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Ukraine rejects Georgian request to extradite ex-president – Tbilisi
TBILISI (Reuters) – Ukrainian prosecutors have rejected a request to extradite Georgia’s ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili and former justice minister Zurab Adeishvili, Georgia’s chief prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine truce fades
DONETSK: Government forces and pro-Russian separatists said they would not carry out an agreement to pull back heavy guns in east Ukraine today, pushing a shaky peace deal closer to collapse. Fighting has eased in many areas since a ceasefire came into force on Sunday, but the rebels have refused to halt attacks on a town where Ukrainian forces...
Ukraine will withdraw heavy weapons when ceasefire is observed – Ukraine military
KIEV (Reuters) – A Ukrainian military spokesman said on Tuesday Ukraine was ready to start withdrawing heavy weapons as agreed in a ceasefire deal as soon as a total truce is observed across the conflict zone in pro-Russian separatist territories. …read more Source: The...
Rebels in one part of east Ukraine pulling back big guns – TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The leader of one of two regions held by pro-Russian rebels said on Tuesday his forces were complying with an agreement to withdraw heavy weaponry from the front line in east Ukraine, Russia’s TASS news agency reported. …read more Source: The...
Ukrainian military says rebels are fighting for control of Debaltseve rail station
KIEV (Reuters) – The Ukrainian military said on Tuesday pro-Russian rebels are fighting to seize a strategic rail station in the town of Debaltseve, but Ukrainian troops still control the transport hub. …read more Source: The...
Separatists to battle on for east Ukrain town
Pro-Russian separatists cannot “morally” stop fighting for control of a town in east Ukraine where they have encircled government troops despite a peace deal, a senior rebel representative said on Tuesday. Denis Pushilin also told Reuters before a scheduled conference call on implementation of the agreement that the rebels could not...
Kremlin says leaders of Russia, Germany and Ukraine had a phone call
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The leaders of Russia, Germany and Ukraine discussed the agreement reached in Minsk on solving Ukraine’s conflict during a phone call, the Kremlin said in a statement on Tuesday night. …read more Source: The...
Poll: Americans view Russia as top threat
WASHINGTON: Russia now is considered by Americans as the United States’ greatest enemy amid increasing US-Russian tensions, Xinhua news agency reports citing a Gallup poll. Americans have become significantly more likely to view Russia’s military power as a critical threat to the US with 49 percent now holding this view compared with...
Battle rages as Ukraine’s rebels reject ceasefire
Pro-Russian rebels pounded encircled Ukrainian government forces on Monday and Kiev said it would not pull back heavy guns while a truce was being violated, leaving a European-brokered peace deal on the verge of collapse. The European Union kept pressure on Russia and the rebels by announcing a new list of separatists and Russians targeted…...
France, Germany, Ukraine say OSCE monitors need free access
PARIS (Reuters) – The leaders of France, Germany and Ukraine said on Monday that observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe must have “free access” for their work in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
