Section: The Star (Malaysia)
Poland and U.S. Army hold joint air defence exercises near Warsaw
WARSAW (Reuters) – The U.S. Army Europe has deployed a Patriot missile defence battery near Warsaw as part of joint exercises with Poland aimed at reassuring the NATO member in light of the conflict in neighbouring Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Two Ukrainian soldiers killed in rebel attacks in past 24 hours – Kiev military
KIEV (Reuters) – Two Ukrainian servicemen were killed in rebel attacks in the separatist-minded east of Ukraine in the 24 hours up to Saturday morning despite an agreed ceasefire, the Kiev military said. …read more Source: The...
Russia urges Germany, France to safeguard peace in Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia appealed to Germany and France on Saturday to ensure Kiev does not try to incite violence in east Ukraine to encourage the United States to send Ukrainian forces lethal weapons. …read more Source: The...
Russia says gas talks with Ukraine to continue in April
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Friday that Moscow will continue talks on gas supplies to Ukraine in April after he met Ukrainian and the European Union officials in Brussels. …read more Source: The...
Ukrainian oligarch under fire after night raid on state oil firm
KIEV (Reuters) – A raid by a group of armed men in combat fatigues on a state-owned oil company in the Ukrainian capital Kiev caused uproar in parliament on Friday and thrust banking billionaire Ihor Kolomoisky into the spotlight. …read more Source: The...
Eyeing Russia nervously, Poles enrol in volunteer militias
WARSAW (Reuters) – Spurred by the war in Ukraine, growing numbers of Poles are joining volunteer paramilitary groups to get basic military training and prepare to defend their homeland from what some see as a looming Russian invasion. …read more Source: The...
EU's Tusk: increasingly hard to keep unity on Russia sanctions
WARSAW (Reuters) – European Council President Donald Tusk said on Friday it was increasingly difficult to maintain a united European Union position on sanctions imposed on Russia over its involvement in the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The...
Turkey offers Ukraine $50 million loan – Ukraine's Poroshenko
KIEV (Reuters) – Turkey has offered a $50 million loan to Ukraine to help cover its budget deficit, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said in a joint press conference with Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan. …read more Source: The...
One civilian killed in rebel attack in east Ukrainian town – regional police
KIEV (Reuters) – One civilian was killed on Friday in an attack by pro-Russian separatist rebels in the government-controlled town of Avdiyivka in east Ukraine despite a ceasefire deal, Ukrainian regional police said. …read more Source: The...
Russia says sanctions 'destructive', will act in own interests
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia described “sanctions rhetoric” as destructive on Friday and said it would do what is in its national interests after European Union leaders kept economic sanctions in place over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The...
