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Ukraine truce fades as fighting rages, arms pullback stalls
NIKISHINE, Ukraine (Reuters) – Pro-Russian rebels bombarded government troops encircled in east Ukraine on Tuesday and a plan for both sides to pull back their heavy guns stalled, pushing a fragile peace deal closer to collapse. …read more Source: The...
Moscow says Ukraine must pay for gas for rebel-held regions – RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Tuesday he believed Kiev should pay for the supplies of Russian gas to rebel-held regions of Ukraine, RIA news agency reports. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine's economy is starting to disintegrate – Polish Deputy PM
WARSAW (Reuters) – Ukraine’s economy is starting to disintegrate, creating a risk of hundreds of thousands of immigrants flowing into Poland, Polish Deputy Prime Minister Janusz Piechocinski said. …read more Source: The...
Obama, European leaders to discuss Ukraine conflict
US President Barack Obama will hold talks on Tuesday with European leaders to discuss the Ukraine crisis and global security issues, the White House said. Obama and the leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Italy, as well as the head of the European Commission, will speak by video conference, it said in a statement. The meeting comes...
Obama, European leaders to discuss Ukraine, global security – White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.s. President Barack Obama will hold talks on Tuesday with European leaders to discuss the Ukraine crisis and global security issues, the White House said. …read more Source: The...
Russia ready to consider discount on gas price for Ukraine in second quarter
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is ready to consider providing Ukraine with a discount for gas supplies within their existing contract starting from the second quarter, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak told Rossiya 24 TV channel on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
Russia bids farewell to slain Putin critic
MOSCOW: Thousands of mourners on Tuesday filed past the coffin of slain Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, bidding farewell to a charismatic activist whose brazen assassination shocked the country. The 55-year-old former deputy prime minister, longtime critic of President Vladimir Putin and anti-corruption crusader who was gunned down...
Ukraine says return of Crimea a must for mending ties with Russia
TOKYO (Reuters) – No normalisation of ties between Ukraine and Russia is likely unless the region of Crimea, now under Russian control, is returned to Kiev’s sovereignty, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
Three Ukrainian soldiers killed in past 24 hours – Ukraine military source
KIEV (Reuters) – Three Ukrainian servicemen were killed and nine were wounded in the last 24 hours in the country’s east where government troops are fighting with pro-Russian rebels, a Ukrainian military source told Reuters on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
Nemtsov murder witness says blocked from leaving Moscow
MOSCOW: The Ukrainian model girlfriend of slain Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov complained Monday she was being blocked from leaving Moscow, as authorities vowed to solve the most shocking political assassination of Vladimir Putin’s rule. The funeral for Nemtsov, a 55-year-old former deputy prime minister, longtime Putin critic and...
