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Pregnant woman among 4 killed in east Ukraine: Rebels
OLENIVKA, Ukraine: Four civilians including a pregnant woman were killed and eight others wounded early Wednesday when their cars came under mortar fire in war-torn eastern Ukraine, rebel officials said. The shelling attack occurred in the rebel-controlled village of Olenivka just 300m from a demarcation line separating pro-Russian rebels and...
U.S. diplomat Nuland says optimistic about Ukraine reforms
KIEV (Reuters) – U.S Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland said on Wednesday she was encouraged by signs of commitment to reforms from a new government in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine marks 30 years since Chernobyl disaster
KIEV: Ukraine prepared on Tuesday to mark the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, which permanently poisoned swathes of eastern Europe and highlighted the shortcomings of the secretive Soviet system. In the early hours of April 26, 1986, a botched test at the nuclear plant in then-Soviet Ukraine triggered a meltdown that spewed...
Ukraine marks 30 years since Chernobyl disaster
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine prepared on Tuesday to mark the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, which permanently poisoned swathes of eastern Europe and highlighted the shortcomings of the secretive Soviet system. …read more Source: The...
Pilot jailed in Russia may return ‘in weeks’: Ukraine leader
KIEV: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Sunday he hoped to see a Kiev-born pilot who received a 14-year jail sentence in Russia return home as part of a prisoner swap “in a few weeks”. The case of 34-year-old Nadiya Savchenko has further strained ties between the two neighbours as Ukraine fights a pro-Russian eastern...
Obama says Russia sanctions must stay in place until Minsk implemented
HANOVER, Germany (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday that the West needed to uphold the sanctions it has imposed against Russia over the Ukraine crisis until Moscow fully implements the so-called Minsk peace agreement. …read more Source: The...
Germany's Merkel says truce in eastern Ukraine not being respected
HANOVER, Germany (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday that a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine was not stable, adding that she and U.S. President Barack Obama had discussed ways to ensure the Minsk peace deal is implemented. …read more Source: The...
Economy, security crises in focus as Obama arrives in Germany
HANOVER, Germany (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in Germany on Sunday to hold talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, one of his closest allies in dealing with a shaky global economy and security crises in the Middle East and Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
There's no place like home, even in the Chernobyl disaster zone
CHERNOBYL, Ukraine (Reuters) – Some people found life away from home so unbearable they decided to return, even when home was the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster. …read more Source: The...
Economy, crises in focus as Obama heads to Germany
LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama is set to visit Hanover, Germany on Sunday to hold talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, one of his closest allies in dealing with a shaky global economy and security crises in the Middle East and Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
