Section: Malaysia
MH17 victim found with oxygen mask
THE HAGUE: One of the people on the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 shot down in Ukraine in July was found wearing an oxygen mask, the Dutch foreign minister and prosecutors said, raising the possibility that some passengers might have known their plane was doomed. “You know that somebody was discovered wearing an oxygen mask and had time to put it...
MH17 victim found with oxygen mask — Dutch
FMTHE HAGUE: One of the people on the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 shot down in Ukraine in July was found wearing an oxygen mask, the Dutch foreign minister and prosecutors said, raising the possibility that some passengers might have known their plane was doomed.“You know that somebody was discovered wearing an oxygen mask and had time to put...
Ukraine lobbies for Nato, IMF help
A policeman walks past the body of a victim who was killed by recent shelling in front of a shop in Donetsk. — Reuters photoTruce in Ukraine teetering on verge of collapse just weeks before general electionDONETSK, Ukraine: Ukraine dispatched top envoys to Washington and Brussels on Wednesday to secure help in the face of a surge in clashes with...
Back to school in rebel east Ukraine – to the sound of bombs and Soviet songs
MAKIYIVKA Ukraine (Reuters) – On the first day of school outside the east Ukrainian rebel stronghold of Donetsk, 11th-grade teacher Yelena Sepik tells her class to get out of their seats to clap and sing along to the Soviet military music playing over the speakers. …read more Source: The...
Dutch Foreign Minister: MH17 victim found with oxygen mask
THE HAGUE: One of the people on the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 shot down in Ukraine in July was found wearing an oxygen mask, the Dutch foreign minister and prosecutors said, raising the possibility that some passengers might have known their plane was doomed. “You know that somebody was discovered wearing an oxygen mask and had time to...
No sanctions relief for Russia until forces leave Ukraine-US diplomat
BERLIN (Reuters) – A senior U.S. diplomat said on Thursday there should be no sanctions relief for Russia until all foreign forces and equipment have left Ukraine, Kiev’s sovereignty over its border has been restored and all hostages have been released. …read more Source: The...
Russia's Putin may have talks with Ukraine leader next week – Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin could hold talks with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko next week on the sidelines of a summit of Asian and European leaders in Milan, the Kremlin said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
One killed, three wounded in shelling in east Ukraine
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – At least one person was killed and three wounded when an artillery shell hit a shopping centre in Donetsk, a city in east Ukraine controlled by pro-Russian separatists where fighting goes on despite a ceasefire. …read more Source: The...
Death rate 10 a day in east Ukraine despite ceasefire – UN
GENEVA (Reuters) – The conflict in eastern Ukraine is still claiming about 10 lives a day among government troops, pro-Russian separatists and civilians despite a ceasefire agreed in early September, the United Nations said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine may ask Stockholm court for interim ruling on Russian gas
KIEV (Reuters) – Kiev may appeal to the Stockholm court of arbitration to fix a temporary price for Russian gas and conditions for deliveries to Ukraine if an interim gas deal is not reached soon with Russia, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
