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EU ministers to discuss Ukraine crisis sanctions, reforms, engaging Russia
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union foreign ministers will discuss how to respond to elections that separatists in eastern Ukraine held on Nov 2 as well as ways to launch reforms in Ukraine and engage Russia in finding a solution to the conflict. …read more Source: The...
Russia ‘will not prevail’ in Ukraine, says Merkel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (pic) on Monday called on the West not to lose hope in what may be a long struggle with Russia over Ukraine, but vowed that the Kremlin “will not prevail”. Russia’s annexation of Crimea in March “called the whole of the European peaceful order into question, and it has continued by Russia...
Putin says he's convinced solution to Ukraine crisis possible
BERLIN (Reuters) – Russia President Vladimir Putin said in a German television interview on Sunday that he is convinced it should be possible to find a way to resolve the crisis in Ukraine but added he was concerned about the threat of ethnic cleansing. …read more Source: The...
Putin says he’s convinced solution to Ukraine crisis possible
Russia President Vladimir Putin (pic) said in a German television interview on Sunday that he is convinced it should be possible to find a way to resolve the crisis in Ukraine, but added he was concerned about the threat of ethnic cleansing. In the 30-minute interview, Putin defended Russia’s annexation of the Crimea, but also appealed to...
Local emergency services recover MH17 wreckage in Ukraine
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Local emergency services have recovered human remains, aircraft parts and personal belongings from the site where Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crashed in eastern Ukraine in July, Dutch authorities said on Sunday. …read more Source: The...
Russian TV channel says photos show MH17 shot down by fighter jet
MOSCOW: Russian state-controlled TV has broadcast what it called “sensational” photographs, which it said supported Moscow’s theory that Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a Ukrainian fighter jet. Several commentators who have examined the photographs have described them as forgeries, however. The photographs, said to be taken...
MH17 wreckage removal starts in east Ukraine
GRABOVE: Workers started winching debris from Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 on to trucks in eastern Ukraine Sunday, paving the way for its eventual return to the Netherlands four months after it was downed, killing 298 people. A crew from the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic — the pro-Moscow separatists who hold the territory —...
Heavy shelling rocks rebel-held Donetsk in east Ukraine
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Fresh volleys of artillery fire were heard across many parts of the separatist stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Sunday, a Ukrainian government statement said, after Kiev warned again of rebel preparations for a fresh offensive. …read more Source: The...
German economy minister rejects tougher sanctions on Russia
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Sunday he does not believe tighter sanctions against Russia will help resolve the Ukraine crisis even though Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday the European Union is considering further sanctions. …read more Source: The...
Putin yawns off Western baiting at G20
Vladimir Putin Abbott insists having robust discussions with Russian president on summit sidelines BRISBANE, Australia: A weary Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday shrugged off a new barrage of Western fire over Ukraine at a G20 summit where the world’s most powerful leaders vowed to heat up the cooling global economy. Host Tony...
