Section: The Malaysian Insider (Malaysia)
At least 6 civilians killed in shelling attack in east Ukraine
At least six civilians were killed today when a shell or a mortar hit a trolleybus stop in the rebel-controlled city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, a Reuters witness said. The Reuters cameraman said he saw six bodies on the ground near, and inside, a trolleybus in a southern district of the city. Windows of shops nearby had been blown out...
Ukraine requests fresh IMF bailout
Ukraine has asked the IMF for a new and broader rescue package, and will seek to renegotiate its debt with bond holders, officials said on Wednesday as the war-torn country fights to save its reeling economy. IMF chief Christine Lagarde met Ukrainian Petro Poroshenko on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos and said Ukraine…...
Ukraine says forces under attack from Russian troops
Ukrainian army units came under attack from Russian regular forces in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday and heavy fighting was taking place, a Ukrainian military spokesman said. The announcement at a specially called news briefing was one of the boldest assertions yet by Ukraine of direct Russian military involvement in the nine-month conflict…...
China ‘never paid businessman’ who bought aircraft carrier
The Chinese businessman who bought an unfinished Soviet-era vessel that became his country’s first aircraft carrier was never paid back the US$120 million (RM432 million) it cost him by Beijing, he was quoted as saying Tuesday. Entrepreneur Xu Zengping paid Ukraine a US$20 million fee for the Varyag, which was eventually commissioned into...
Ukrainian troops retake most of Donetsk airport from rebels
Ukrainian troops have recaptured almost all the territory of Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine they had lost to separatists in recent weeks and thousands gathered in Kiev for a state-sponsored peace march. Sunday’s offensive brought fighting close to the industrial city of Donetsk, centre of a pro-Russian rebellion, while shelling...
Shelling hits Ukraine bus, killing 10, as airport battle worsens
Shelling hit a passenger bus in eastern Ukraine today, killing at least 10 people, and fighting intensified around the international airport in the city of Donetsk as separatists tried to oust government forces. The bus attack near the town of Volnovakha south of Donetsk, which is the heart of a nine-month-old separatist conflict, further…...
EU sees ‘positive signs’ from Russia over Ukraine
The European Union sees some “positive signs” from Russia over the crisis in Ukraine ahead of a mooted summit of key leaders in Kazakhstan, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said Thursday. Mogherini insisted however that Moscow would have to meet the terms of last year’s Minsk peace agreement before...
Pro-Russian group claims cyber attack on German government websites
German government websites including Chancellor Angela Merkel’s page were hacked today in a cyber attack claimed by a group demanding that Berlin sever official ties with the Ukrainian government. The attack, against which counter-measures were taken, had left the sites periodically inaccessible since 10am (5pm Malaysian time), her...
Poroshenko tells Ukrainians ‘we will win this war’
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko promised to defeat the “cruel-hearted foe” trying to break his former Soviet republic apart, in a traditional New Year’s message. The pro-Western leader delivered the midnight television address surrounded by soldiers and volunteers who handed out food during protests last winter that ousted...
Energy deals keep the lights on for Ukraine’s New Year festivities
Ukraine will have stable enough imports of coal and electricity to welcome the New Year with a well-lit festive tree in the home and illuminations on the street, national energy authorities said today. “All Ukrainians will be able to greet the New Year with light. There will be no outages in the near future,” Volodymyr Demchyshyn told...
