Section: The Star (Malaysia)
Ukraine 'in process' of resuming power supplies to Crimea – Ukrenergo
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine is resuming electricity supplies to Russian-annexed Crimea, a state energy official said on Monday, more than two weeks after unknown saboteurs blew up power lines to the peninsula causing widespread blackouts. …read more Source: The...
International monitors threatened by gunmen in east Ukraine
KIEV (Reuters) – International monitors in eastern Ukraine said that armed people fired into the air when they tried to approach a group of howitzers near a separatist-controlled village, in an area from which such weapons were supposed to be withdrawn under a ceasefire agreement. …read more Source: The...
Russia says U.S. officially refused to provide guarantees for Ukraine's liabilities
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Finance Ministry said on Saturday that Russia had this week received an official refusal from the U.S. government to provide guarantees for Ukraine’s liabilities, Russian news agencies reported, citing a ministry statement. …read more Source: The...
U.S Vice President Biden to address Ukraine's legislature
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will address Ukraine’s legislature on Tuesday as part of a two-day visit to the country, a senior administration official said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine will not back down from trade deal with the EU – Poroshenko
VILNIUS (Reuters) – Ukraine will not back away from implementing a free trade agreement with the European Union on 1 January, 2016, despite Russian protests and threats of sanctions, Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
Russia unlikely to meet Ukraine peace deal deadline, NATO says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO’s top commander warned on Wednesday there was little chance that Russia would meet a year-end deadline for a peace deal in eastern Ukraine, saying the calmer situation there did not mean the end of the conflict was near. …read more Source: The...
No deal at Ukraine, Russia, EU trade talks – officials
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union, Russia and Ukraine did not reach a deal at three-way trade talks in Brussels on Tuesday, EU officials said, in the latest effort to overcome Moscow’s opposition to an EU-Ukraine trade pact that is due to take effect in January. …read more Source: The...
Obama and Putin discuss Syria, Ukraine at summit – White House official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama met with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the sidelines of the climate summit in Paris on Monday and discussed the Syrian crisis as well as the situation in Ukraine, a White House official said. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine tightens control over foreign charter flights
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine has tightened control over foreign charter flights for security reasons, the infrastructure ministry said on Sunday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine leaves sabotaged power lines to Russian-annexed Crimea in mud
CHAPLINKA, Ukraine (Reuters) – Five days after saboteurs blew up power lines in southern Ukraine plunging Russian-annexed Crimea into an energy crisis, all four damaged pylons are out of action and engineers say they need a political decision to restore supplies. …read more Source: The...
