Section: The Star (Malaysia)
Merkel declines Putin's invite for WW2 commemoration in Moscow
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not attend an official ceremony in Moscow on May 9 to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two due to tensions of the Ukraine crisis, government officials said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
Russia says has right to deploy nuclear weapons in Crimea – report
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has the right to deploy nuclear arms in the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, which Moscow annexed from Ukraine last year, a Foreign Ministry official said on Wednesday, adding he knew of no plans to do so. …read more Source: The...
NATO chief says Russia still equipping Ukraine rebels
MONS, Belgium (Reuters) – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday that Russia was continuing to arm and train rebel forces in eastern Ukraine and he called on Moscow to respect a ceasefire by withdrawing fully from the conflict. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine military says one serviceman killed in separatist east
KIEV (Reuters) – One Ukrainian serviceman has been killed and four wounded in fighting in separatist eastern territories in the past 24 hours despite a ceasefire deal, a Ukrainian military spokesman said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Japan slams ex-PM Hatoyama's Crimea visit
TOKYO (Reuters) – The Japanese government sharply criticised a former prime minister on Wednesday for his visit to the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, saying his action is at odds with Japan’s stance on the Ukraine situation and calling him “grossly imprudent”. …read more Source: The...
More Russian tanks, equipment cross Ukraine border – U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russian tanks and heavy military equipment have crossed the Ukrainian border in the last few days in breach of a European-brokered ceasefire agreed on Feb. 12, a senior U.S. State Department official said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
Russia's Lavrov says EU's Tusk upping tension over Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused European Council President Donald Tusk and Brussels bureaucrats on Tuesday of stirring up tensions between Moscow and the bloc over the crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine's military says eastern rebels using truce to amass arms
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s military said on Tuesday pro-Russian rebels were amassing heavy weapons in depots around separatist-held Donetsk city despite a ceasefire deal. …read more Source: The...
NATO naval drills start in Black Sea after one-day delay
SOFIA (Reuters) – NATO’s Black Sea members Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey joined four other alliance states in a multinational naval exercise on Tuesday just across the water from the Crimean Peninsula annexed by Russia last year. …read more Source: The...
Germany says still far away from a solution to Ukraine
SOFIA (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Tuesday that a solution to the crisis in Ukraine was still a long way off, and that Ukraine will need significant support given the dire state of its economy. …read more Source: The...
