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Obama’s Ukraine policy at crossroads as fighting rages on
Russian-backed rebels’ violent offensive in eastern Ukraine leaves President Barack Obama with perplexing and urgent choices, but aides say he will exercise his typical caution in deciding his next move. Should Obama provide lethal weaponry to the Western-backed Kiev government to staunch Europe’s worst conflict in two decades? Many...
Obama's Ukraine policy at crossroads as fighting rages on
WASHINGTON/MUNICH (Reuters) – Russian-backed rebels’ violent offensive in eastern Ukraine leaves President Barack Obama with perplexing and urgent choices, but aides say he will exercise his typical caution in deciding his next move. …read more Source: The...
Russia's Putin says Kiev on 'dead-end track' in east Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said Kiev must stop its military operation in east Ukraine and cease exerting economic pressure on rebel-held regions, warning that it was on a “dead-end track fraught with … catastrophe”. …read more Source: The...
Leaders to discuss ‘last chance’ Ukraine peace bid
KIEV: French, German and Ukrainian leaders are to discuss a last-ditch peace bid for east Ukraine with Vladimir Putin today, after the US called for “deeds” from the Russian leader accused of masterminding the conflict. President Francois Hollande and Chancellor Angela Merkel were to join Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Putin...
U.S. arms might fan Ukraine war – OSCE chief
MUNICH (Reuters) – The United States risks provoking a more direct intervention by Russia in the separatist conflict in Ukraine if it sends weapons to Kiev, the head of the OSCE security watchdog said on Sunday. …read more Source: The...
U.S. arming of Ukraine would not bring rift with Europe – Mogherini
MUNICH (Reuters) – The European Union’s foreign policy chief said on Sunday she did not expect any transatlantic rift with Washington over Ukraine if the United States went ahead with proposals to supply arms to Kiev. …read more Source: The...
Leaders scramble to avert 'dramatic spiral' in Ukraine
MUNICH (Reuters) – The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France agreed to meet in Belarus on Wednesday to try to broker a peace deal for Ukraine amid escalating violence there and signs of cracks in the transatlantic consensus on confronting Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: The...
Four-way summit on Ukraine conflict planned
BERLIN: A summit between France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine is being planned for Wednesday in Minsk, the latest step in a hectic diplomatic effort to find a political solution to the Ukraine conflict, Berlin said. …read more Source: New Straits...
Leaders aim to meet in Minsk on Wednesday on Ukraine crisis – Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) – The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France aim to meet in Minsk on Wednesday to continue work on resolving the crisis in Ukraine after holding a conference call on Sunday, a German government spokesman said in a statement. …read more Source: The...
Malfunction forces AirAsia X to abort flight, turn back: CEO
KUALA LUMPUR: A system malfunction forced the pilots of an AirAsia X flight from Kuala Lumpur to Jeddah to abort the flight and return to Malaysia on Sunday, the AirAsia Group’s CEO said. The incident sparked fresh questions on social media about the Malaysian airline’s safety record as it struggles in the aftermath of the loss of...
