Section: The Star (Malaysia)
White House says 'deeply troubled' by Ukraine fighting
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) – The White House said on Thursday that it was “deeply troubled” by reports that fighting continued in eastern Ukraine in spite of a cease-fire agreement signed last week. …read more Source: The...
Russia starts gas supplies to rebel-held east Ukraine
MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – Russia started supplying gas to rebel-held eastern Ukraine on Thursday after Kiev had temporarily suspended deliveries because of damage to the networks from heavy fighting, which is continuing despite a ceasefire. …read more Source: The...
IMF confident $40 billion package for Ukraine will come together
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund on Thursday said it is confident Ukraine should get an overall $40 billion (25.89 pounds) financing package to support its economy, without providing details about the breakdown of funds. …read more Source: The...
Fighting rages in east Ukraine despite bid to revive truce
ARTEMIVSK/VUHLEHIRSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Fighting raged in parts of east Ukraine on Thursday despite European efforts to resurrect a stillborn ceasefire, a day after pro-Russian separatists spurned the truce by forcing thousands of government troops out of a strategic town. …read more Source: The...
Thirteen Ukrainian soldiers killed in Debaltseve withdrawal – defence ministry
KIEV (Reuters) – Thirteen Ukrainian servicemen were killed during Wednesday’s withdrawal from Debaltseve in eastern Ukraine and the whereabouts of 82 others is unknown, the Defence Ministry said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Russia dismisses Kiev's calls for U.N. peacekeepers in east Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Foreign Ministry dismissed Ukraine’s calls for U.N. peacekeepers to monitor a ceasefire in east Ukraine on Thursday, saying the Minsk agreement should remain the basis for the conflict’s resolution. …read more Source: The...
EU will do whatever it can to support Minsk ceasefire deal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission will do whatever it can to ensure the full implementation of a ceasefire negotiated last week between Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels, it said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Leaders stress need to ensure Ukraine ceasefire is sustained – Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France stressed in a phone call on Thursday the need to ensure that a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine is sustained, the Kremlin said in a statement. …read more Source: The...
Pro-Russian rebels launch mortar attacks near Ukraine's Mariupol – military
KIEV (Reuters) – Pro-Russian separatists have launched mortar attacks on government-held positions near the coastal town of Mariupol in southeast Ukraine and are building up their forces there, local military reached by telephone said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine's Poroshenko says seizure of Debaltseve contrary to Minsk deal
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, speaking by telephone on Thursday with Russia’s Vladimir Putin and the leaders of Germany and France, said the rebel seizure of the town of Debaltseve had been contrary to the ceasefire agreement they reached last week. …read more Source: The...
