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Ukraine military says one serviceman killed in separatist east
KIEV (Reuters) – One Ukrainian serviceman has been killed and four wounded in fighting in separatist eastern territories in the past 24 hours despite a ceasefire deal, a Ukrainian military spokesman said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Former Japanese Hatoyama slammed for Crimea visit
The Japanese government sharply criticised a former prime minister today for his visit to the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, saying his action is at odds with Japan’s stance on the Ukraine situation and calling him “grossly imprudent”. Japan disapproves of Russia’s annexation of Crimea, and is concerned that the entry into...
Japan slams ex-PM Hatoyama's Crimea visit
TOKYO (Reuters) – The Japanese government sharply criticised a former prime minister on Wednesday for his visit to the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, saying his action is at odds with Japan’s stance on the Ukraine situation and calling him “grossly imprudent”. …read more Source: The...
US condemns ‘reign of terror’ in Crimea, east Ukraine
WASHINGTON: The top US diplomat for Europe declared Tuesday that Crimea and parts of eastern Ukraine were subject to a “reign of terror”, blaming Russia for a conflict that has claimed thousands of lives. “Even as Ukraine is building a peaceful, democratic, independent nation across 93% of its territory, Crimea and parts of...
Ex-Russian premier rejects idea Nemtsov was anti-Muslim
Russia’s opposition supporters carry portraits of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov during a march in central Moscow on March 1, 2015, © AFP/File STRASBOURG: A prominent ally of slain Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov on Tuesday dismissed suggestions by Russian investigators that he was murdered because he was anti-Muslim. Mikhail...
Japan vows to stop gaffe-prone ex-PM visiting Crimea
TOKYO: Japan vowed today to try to stop a gaffe-prone former prime minister from visiting Crimea to ask its citizens how they feel about being annexed by Russia. A clearly exasperated Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said the government was trying to prevent Yukio Hatoyama from making the trip, amid fears he might muddy the diplomatic waters and...
More Russian tanks, equipment cross Ukraine border – U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russian tanks and heavy military equipment have crossed the Ukrainian border in the last few days in breach of a European-brokered ceasefire agreed on Feb. 12, a senior U.S. State Department official said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
Russia's Lavrov says EU's Tusk upping tension over Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused European Council President Donald Tusk and Brussels bureaucrats on Tuesday of stirring up tensions between Moscow and the bloc over the crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine's military says eastern rebels using truce to amass arms
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s military said on Tuesday pro-Russian rebels were amassing heavy weapons in depots around separatist-held Donetsk city despite a ceasefire deal. …read more Source: The...
NATO naval drills start in Black Sea after one-day delay
SOFIA (Reuters) – NATO’s Black Sea members Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey joined four other alliance states in a multinational naval exercise on Tuesday just across the water from the Crimean Peninsula annexed by Russia last year. …read more Source: The...
