Section: The Star (Malaysia)
Two U.S. F-22 fighter jets arrive in Poland as part of European training mission
WARSAW (Reuters) – Two advanced U.S. F-22 fighter jets arrived in Poland on Monday for a one-day working visit, the Polish army said, a part of Washington’s efforts to reassure allies made uneasy by Russian actions in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Hollande, Merkel, Putin back ceasefire plan for eastern Ukraine – France
PARIS (Reuters) – France, Germany and Russia back plans for a complete ceasefire in eastern Ukraine from Sept. 1, the French presidency said after their respective leaders spoke by telephone on Saturday. …read more Source: The...
Russia says Ukrainian hostage freed in Afghanistan
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Dmytro Bilyi, a Ukrainian who was being held prisoner by Afghan militants, has been freed with Russian help, the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement on Saturday. …read more Source: The...
U.S.'s Biden speaks with Ukrainian President Poroshenko about attacks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden spoke with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Friday about attacks from Russian-separatist forces in the eastern part of the country, the White House said. …read more Source: The...
Poland warns Ukrainian conflict escalation could spark new migration crisis
BERLIN (Reuters) – An escalation of the crisis in Ukraine could spark a migration crisis, which will particularly affect Poland, Polish president Andrzej Duda said on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Dutch air safety body to publish final MH17 crash report in October
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The final report into the crash last July of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine will be published on Oct 13, the Dutch Safety Board said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Seven Ukraine servicemen killed, 13 wounded – Ukraine military
KIEV (Reuters) – Seven Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and 13 wounded in fighting with pro-Russian separatists in the past 24 hours, military spokesman Oleksander Motuzyanyk said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine, separatists to strive for full ceasefire from September 1
MINSK (Reuters) – Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists, in a gesture to shore up a tenuous ceasefire, agreed on Wednesday to strive for an end to all truce violations from next Tuesday, the OSCE and rebel representatives said. …read more Source: The...
Russian court sentences Ukrainian film director to 20 years in jail
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian court on Tuesday sentenced Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov to 20 years in a high-security penal colony for “terrorist attacks” in Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula that Moscow annexed from Ukraine in April 2014, RIA news agency said. …read more Source: The...
U.S. to deploy F-22 fighter jets to Europe – Air Force secretary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will deploy F-22 fighter jets to Europe very soon as part of a broader effort to support eastern European members of the NATO alliance unnerved by Russia’s intervention in Ukraine, Air Force Secretary Deborah James said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
