Section: Malaysia
Ukraine PM says rebel-led regions will never receive funds from Kiev
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Wednesday Kiev would never provide any funding to rebel-controlled areas in the east because the government refused “to finance terrorists.” …read more Source: The...
Russia's Gazprom says gets first debt repayment from Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s top natural gas producer Gazprom said on Wednesday it had received $1.45 billion (908.69 million pounds) from Ukrainian energy firm Naftogaz [NAFTO.UL] in repayment for unpaid debt, the first step towards Russia resuming gas supplies to Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine separatists say peace moves threatened by Kiev
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Pro-Russian separatist leaders accused the Ukrainian authorities on Wednesday of undermining peace moves by deciding to suspend a law that gave the eastern regions they control a special status. …read more Source: The...
Malaysia, Netherlands keep pressing for access to MH17 site
KUALA LUMPUR: The leaders of Malaysia and the Netherlands vowed on Wednesday to keep pressing for access to the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 and to bring to justice those responsible for downing the plane in Ukraine. Prime Minister Najib Razak met with his visiting counterpart Mark Rutte in Malaysia to discuss the Dutch-led...
Ukraine rebel leaders sworn in, Kiev says peace plan violated
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine staged swearing in ceremonies for their leaders on Tuesday after votes dismissed as a farce by Kiev, which says they violated terms of a peace plan to end a war that has killed more than 4,000 people. …read more Source: The...
EU says Ukraine rebel vote risks ‘closing’ window for peace
BRUSSELS: Elections held by pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine threaten to close the “window of opportunity” for a peaceful solution to the bloody crisis, EU foreign affairs head Federica Mogherini said Tuesday.Militants of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic stand guard in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, on November 4,...
Russian troops moving towards Ukraine border – NATO's Stoltenberg
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Russian troops are moving closer to the border with Ukraine and Moscow continues to train rebels in the east of the country, providing them with equipment, NATO’s secretary-general said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine's Poroshenko orders extra army units to protect cities from possible assault
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko said on Tuesday he had ordered his military chiefs to send in new army units to protect cities in the east and southeast from possible attack by Russian-backed separatists, Interfax news agency said. …read more Source: The...
Russians march in defiance of West and display of unity
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of people marched through Moscow under flags and banners hailing Russia as a great power on Tuesday in an annual parade which this year amounted to a show of defiance to the West over Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
East Ukraine vote 'unfortunate and counterproductive' – U.N.'s Ban
VIENNA (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon criticised on Tuesday the holding of separatist elections in eastern Ukraine at the weekend as “unfortunate and counterproductive”. …read more Source: The...
