Section: The Star (Malaysia)
Donors plan Ukraine conference in April to raise $15 billion
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – International donors are planning a conference in Kiev in April to raise at least $15 billion (10 billion pounds) to help save Ukraine from bankruptcy and rebuild the country, a senior EU official said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
EU delays sanctions by a week to support Ukraine peace talks
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union delayed putting more Ukrainian separatists and Russians on its sanctions list on Monday to give a Franco-German peace plan for Ukraine time to work. …read more Source: The...
EU agrees to widen Ukraine sanctions but waits on implementation
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU foreign ministers approved on Monday putting visa bans and asset freezes on more Ukrainian separatists and Russians but will wait until Feb. 16 to implement the measures to give peace efforts more time, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said. …read more Source: The...
Merkel to urge caution in U.S. as pressure builds to arm Ukraine forces
WASHINGTON/DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to argue against arming Ukraine in its conflict against Russian-backed rebels in Washington on Monday in the face of intense U.S. Congressional pressure. …read more Source: The...
Don't issue ultimatums to Putin – Russian radio cites Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be spoken to in the language of ultimatums at talks on the Ukraine crisis, a Russian radio station quoted the Kremlin as saying on Monday. …read more Source: The...
EU backs Ukraine peace drive, hawks urge no easing of sanctions
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union foreign ministers lined up behind a Franco-German effort to end the Ukraine war on Monday but some said the EU must maintain sanctions on Russia until the situation in eastern Ukraine improved. …read more Source: The...
Nine more Ukrainian servicemen killed in the east
KIEV (Reuters) – Nine Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and 26 wounded in fighting with Russian-back separatists in Ukraine’s eastern regions in the past 24 hours, Kiev military spokesman said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Obama's Ukraine policy at crossroads as fighting rages on
WASHINGTON/MUNICH (Reuters) – Russian-backed rebels’ violent offensive in eastern Ukraine leaves President Barack Obama with perplexing and urgent choices, but aides say he will exercise his typical caution in deciding his next move. …read more Source: The...
Russia's Putin says Kiev on 'dead-end track' in east Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said Kiev must stop its military operation in east Ukraine and cease exerting economic pressure on rebel-held regions, warning that it was on a “dead-end track fraught with … catastrophe”. …read more Source: The...
U.S. arms might fan Ukraine war – OSCE chief
MUNICH (Reuters) – The United States risks provoking a more direct intervention by Russia in the separatist conflict in Ukraine if it sends weapons to Kiev, the head of the OSCE security watchdog said on Sunday. …read more Source: The...
