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Ukraine and possibly rebels used cluster bombs – rights watchdog
KIEV (Reuters) – Evidence collected by Human Rights Watch suggests government forces have used cluster munitions in eastern Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists may also have done so, the New York-based watchdog said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine, Russia, EU energy chiefs meet to finalise gas deal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Russia and Ukraine aim to resolve an impasse over natural gas supplies on Tuesday as their energy ministers meet in Brussels for talks brokered by the European Union’s energy commissioner. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine vote candidate survives gun and grenade attack – party
KIEV (Reuters) – A Ukrainian election candidate allied to the prime minister was shot at and came under a grenade attack as he left his home late on Monday, and only survived because he was wearing body armour, his party said. …read more Source: The...
Russian Energy Minister says hope for gas deal with Ukraine on Tuesday – Interfax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Tuesday he hopes to finalise gas agreement during a trilateral meeting later in the day in Brussels, Interfax news agency reports. …read more Source: The...
Polish ex-minister quoted saying Putin offered to divide Ukraine with Poland
WARSAW: Poland’s parliamentary speaker, Radoslaw Sikorski, has been quoted as saying that Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed to Poland’s then leader in 2008 that they divide Ukraine between themselves. Sikorski, who until September served as Poland’s foreign minister, was quoted telling US website Politico that Putin made...
Putin offered to divide Ukraine with Poland: Polish ex-minister
WARSAW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed to Poland’s then leader that they divide Ukraine between themselves as far back as 2008, Poland’s parliamentary speaker Radoslaw Sikorski said in an interview published by the U.S. Politico website. …read more Source: The...
EU sees less violence in eastern Ukraine
The European Union said Monday it believed a ceasefire and peace plan have helped reduce fighting between government and pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine but condemned continued violations of the accord.The accords reached last month were a step towards a sustainable political solution of the crisis, the EU’s 28 foreign ministers said,...
Russian foreign minister sees no quick fix to U.S. ties
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A chill in U.S.-Russian relations since the start of the Ukraine crisis is likely to last a long time, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Hope and obstacles as Russia and Ukraine seek gas deal
MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – A tentative agreement between the Ukrainian and Russian presidents has raised hopes of ending a dispute in which Moscow has halted natural gas supplies to Kiev, but several obstacles still have be overcome. …read more Source: The...
Blast rocks Donetsk in east Ukraine, no deaths reported
KIEV (Reuters) – A powerful explosion near a munitions factory rocked the rebel-held city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Monday, breaking windows several kilometres (miles) away, but there was no word of any casualties. …read more Source: The...
