiers and at least as many civilians died Friday in an upsurge of rocket attacks that came just as prospects for international peace talks on the nine-month crisis dimmed. Local authorities in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk said another nine residents were injured in sporadic clashes that continued… …read more Source:...
World › Merkel sets strict terms on easing Russia sanctions
German Chancellor Angela Merkel set strict terms Thursday for easing EU sanctions on Russia as the 28-nation bloc unlocked new aid to help Ukraine overcome its devastating Kremlin-backed revolt. The announcements came with Europe — teetering on the brink of a new recession — thinking of scaling back steps that… …read more...
Bus crash in eastern Ukraine kills 12 servicemen, injures 21
A bus carrying Ukrainian servicemen collided with two heavy trucks on a snowy road, killing 12 of them and injuring 21, the Interior Ministry said Tuesday. The accident occurred late Monday in eastern Ukraine, where government forces are fighting Russia-backed separatists. The troops killed in the crash were members of the National Guard, the...
HRW Calls on Germany to Pressure Ukraine on Civilian Casualties
A U.S.-based human rights group is calling on Germany to press Ukraine’s prime minister to ensure Ukrainian forces take all precautions to minimize harm to civilians in their fight against pro-Russia … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Conflict in rebel-held eastern Ukraine leaves love lives in limbo
When Alla Syrovatskaya’s boyfriend of some two years proposed to her she immediately began planning her autumn wedding, the traditional ceremony she dreamed of and the dress she always wanted. But what the petite shop assistant couldn’t possibly envision was the Russian-backed rebellion that came a few months later, plunging her home...
