Section: The Star (Malaysia)
Ukraine military says rebels attempt advance on east Ukraine town
KIEV (Reuters) – Separatist rebels have launched a push using tanks and artillery towards Ukrainian government positions west of the big regional city of Donetsk in an escalation of the conflict in the east, the Kiev military said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
Two civilians killed in rebel attack in east Ukraine – governor
KIEV (Reuters) – Two civilians were killed on Wednesday when mortar bombs fired by pro-Russian separatists hit their car in government-controlled territory near Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, the head of the Kiev-controlled regional administration said. …read more Source: The...
U.N. finds growing signs of Russian involvement in Ukraine war
GENEVA (Reuters) – A separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine is revealing increasing evidence, but not yet conclusive legal proof, of Russian state involvement, senior United Nations human rights officials said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Russia dismisses EU criticism of travel blacklist
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia criticised the European Union on Monday for allowing the publication of a list of European officials barred from entering the country in the diplomatic fallout over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The...
Three Ukrainian serviceman killed in separatist east – Kiev military
KIEV (Reuters) – Three Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and four others wounded in attacks by pro-Russian separatists in the east over the past 24 hours, Ukraine’s military spokesman said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine names Georgia's Saakashvili as governor of Black Sea hotspot
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s Petro Poroshenko has appointed former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili to be governor of Ukraine’s southern Odessa region, in a surprise move that is certain to raise hackles in Moscow. …read more Source: The...
EU criticizes 'unjustified' Russian travel blacklist
BERLIN (Reuters) – Russia has imposed an entry ban on 89 European politicians and military leaders, according to a list seen by Reuters, a move that has angered Europe and worsened its standoff with the West over Moscow’s role in the Ukraine conflict. …read more Source: The...
Russian aircraft head off U.S. destroyer in Black Sea – RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian military aircraft were scrambled to head off a U.S. warship that was acting “aggressively” in the Black Sea, state news agency RIA reported on Saturday, citing an anonymous source in Russia’s armed forces in Crimea. …read more Source: The...
Finland not afraid to criticize Russia – new foreign minister
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finland’s government aims to maintain good relations with neighbouring Russia, but it condemns the annexation of Crimea and will comply with European Union positions on the Ukraine crisis, its new foreign minister said. …read more Source: The...
Special Report – Russian fighters, caught in Ukraine, cast adrift by Moscow
KIEV (Reuters) – From his hospital bed in the Ukrainian capital, Russian fighter Alexander Alexandrov feels abandoned by his country, its leaders and even the local Russian consul. …read more Source: The...
