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Russia says giving lethal arms to Ukraine would be security threat
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow will see any decision by the United States to provide Ukraine with lethal weapons as a threat to Russia’s security, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
EU says Merkel-Hollande Moscow mission a move to political solution
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A mission by the leaders of France and Germany to Kiev and Moscow is a clear effort to find a political solution to the conflict in Ukraine, European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine raises key interest rate to fight financial crisis
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s central bank announced on Thursday a big increase in its main interest rate to 19.5 percent to try to avert financial collapse, brought ever closer by fighting in the country’s east and a lack of foreign funding. …read more Source: The...
France's Hollande – Ukraine trip must produce deal acceptable to all
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande said that a trip to Ukraine on Thursday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel aimed to produce a conflict-resolution deal that would be acceptable to all parties. …read more Source: The...
Nato to boost eastern defences after Russian ‘aggression’
BRUSSELS: Nato was set Thursday to agree a major boost to its defences in eastern Europe including six bases and a spearhead force of 5,000 troops in response to what it called Russian aggression in Ukraine. Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg insisted that the moves likely to be approved by defence ministers meeting in Brussels were purely...
19 civilians and troops killed in Ukraine in 24 hours: officials
KIEV: Fourteen civilians and five government soldiers have been killed in fighting in east Ukraine over the past 24 hours, government and rebel officials said Thursday. Pro-Russian separatists said shelling killed eight residents and wounded 33 more around their stronghold Donetsk. Across the lines, a local Ukrainian official said six civilians...
Hollande, Merkel to travel to Kiev and Moscow for Ukraine talks
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will travel to Kiev on Thursday and Moscow on Friday for top level talks to make a new proposal to try to solve the Ukraine crisis, Hollande said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
EU agrees new sanctions on Russians, Ukrainian rebels – diplomats
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union governments have agreed on a list of new entities and Russian and pro-Moscow Ukrainian individuals who will suffer sanctions in the bloc, diplomats said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Kerry in Kiev amid calls to arm Ukraine
KIEV (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in snowbound Kiev on Thursday amid calls for Washington to begin arming Ukraine to battle Russian-backed separatists advancing in the east. …read more Source: The...
German foreign minister planning new push for Ukraine truce
RIGA (Reuters) – Europe will launch a new push for a negotiated solution in eastern Ukraine after the escalation in fighting between Kiev’s forces and Moscow-backed rebels, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
