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Russia's Lavrov says agreement on Ukraine must respect rights of all
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday any agreement on the conflict in Ukraine must protect the rights of all citizens living in the country. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine president Poroshenko to brief EU summit in Brussels
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will brief EU leaders at a summit in Brussels on Thursday, alongside the German and French leaders, on the results of Wednesday’s Ukraine peace talks in Minsk, an EU official said. …read more Source: The...
19 soldiers killed in Ukraine
KIEV: At least 19 soldiers have been killed in the latest fighting in east Ukraine, a Kiev defence official said, including five in a rocket attack on regional capital Kramatorsk. …read more Source: New Straits...
Moment of truth looms at crunch Ukraine summit
Leaders from Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany were due to hold last-ditch peace talks today aimed at halting 10 months of conflict in east Ukraine that has claimed over 5,400 lives. The crunch summit is the climax of a frantic diplomatic push by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande to prevent the worst…...
'Contact Group' on Ukraine to hold talks in Minsk on Wednesday – Belarus
MINSK (Reuters) – A meeting of the so-called Contact Group on Ukraine will resume talks on the conflict in the Belarussian capital Minsk on Wednesday, Belarus’s Foreign Ministry said. …read more Source: The...
Minsk talks on Ukraine still 'very probable' – France's Fabius
PARIS (Reuters) – A four-way summit in Minsk aimed at resolving the Ukraine crisis is still very likely to go ahead as scheduled on Wednesday despite a number of unresolved issues, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
At least one dead in attack on Donetsk bus station, east Ukraine – Reuters witness
DONETSK (Reuters) – At least one person was killed on Wednesday when a shell hit a bus station in the centre of rebel-controlled Donetsk city, east Ukraine, a Reuters witness said. …read more Source: The...
Kremlin says Putin, Obama urge swift end to bloodshed in Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Barack Obama highlighted in a phone call on Tuesday the need for a political solution to the “internal” conflict in Ukraine to swiftly end the bloodshed there, the Kremlin said in a statement. …read more Source: The...
White House – Obama tells Putin in call to agree Ukraine peace deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama called Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to discuss escalating violence in eastern Ukraine and urged him to agree to a peace deal, the White House said. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine talks in Minsk agree ceasefire before leaders' summit – TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Representatives of Russia, Ukraine, pro-Russian rebels and the OSCE security watchdog meeting in Minsk on Tuesday agreed a ceasefire for east Ukraine along with a monitoring mechanism and a scheme for withdrawal of heavy weapons, TASS news agency said. …read more Source: The...
