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Merkel, Putin express hope for gas talks success on October 29 – Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed the importance of reaching an agreement on gas supplies to Ukraine in a telephone call, the Kremlin said on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Merkel says EU will discuss bridging finance for Ukraine next week
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union and Ukraine will discuss a bridging loan to Kiev next week so that the country can pay in advance for Russian gas deliveries for the coming months, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday. …read more Source: The...
‘What vote?’: Ukrainian refugees in Russia scorn Kiev poll
TAGANROG: While much of Ukraine is abuzz with campaigning for Sunday’s parliamentary poll, refugees who have fled fighting in the east for Russia say they want nothing to do with the vote. “Ukrainian elections? What elections?” scoffed Pavel, 46, one of 300 Ukrainians holed up at a Russian holiday camp some 40 kilometres (25 miles) from the...
Ukrainian PM warns Russia may try to disrupt Sunday's election
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s prime minister warned on Thursday of possible attempts by Russia to disrupt an election in Ukraine at the weekend, a vote being held against a background of Russian support for separatist rebels and an unresolved row over gas. …read more Source: The...
Exclusive – Charred tanks in Ukraine point to Russian involvement
HORBATENKO Ukraine (Reuters) – The burnt-out remains of dozens of tanks and armoured vehicles in fields near this small village bear witness to the ferocity of a battle that turned the tide of the conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Ukrainian PM warns Russia may try to destabilise Sunday's election
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk on Thursday warned of possible attempts by Russia to destabilise Sunday’s parliamentary election in Ukraine and ordered security to be boosted to prevent “terrorist acts” being carried out. …read more Source: The...
Special Report – Why Ukraine's revolution remains unfinished
KIEV (Reuters) – In the afternoon of February 20, after the morning’s dead had been cleared away, Volodymyr Melnychuk arrived outside Kiev’s October palace. …read more Source: The...
Russia blocks monitoring of more Ukraine border checkpoints – U.S.
VIENNA (Reuters) – Russia has refused to increase international monitoring of the border with Ukraine, the United States said on Wednesday, after European security watchdog OSCE extended its observers’ existing mandate at two checkpoints by a month. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine leader's bloc holds election lead, Tymoshenko threatened – poll
KIEV (Reuters) – President Petro Poroshenko’s bloc holds a big lead ahead of Ukraine’s election on Sunday while a rising populist party looks set to take second place, an opinion poll showed on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
Germany calls for clarification on Ukraine cluster bomb accusations
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany called on Wednesday for closer examination of allegations that Ukraine government forces used cluster munitions in their military campaign against pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source: The...
