Section: The Star (Malaysia)
Moscow warns Kiev over use of force in east Ukraine: Interfax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday that Kiev was trying to solve the crisis in east Ukraine through military force which was a “strategic mistake” that could lead to “irreversible consequences for the Ukrainian statehood”. …read more Source: The...
More clashes near Donetsk airport, three Ukrainian soldiers killed – Kiev
KIEV (Reuters) – Pro-Russian separatists and government forces clashed near the main airport in Donetsk on Monday after a counter-offensive on Sunday by Ukrainian troops to reclaim lost ground and the Kiev military said three Ukrainian soldiers had been killed. …read more Source: The...
Russia sanction easing needs Ukraine improvement – EU's Mogherini
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Any alleviation of EU sanctions against Russia will only happen if there are improvements on the ground in Ukraine and the return of violence there is not good news, the European Union’s foreign policy chief said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Poroshenko rejected peace proposal made by Putin, Putin's spokesman says
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko rejected a peace plan proposed to him last week by his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday evening, according to Russian media. …read more Source: The...
Ukrainian troops retake most of Donetsk airport from rebels
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian troops recaptured almost all the territory of Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine they had lost to separatists in recent weeks, even as thousands gathered in Kiev for a state-sponsored peace march on Sunday. …read more Source: The...
Russia says concerned over escalation of hostilities in eastern Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman said on Sunday the Kremlin was concerned over “the escalation of hostilities” in pro-Russian rebel-held eastern Ukraine and said the situation was not conducive to resolving a simmering conflict there. …read more Source: The...
Shelling kills two children in eastern Ukraine – defence ministry
KIEV (Reuters) – A seven-year-old child and a sixteen-year-old teenager were killed when a missile struck a house in the town of Vuhlehirsk in eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian defence ministry said in a statement on Sunday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine's military says troops retake most of Donetsk airport from rebels
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian troops launched a “mass operation” overnight and have retaken almost all the territory of Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine lost to separatists in recent weeks, military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said on Sunday. …read more Source: The...
Fighting rages anew at Ukraine airport, 3 soldiers killed
KIEV (Reuters) – Fighting raged on Saturday at the main airport of Ukraine’s city of Donetsk as separatists resumed attempts to break the tenuous grip of government forces on the complex and Kiev’s military said three more Ukrainian soldiers had been killed. …read more Source: The...
U.S., UK agree sanctions to remain on Russia – Obama
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron have agreed to keep sanctions on Russia until it stops its aggression in Ukraine, Obama told a press conference on Friday. …read more Source: The...
