Section: The Star (Malaysia)
U.S. to discuss possible new Russia sanctions with European allies
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will talk to European allies this week about imposing further sanctions on Russia if pro-Moscow separatists in eastern Ukraine do not halt violence, a senior State Department official said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine agrees ceasefire 'in principle' with Luhansk rebels
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s military and separatist forces have agreed “in principle” on a new ceasefire from Dec. 5 in the rebel-held Luhansk region in the east of the country, the OSCE security group said. …read more Source: The...
Russia announces war games; UK worried by 'extremely aggressive' probing of air space
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia accused NATO on Monday of destabilising northern Europe and the Baltics by carrying out drills there and announced new military exercises of its own, increasing tension over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The...
Russia drops South Stream gas pipeline project, Putin blames Europe
ANKARA (Reuters) – Russia’s Gazprom on Monday cancelled a project to construct the South Stream pipeline to supply gas to southern Europe – an apparent casualty of the dispute between Moscow and the West over Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
NATO chief accuses Russia of violating Ukraine ceasefire
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg accused Russia on Monday of violating a ceasefire agreement in eastern Ukraine by sending large deliveries of advanced weapons to pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine urges greater military aid from Europe, U.S. – minister
DAKAR (Reuters) – Ukraine’s foreign minister urged Europe and the United States to begin supplying arms to his country, saying it would help deter pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine’s eastern provinces and restore peace. …read more Source: The...
MH17 wreckage to be reassembled in Netherlands for investigation
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 recovered from its crash site in eastern Ukraine will be reassembled for an investigation at a military base in the Netherlands, Dutch authorities said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine says Russian special forces involved in attacks on airport in east
KIEV (Reuters) – The Ukrainian military accused Russian special forces on Monday of taking part in attacks on the strategically important Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Mother of MH17 plane crash victim sues Ukraine in European court – paper
BERLIN (Reuters) – The mother of a German woman killed when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was downed over eastern Ukraine in July is suing the Ukrainian authorities at the European Court of Human Rights for failing to close their airspace, a German paper reported. …read more Source: The...
Large, unauthorised convoy enters east Ukraine from Russia – Ukrainian military
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine said on Sunday that a convoy of 106 vehicles had entered its eastern territory from Russia without Kiev’s permission and accused Moscow of once again using humanitarian aid shipments to send weapons and ammunition to separatist rebels. …read more Source: The...
