Section: The Star (Malaysia)
German doctors visited detained Ukrainian pilot in Russia
BERLIN (Reuters) – German doctors have been allowed to visited Ukrainian military pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, who has been on hunger strike for more than two months in a Russian jail, a German Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
German government 'extremely worried' no full Ukraine ceasefire yet
BERLIN (Reuters) – The German government is very concerned that there is still no comprehensive ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, more than a week after it should have taken effect, and urged Moscow anew on Monday to use its influence over pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source: The...
Kiev says two soldiers killed, 10 wounded in past 24 hours
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s military said on Monday two of its soldiers had been killed and 10 wounded in the past 24 hours, signalling that fighting has not stopped to allow a truce deal to be implemented. …read more Source: The...
Putin surveys the map as he ponders next move on Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – In Russia, Vladimir Putin likes to portray himself as the saviour of the nation. In Europe and the United States he has come to be seen as a threat to the new world order. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine military says cannot withdraw heavy weapons as attacks persist
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s military said on Monday it could not start withdrawing heavy weapons from the frontline in the east as pro-Russian separatists had not stopped attacking government positions despite a ceasefire deal. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine fears spread of war after blast in eastern city
NIZHNYAYA KRYNKA/KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukraine said on Sunday it feared unrest could spread beyond territory held by pro-Russian separatists, after an explosion killed two people at a memorial rally in an eastern city far from the front line. …read more Source: The...
Kiev points finger at Russia after two killed in blast
KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – At least two people were killed on Sunday when a blast struck a crowd at a pro-Ukrainian rally far from eastern Ukraine’s war zone, and Kiev said it had arrested suspects who had been armed and instructed in Russia. …read more Source: The...
Kiev says blast suspects received weapons, instruction in Russia
KIEV (Reuters) – Suspects in an explosion that killed two people at a peace rally in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv had received weapons and instruction in Russia, an aide to the head of Ukraine’s SBU security service said on Sunday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine detains suspects in Kharkiv bombing, official says
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian authorities have detained an unspecified number of suspects over a bomb attack that killed three people in the eastern city of Kharkiv on Sunday, an aide to Ukraine’s security and defence council, Markian Lubkivskyi, said on Facebook. …read more Source: The...
Germany's Steinmeier warns Russia against further escalation in Ukraine
NAIROBI (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier warned Russia against further escalation in the Ukraine conflict, saying that a rebel attack on the port city of Mariupol would be a clear violation of an internationally brokered peace deal. …read more Source: The...
