Section: The Star (Malaysia)
Russia backs bigger OSCE mission in Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Saturday it wanted to see a bigger European monitoring mission in Ukraine to help oversee withdrawal of mortars, tanks and light artillery under recent agreements. …read more Source: The...
Russia, Ukraine fail to reach deal on Kiev debt to Moscow, talks to continue
LIMA (Reuters) – Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov and his Ukrainian counterpart, Natalia Yaresko, failed to reach a deal at their meeting on Friday on restructuring Kiev’s $3 billion (£2 billion) debt to Moscow, but agreed to continue talking. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine ex-security official doubts MH17 report will give answers
VINNYTSIA, Ukraine (Reuters) – A former top official in Ukraine’s security service said on Friday he doubted a final international report on the crash of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 would provide conclusive answers. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine leader says he hopes 'fragile truce' will hold
ASTANA (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko struck a conciliatory tone on Friday in his comments on Russia and Moscow-backed rebels during his visit to Kazakhstan, the Kremlin’s ally in Central Asia. …read more Source: The...
Belarussian writer wins Nobel prize, denounces Russia over Ukraine
STOCKHOLM/MINSK (Reuters) – Belarussian author Svetlana Alexievich won the Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday for her portrayal of the harshness of life in the Soviet Union and in her first public response denounced Russia’s intervention in Ukraine as an “invasion”. …read more Source: The...
Belarussian Nobel prize winner says Russia invaded Ukraine
MINSK (Reuters) – The Belarussian recipient of the Nobel prize for literature charged Russia on Thursday with carrying out an “invasion” of Ukraine by backing separatists in its eastern regions. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine's Kiev city to halt foreign debt payments in 2015 – statement
KIEV (Reuters) – The city council of the Ukrainian capital Kiev said on Thursday it would impose in 2015 a moratorium on payments on its foreign debt, which has been included in the Finance Ministry’s restructuring of sovereign and sovereign-guaranteed bonds. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine says four soldiers wounded in rebel attack despite truce
KIEV (Reuters) – The Ukrainian military said on Wednesday pro-Russian separatists had violated a ceasefire in the east of the country by firing an anti-tank missile and wounding four soldiers, even as President Petro Poroshenko hailed a “real truce”. …read more Source: The...
West, Ukraine, hail rebel decision to postpone disputed elections
KIEV (Reuters) – A decision by pro-Russian separatists to postpone local elections that Ukraine had said were illegitimate was welcomed on Tuesday by Kiev, the European Union and Moscow – the rebels’ patron – as a sign of progress in the faltering peace process. …read more Source: The...
Germany greets pro-Russian rebels' delay of Ukraine elections
BERLIN (Reuters) – A German diplomatic source described as “good news” a decision by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine to delay disputed local elections there. …read more Source: The...
