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Heavy shelling in east Ukraine adds to concern over ceasefire
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Heavy shelling around the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk increased strains on a two-month-old ceasefire between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists on Sunday. …read more Source: The...
Analysis – Security framework eyed as way out of Ukraine crisis
PARIS (Reuters) – Even as tension in Ukraine mounts anew, veteran diplomats are starting to think quietly about a way out of the worst East-West crisis since the end of the Cold War. …read more Source: The...
Intense artillery fire in Ukraine’s rebel bastion Donetsk
Intense artillery fire broke out early Sunday in Ukraine’s separatist bastion of Donetsk, in a level of combat not seen in the region since a barely-observed ceasefire was signed in September. Firing close to the town centre began to build up at 2300 GMT Saturday (7am Malaysian time, Sunday), and could still be heard at the same intensity...
Intense artillery fire in Ukraine’s rebel bastion Donetsk
KIEV: Intense artillery fire broke out early today in Ukraine’s separatist bastion of Donetsk, in a level of combat not seen in the region since a barely-observed ceasefire was signed in September. …read more Source: New Straits...
Gorbachev warns ‘world on brink of new Cold War’
BERLIN: The Soviet Union’s last leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned Saturday that the world was on the “brink of a new Cold War” at an event to mark 25 years since the Berlin Wall’s fall, the German news agency DPA reported. “The world is on the brink of a new Cold War. Some are even saying that it has already begun,” the 83-year-old...
Last MH17 victims may never be recovered, as Ukraine bloodshed rises
KIEV: The remains of the last nine victims of flight MH17 may never be recovered from the Ukrainian battlefield where their plane was downed four months ago, the Dutch foreign minister said Saturday, as fighting rumbled on in the east of the country. Foreign Minister Bert Koenders made the grim assessment in the city of Kharkiv, where he attended...
Gorbachev says world is on brink of new Cold War
BERLIN (Reuters) – Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned in a speech in Berlin on Saturday that East-West tensions over the Ukraine crisis were threatening to push the world into a new Cold War, 25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. …read more Source: The...
MH17: Last victims may never be recovered, as Ukraine battles continue
KIEV: The remains of the last victims of flight MH17 may never be recovered from the Ukrainian battlefield where their plane was shot down four months ago, the Dutch foreign minister said Saturday, as fighting rumbled on in the east of the country. …read more Source: New Straits...
We must remember lessons from Berlin Wall
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama (pix) told the world Friday to remember lessons from the emotional fall of the Berlin Wall 25 years ago, particularly in light of “Russia’s actions against Ukraine.” Berlin kicked off celebrations Friday of the 25th anniversary of the fall of the wall, which culminate Sunday with a party to...
Kerry says U.S., Russia to exchange info on Ukraine border
BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday that the United States and Russia had agreed to exchange information about the situation on the Russia-Ukraine border. …read more Source: The...
