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Germany's foreign minister meets counterparts for Ukraine talks
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s foreign minister met his Russian, Ukrainian and French counterparts in Berlin on Monday evening to discuss how the Minsk agreement can be put into action as violence intensified in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Violence escalates in east Ukraine ahead of talks
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s military accused pro-Russian rebels on Monday of using heavy weapons that were meant to have been withdrawn under a ceasefire deal, after one Ukrainian serviceman was killed and six wounded in rebel-held territories. …read more Source: The...
France's Fabius concerned by Ukraine ceasefire violations
BARCELONA (Reuters) – French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Monday he was concerned by ceasefire violations and insufficient political progress in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine military says one servicemen killed, six wounded
KIEV (Reuters) – One Ukrainian serviceman was killed and six were wounded in the separatist eastern territories in the past 24 hours, Kiev military spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said in a televised briefing on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Germany calls on Russia, Ukraine to move to next phase of peace deal
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has called on Russia and Ukraine to set in motion the next phase of the shaky Minsk peace accords aimed at stopping the fighting in east Ukraine, ahead of talks about their implementation in Berlin on Monday. “We expect both Moscow and Kiev to seize the central issue of the implementation of...
Hospital in rebel-held east Ukraine shelled despite ceasefire
KIEV: A hospital in the rebel-controlled city of Donetsk was hit by artillery fire on Sunday, Orthodox Easter, despite a ceasefire, but caused no casualties, local authorities said. “Four mortar shells hit hospital No 21 on Sunday morning. Three exploded in the hospital grounds and one fell on the roof but did not explode,” said Ivan...
Russia shuts exhibit of Western WWII photography
MOSCOW: A Russian museum that was due to host an exhibition of World War II images by photographic greats such as Robert Capa has unexpectedly closed just before the show was due to open, reportedly on Moscow’s orders. Pictures chosen by the curators included classics like Capa’s images of the D-Day landings and Alfred...
Russia supplying arms, troops to Ukrainian rebels, says German paper
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) believes that Russia has supplied more troops and weapons to pro-Russian separatists in east Ukraine, a German newspaper reported today. “We have noticed again support for the separatists, with weapons, troops and training. Russia is still sending troops and arms from one side of the open...
Naftogaz to seek 12-month Russia gas deal next week
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Ukraine’s Naftogaz [NAFTO.UL] Chief Executive Andriy Kobolev will seek rapid progress on a deal to secure gas from Russia for the next 12 months in talks brokered by the European Commission in Berlin next week. …read more Source: The...
War and poverty bring doubt to heartland of Ukraine's pro-Europe revolt
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – When Ukrainians toppled a pro-Russian president last year, nowhere was the euphoria greater than in Lviv, a short drive from the EU border, where people have dreamt for generations of escaping Moscow’s orbit to join the West. …read more Source: The...
