Section: The Star (Malaysia)
U.S. has 'more tools' to put pressure on Russia – Lew
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The United States has “more tools” available to increase pressure on Russia over Ukraine, if required, U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Kiev orders all territories of Ukraine to be on high alert – PM Yatseniuk
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Monday the government had ordered all territories to be on high alert due to the escalating conflict in separatist eastern areas of Luhansk and Donetsk. …read more Source: The...
Poland calls on EU to tighten sanctions against Russia
WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski called on the European Union on Monday to consider imposing tougher sanctions on Russia over an escalation of hostilities in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
German Foreign minister – nobody desperate to impose more sanctions on Moscow
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Monday nobody was blindly set on imposing further sanctions on Moscow over its stance in eastern Ukraine, ahead of a meeting of European foreign ministers in Brussels on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Germany urges pro-Russian separatists to halt offensive on Mariupol
BERLIN (Reuters) – Angela Merkel’s spokesman said on Monday the German chancellor had urged pro-Russian separatists to halt their offensive on the east Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, and asked Russia’s Vladimir Putin in a call on Sunday to use his influence over them. …read more Source: The...
NATO, Ukraine to meet in response to renewed fighting
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Ambassadors from Ukraine and the 28 NATO allies will hold a special meeting at Ukraine’s request on Monday to discuss the new flare-up in fighting in the east of the country, NATO said. …read more Source: The...
Kremlin says any more pressure on Russia would be 'destructive'- RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Any attempt to increase economic pressure on Russia over violence in Ukraine is “absolutely destructive, unjustifiable and ultimately short-sighted”, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Russia blames Ukraine for violence, urges West not to support Kiev
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia blamed the Ukrainian authorities on Monday for a surge in violence in southeastern Ukraine and urged the West not to show its support for Kiev with actions such as imposing new sanctions on Moscow. …read more Source: The...
Seven Ukrainian soldiers killed in past 24 hours – Kiev military
KIEV (Reuters) – Seven Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and 24 wounded in fighting in separatist eastern territories in the past 24 hours, Kiev military spokesman Vladislav Seleznyov said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Rebels press Ukraine offensive, Obama promises steps against Russian-backed 'aggression'
NEW DELHI/KIEV (Reuters) – Pro-Moscow rebels, backed by what NATO says is the open participation of Russian troops, pressed on with their offensive on Sunday after restarting the war in eastern Ukraine with the first all-out assault since a truce five months ago. …read more Source: The...
