Section: New Straits Times (Malaysia)
Kiev demands ‘ceasefire not in name but in substance’
BASEL, Switzerland: Ukraine’s foreign minister said Friday that his war-torn country needed a “real” ceasefire, a day after Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels agreed on a fresh truce starting on Dec 9. …read more Source: New Straits...
Putin says West using sanctions to undermine Russia, Crimea ‘sacred’
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused the West of exploiting the Ukraine crisis to undermine Russia and said in a key speech that Crimea had “sacred” significance for Russia. …read more Source: New Straits...
70 rebel attacks in east Ukraine: military
KIEV: The Ukraine military reported Thursday more than 70 rebel attacks on its positions in the past 24 hours. …read more Source: New Straits...
Ukraine, rebels ‘agree in principle’ on ceasefire in Lugansk
KIEV: Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels have “agreed in principle” on a ceasefire in the eastern war-torn region of Lugansk, one of the ex-Soviet state’s two separatists provinces, the OSCE said. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Mother of German victim takes Ukraine to human rights court
BERLIN: The mother of a victim of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 has begun legal proceedings against Ukraine at the European Court of Human Rights, accusing Kiev of failing to close the country’s airspace, a German daily reported today. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Six coffins of remains flown out of Ukraine
KHARKIV: Six more coffins holding remains of the victims from downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 were today flown out of east Ukraine for The Netherlands, officials said. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Dutch complete wreckage recovery in Ukraine
THE HAGUE: Dutch experts on Sunday completed the recovery of wreckage from the crash site of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine and have sent it to a government-controlled city en route for the Netherlands …read more Source: New Straits...
Ukraine shelled from Russian territory
KIEV: Ukraine’s military toay accused Russia of shelling its territory for the first time since the signing of a nominal ceasefire in early September. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Stop speculative reporting, says Ukraine envoy
KUALA LUMPUR: The media should wait for a full report from the Dutch-led team investigating on the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 tragedy, instead of using unfounded speculation from “so-called sources“, said Ukrainian Ambassador to Malaysia, Ihor Humennyi. …read more Source: New Straits...
Nearly 1,000 killed during Ukraine ceasefire: UN
KIEV: Almost 1,000 people have been killed in Ukraine since a truce came into effect in September, an average of 13 people a day, the United Nations said Thursday, as the conflict in the east drags on. …read more Source: New Straits...
