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U.S.'s Kerry called Russian counterpart to urge truce implementation – official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry spoke to his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Saturday, urging full implementation of this week’s Minsk agreements on ending fighting in Ukraine, including a midnight ceasefire. …read more Source: The...
Germany warns of 'high price' of violating ceasefire in Ukraine
LIMA (Reuters) – Germany’s Foreign Minister warned Kiev, Moscow and separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine on Saturday of the “high price” of violating a ceasefire agreement as fighting intensified hours before its start. …read more Source: The...
Constitution change for east Ukraine will be hard – Latvia
RIGA (Reuters) – Assuming a ceasefire between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels in the east holds, the implementation of a special constitutional status for the region is likely to be very difficult, according to Latvia’s foreign minister. …read more Source: The...
Rebels fighting for more territory ahead of Ukraine ceasefire – Kiev military
DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Fighting intensified in eastern Ukraine on Saturday ahead of a midnight ceasefire, with separatists pressing government forces in the key town of Debaltseve and shelling killing at least one person in the rebel-held city of Donetsk. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine fighting rages ahead of ceasefire
A Ukrainian tank drives on a road not far from the eastern Ukrainian city of Debaltseve, Donetsk region. — AFP photo Poroshenko warns continuing bombardment of civilians undermining peace plan reached in Minsk DONETSK, Ukraine: Ferocious fighting raged in Ukraine on Saturday, threatening a ceasefire deal as Kiev and the US accused Russia of...
Seven Ukrainian servicemen killed in past 24 hours – Kiev military
KIEV (Reuters) – Seven Ukrainian service personnel have been killed and 23 wounded in fighting against separatists in eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours, a Kiev military spokesman said on Saturday, despite a four-power peace deal worked out in Belarus. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine revised budget foresees hryvnia strengthening in 2015
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s government is forecasting a hryvnia currency rate of 21 to the dollar this year in a revised budget drawn up to satisfy its international creditors, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Saturday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine plans to borrow $1 billion to buy gas, fuel oil for reserves
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine plans to borrow $1 billion to establish a strategic reserve of natural gas and fuel oil to cover local needs in emergency situations, Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Saturday. …read more Source: The...
Renewed fighting breaks out ahead of Ukraine ceasefire
Ukraine and Russian-backed rebels fought fiercely across the east of the country on yesterday despite a new peace deal brokered by Germany and France. A ceasefire is due to come into effect tomorrow under the agreement, which also envisages a withdrawal of the heavy weapons responsible for many of the 5,000 casualties in the conflict that…...
IS group poses gravest threat to US: poll
WASHINGTON: Americans believe the Islamic State group poses the most serious threat to the United States in the next decade, according to a poll released Friday. Eighty-four percent of those quizzed by Gallup said IS jihadists, who have grabbed large areas of Iraq and Syria in a brutal onslaught, and terrorism in general presented a “critical...
