Section: The Star (Malaysia)
Five more Ukrainian soldiers killed despite truce – Kiev military
KIEV (Reuters) – Kiev’s military said on Friday five Ukrainian soldiers had been killed and seven wounded in attacks by pro-Russian separatists in the past 24 hours, a larger than normal death toll compared with recent weeks. …read more Source: The...
Russia's Lavrov criticises Ukraine statement on neutral status
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov criticised on Friday a statement by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on ending Ukraine’s neutral status as confrontational rhetoric favoured by what Russia calls Kiev’s ‘party of war’. …read more Source: The...
EU leaders ready long confrontation with Russia
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders warned Moscow they were ready exercise their combined muscle over the long haul in a confrontation with an economically wounded Russia if President Vladimir Putin refused to pull back from Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Russia is a strategic problem for the EU – Tusk
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Russia’s approach to Ukraine and to the European Union is a challenge to the 28-nation bloc, which does not make European leaders too optimistic, but rather realistic, the new president of the European Council, Donald Tusk, said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Ukrainians dig deep to help soldiers on the eastern front
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainians are knitting socks, donating scrap metal and even crowd-funding a tank to keep their woefully underfunded army going as its standoff with pro-Russian rebels in the east drags on towards the new year. …read more Source: The...
Georgian economy buffeted by Russia, Ukraine crises – president
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Georgia’s economy has been buffeted by the Russian currency crisis and the Ukrainian conflict but it is still growing strongly, President Georgy Margvelashvili said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
OSCE extends observer mission at Russia-Ukraine border until March
VIENNA (Reuters) – European security watchdog the OSCE prolonged the mandate of its observer mission at two Russian checkpoints on the border with Ukraine by three months on Thursday, the longest extension so far. …read more Source: The...
Russia says EU sanctions on Crimea unacceptable
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday new European Union sanctions banning investment in Crimea were “absolutely unacceptable” and amounted to discrimination against the Black Sea peninsula, which Moscow annexed from Kiev in March. …read more Source: The...
Highlights – Putin says Russian economy will rebound, wants political solution in Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin held his annual end-of-year news conference on Thursday. Below are extracts of the news conference: …read more Source: The...
Highlights – Putin says economy to rebound, wants end to Ukraine crisis
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin held his annual end-of-year news conference on Thursday. Below are some of his comments. …read more Source: The...
