Section: The Star (Malaysia)
Georgia president says Russia is threat to regional security
TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgian President Georgy Margvelashvili said on Tuesday Russia poses a threat to regional security and that its action in Georgia and Ukraine is punishment for their pro-Western stances. …read more Source: The...
Poland says will train 50 Ukrainian military staff this year
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland will provide training to around 50 Ukrainian army instructors this year, the Polish ministry of defence said on Tuesday, a part of NATO’s efforts to boost Ukraine’s defence capacity as it faces a pro-Russian rebellion in the east. …read more Source: The...
Dutch MH17 crash investigation focuses on Russian missile theory
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch prosecutors said on Monday they are looking for witnesses in eastern Ukraine who may have seen a Russian-made BUK rocket being fired at Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, saying this was the “leading scenario” in their crash investigation. …read more Source: The...
One Ukrainian serviceman killed, three wounded, in clashes with rebels – Kiev military
KIEV (Reuters) – One Ukrainian serviceman was killed and three were wounded in clashes with Russia-backed separatists in the past 24 hours despite a ceasefire, the Kiev military said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
EU's Juncker postpones Kiev visit due to kidney stones
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has postponed plans to visit Kiev on Monday because he needs to receive treatment for kidney stones. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine arrests Turkish cargo ship over Crimea port call
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian authorities have arrested a Turkish-owned cargo ship and detained its captain over a visit it made to a port in Crimea after Russian annexed the peninsula from Ukraine last year. …read more Source: The...
Russian Orthodox Church suspends priest who blessed Ukraine-bound fighters
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian Orthodox Church has suspended a priest who publicly blessed a group of fighters heading to eastern Ukraine, encouraging them to battle government troops he called “fascist scum”. …read more Source: The...
Poland to charge two Russian officials over Kaczynski plane crash
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland said on Friday it will bring charges against two Russian air traffic controllers over a 2010 plane crash which killed then Polish president Lech Kaczynski, a move likely to damage bilateral relations already strained by the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The...
Russia not prepared to discuss restructuring Ukraine debt – Russian FinMin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Friday Russia was not prepared to discuss restructuring its $3 billion (2.01 billion pounds) holding of Ukrainian debt and considered itself to be an official rather than a private creditor. …read more Source: The...
London or Paris: which is the club for Russia's Ukraine debt?
LONDON (Reuters) – A legal conundrum is threatening plans to ease Ukraine’s debt burden and possibly its entire $40 billion (26.88 billion pounds) IMF-led bailout: should a $3 billion Eurobond held by Russia be classed as bilateral sovereign debt or a plain vanilla bond? …read more Source: The...
