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Leaders agree new push to enforce Ukraine ceasefire
PARIS: The leaders of France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia agreed by telephone today to make a new push to impose a Feb 12 accord seeking to establish a ceasefire in Ukraine, President Francois Hollande’s office said in a statement. …read more Source: New Straits...
Russia may supply gas to east Ukraine as humanitarian aid – TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has ordered the Energy Ministry and gas company Gazprom to work out proposals to supply gas to east Ukraine as humanitarian aid, TASS news agency reported on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Leaders agree new push to enforce Ukraine ceasefire – France
PARIS (Reuters) – The leaders of France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia agreed by telephone on Thursday to make a new push to impose a Feb. 12 accord seeking to establish a ceasefire in Ukraine, President Francois Hollande’s office said in a statement. …read more Source: The...
Rebels attack Ukrainian government troops despite ceasefire – Kiev
KIEV (Reuters) – Pro-Russian separatists are maintaining attacks on government forces in east Ukraine despite a ceasefire and despite the withdrawal of thousands of government troops from the town of Debaltseve, the Kiev military said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Putin, Poroshenko, Merkel, Hollande to talk on Thursday – RIA cites Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A phone call between leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France to discuss the implementation of last week’s agreements to end the Ukraine conflict will take place on Thursday, RIA news agency reported on Thursday, citing Kremlin’s spokesman. …read more Source: The...
Fourteen more Ukrainian servicemen killed in past 24 hours – military source
KIEV (Reuters) – Fourteen Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and 173 wounded in the past 24 hours in fighting with pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, a Kiev military source told Reuters on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine calls for U.N. peacekeepers to observe ceasefire
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has called for U.N. peacekeepers to be deployed to monitor a ceasefire in east Ukraine, a proposal that pro-Russia rebels swiftly said would be in breach of a peace deal. …read more Source: The...
European leaders set to discuss Ukraine ceasefire by phone – White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The leaders of Germany, France, Ukraine and Russia were slated to discuss the implementation of the Minsk peace plan for Eastern Ukraine by phone on Wednesday, the White House said. …read more Source: The...
Germany says peace plan for Ukraine 'damaged' not dead
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany condemned the seizure of a strategic east Ukrainian town by pro-Russian rebels on Wednesday as a “massive violation” of a ceasefire, but said it was too early to call the broader Minsk peace plan dead or ratchet up sanctions against Moscow. …read more Source: The...
Kerry urges Lavrov to stop attacks on Ukrainian forces
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday to stop Russian and separatist attacks on Ukrainian forces in Debaltseve, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters. …read more Source: The...
