Section: The Star (Malaysia)
Moscow talks on Ukraine 'substantial and constructive' – French source
PARIS (Reuters) – The leaders of France and Germany had “substantial and constructive” talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the Ukraine crisis on Friday, a French presidential source said. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine talks end without any word of an agreement
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The leaders of Germany and France ended more than five hours of talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin without any word of an agreement to resolve the crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
NATO's top general wants "all tools" used to help Ukraine
MUNICH (Reuters) – NATO’s top military commander, U.S. General Philip Breedlove, said on Friday the West should be ready to use “all tools in the tool bag” to help Ukraine fight pro-Russian separatists, though he did not specify if that should include arming Kiev. …read more Source: The...
Echoes of the 1990s in Ukraine as financial crisis bites
KIEV (Reuters) – A crippling financial crisis in Ukraine is turning the clock back to the 1990s, when people kept dollars in their socks rather than at banks and smuggled cars to sell them on the black market and avoid the tax man. …read more Source: The...
Putin, Merkel and Hollande start Ukraine talks in Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and the leaders of Germany and France began talks in the Kremlin on the Ukraine crisis on Friday, Russian news agencies quoted Putin’s spokesman as saying. …read more Source: The...
Merkel arrives in Kremlin for Ukraine talks
MOSCOW (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in the Kremlin on Friday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Francois Hollande on the Ukraine crisis, the Kremlin press office said. …read more Source: The...
Arming Ukraine could backfire – German minister
MUNICH (Reuters) – Germany’s defence minister warned on Friday that arming Ukrainian troops to help them fight pro-Russian separatists risked exacerbating the conflict and stood little chance of success against rebels who had “potentially unlimited” supplies of weapons from Moscow. …read more Source: The...
Ukrainian authorities, rebels evacuate civilians from front line town
DEBALTSEVE, Ukraine (Reuters) – Convoys of buses carrying many local residents to safety left the besieged town of Debaltseve in eastern Ukraine on Friday as government forces kept up artillery fire to defend their positions against pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source: The...
Supplying weapons to Ukraine would escalate conflict – Fallon
MUNICH (Reuters) – Supplying weapons to Ukraine, an option under consideration in Washington, would escalate the conflict, British Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Germany's Merkel arrives in Moscow for Ukraine talks
MOSCOW (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Moscow on Friday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Francois Hollande on the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The...
