Section: The Star (Malaysia)
Russia may be readying for new Ukraine offensive – NATO commander
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russia’s military may be taking advantage of a recent lull in fighting in eastern Ukraine to lay the groundwork for a new military offensive, NATO’s top commander told the U.S. Congress on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Russia says Western leaders note progress in ceasefire in Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko noted “certain progress” in a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine during a telephone conversation, the Kremlin said. …read more Source: The...
Ukrainian rebels expel foreign aid group IRC
DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Representatives of a New York-based aid group were expelled from separatist-held territories in eastern Ukraine on Thursday after rebels closed down their operational base, accusing them of spying. …read more Source: The...
One Ukrainian serviceman killed in separatist attacks – Kiev military
KIEV (Reuters) – One Ukrainian serviceman has been killed in fresh separatist attacks on government forces in eastern Ukraine despite a ceasefire, Interfax news agency quoted the Ukrainian military as saying. …read more Source: The...
Forest fire threatens Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear zone
KIEV (Reuters) – A forest fire in northern Ukraine threatened on Tuesday to spread towards the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear power plant (NPP) on Tuesday, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said in a post on Facebook. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine says it aims to prevent Russian attacks at WW II commemorations
KIEV(Reuters) – Ukraine is planning an operation involving tens of thousands of police to guard against any attack by separatists or Russian agents during World War Two commemorations next month, security chiefs said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
Ukrainian serviceman killed in rebel attacks in eastern Ukraine – Kiev military
KIEV (Reuters) – A Ukrainian serviceman has been killed and 14 others wounded as pro-Russian separatists significantly increased attacks on government forces despite a ceasefire, a spokesman for the Ukrainian military said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
EU, Ukraine leaders meet as shelling worsens, one Ukrainian soldier killed
KIEV (Reuters) – Top European Union officials met the Ukrainian leadership on Monday for talks on deepening trade links and efforts to bring peace to Ukraine, but worsening violence in the separatist-minded east clouded the summit. …read more Source: The...
Turkey's Erdogan criticises Putin over Armenian 'genocide' comments
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday Russia should account for its actions in Ukraine and Crimea before calling the 1915 mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks a “genocide”. …read more Source: The...
One more Ukrainian serviceman killed in eastern Ukraine – Kiev military
KIEV (Reuters) – One Ukrainian serviceman was killed and three other were wounded in attacks by pro-Russian separatists in the past 24 hours in the east, the Ukrainian military said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
