Section: The Star (Malaysia)
One Ukrainian servicemen killed in rebel attack on ambulance
KIEV (Reuters) – One Ukrainian serviceman was killed and another wounded when pro-Russian separatists attacked a military ambulance near Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, the head of the Kiev-controlled regional administration said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
Germany protests Russia's ejection of conservative MP from Moscow
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany formally protested to Russia on Monday over Moscow’s refusal to let a conservative German lawmaker into the country, a decision the Foreign Ministry criticised as unacceptable amid East-West tensions over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The...
Gunman takes hostages after killing two in northeast Ukraine
KIEV (Reuters) – A gunman was holding two people hostage at a petrol station in northeast Ukraine on Monday after killing two others, the interior ministry said. …read more Source: The...
About 100 U.S., European jets join Arctic exercise near Russia
OSLO (Reuters) – About 100 fighter jets from the United States and eight European nations began an Arctic training exercise in the Nordic nations on Monday, a region worried by increased Russian military activity. The exercise, based in the north of Norway, Sweden and Finland with 4,000 personnel, is meant to test cooperation among Arctic...
One Ukrainian serviceman killed in separatist attacks in southeast – military
KIEV (Reuters) – One Ukrainian serviceman was killed and two others were wounded on Sunday when their positions came under attack from Russian-backed separatists in the southeast of Ukraine in violation of a ceasefire, a Ukrainian military official said. …read more Source: The...
One Ukrainian civilian killed, two wounded in Avdiyivka shelling – police
KIEV (Reuters) – One civilian has been killed and two wounded in shelling of the Kiev-held town of Avdiyivka in east Ukraine, the head of Donetsk regional police Vyacheslav Abroskin said in a Facebook post on Sunday. …read more Source: The...
Shelling halts production at Avdiyivka coke plant in east Ukraine – Metinvest
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine steelmaker Metinvest said on Sunday it has halted production at its Avdiyivka facility in eastern Ukraine, one of Europe’s biggest coke plants, after heavy shelling caused major damage. …read more Source: The...
Top rebel commander killed in east Ukraine – report
KIEV (Reuters) – Aleksey Mozgovoi, a top rebel commander in east Ukraine, has been killed along with around six others in an attack by an unknown group of assailants, the press service for the separatist Luhansk territory (LITs) reported on Saturday. …read more Source: The...
Russia links gas discount to Ukraine with debt repayments – agencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s decision on an extension of a gas discount to Ukraine may take into account Ukraine’s position on repayment of debts, Russian energy minister Alexander Novak said on Saturday according to comments cited in Russian news agencies. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine seeks Russian gas discount extension – RIA news agency
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Ukraine has asked Russia for an extension of a discount on the price of gas until the end of the year, Russia’s Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Saturday, RIA news agency reported. …read more Source: The...
