Section: Malaysia
Russia warns Ukraine against NATO membership – Interfax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A senior Russian official said on Tuesday an announcement by Ukraine’s president that he would hold a referendum on NATO membership in several years’ time would increase regional tensions. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine reports new arrivals of Russian supplies for eastern rebels
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine levelled fresh charges on Tuesday that Russia was sending support to pro-Russian separatists in the east, saying that five columns of heavy equipment were seen crossing onto Ukrainian territory on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Insight – Merkel hits diplomatic dead-end with Putin
BERLIN (Reuters) – After nine months of non-stop German diplomacy to defuse the crisis in Ukraine, Chancellor Angela Merkel decided in mid-November that a change of tack was needed. …read more Source: The...
France postpones decision on delivery of Mistral carriers
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande delayed indefinitely on Tuesday his decision on whether to deliver the first of two Mistral helicopter carriers ordered by Russia but whose status is in limbo as a result of the conflict in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Crimeans should pay back loans to Ukrainian banks – Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Crimeans should pay off their debts to Ukrainian banks despite now living under Russian law, a Russian central bank official was quoted as saying, marking a change in position by Moscow which had suggested ignoring any payment demands. …read more Source: The...
Ukrainian leader under pressure from West, pledges new government soon
Ukraine will take the first steps this week towards forming a new government, President Petro Poroshenko said on Monday, seeking to assuage concern among his Western allies that the delay is holding up reform and imperilling Western assistance. The US and other Western governments are criticising Kiev’s tardiness in putting together...
Ukraine leader, under pressure from West, pledges new government soon
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine will take the first steps this week towards forming a new government, President Petro Poroshenko said on Monday, seeking to assuage concern among his Western allies that the delay is holding up reform and imperilling Western assistance. …read more Source: The...
Russia loses US$40 billion from sanctions
Russia is losing around US$40 billion (RM134 billion) per year due to Western sanctions over the Ukraine conflict, its finance minister said Monday, although President Vladimir Putin dismissed the economic damage as “not fatal”. “We are losing around US$40 billion per year due to geopolitical sanctions,” Finance Minister...
Lithuania to supply Ukrainian forces with some military aid – Poroshenko
KIEV (Reuters) – Lithuania is to provide Ukraine’s armed forces with some military aid to help them in the fight against pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Three more Ukrainian soldiers killed – Kiev military
KIEV (Reuters) – Three Ukrainian servicemen have been killed in the past 24 hours in fighting with pro-Russian separatists in the east despite a ceasefire in place since early September, a Ukrainian military spokesman said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
