Section: The Star (Malaysia)
Merkel aide raps Russia after report on aid to Ukraine rebels
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman accused Moscow on Friday of actively stoking the conflict in eastern Ukraine after a senior separatist in the region was quoted as saying the rebels were receiving “a lot” of Russian money. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine president heckled by relatives of Maidan dead
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko was shouted down by angry relatives of 100 protesters killed in Kiev’s “Euromaidan” revolution at a ceremony on Friday to pay tribute to the victims. …read more Source: The...
Exclusive: U.S. to increase non-lethal military aid to Ukraine – officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States plans to increase non-lethal military assistance to Ukraine, including the first planned deliveries of Humvee vehicles, having decided for now not to provide weapons, U.S. officials said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Russia warns U.S. against arms to Ukraine as Biden due in Kiev
MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – Russia warned the United States on Thursday against supplying arms to Ukrainian forces fighting pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, hours before U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden was due to arrive in Kiev. …read more Source: The...
Ukrainian PM accuses Putin of using Ukraine as a 'playing field'
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Thursday Europe and the United States should join Ukraine in forcing Russia to stick to a peace deal to end the separatist conflict, accusing the Kremlin of using Ukraine as a “playing-field”. …read more Source: The...
Russia says U.S. arms supplies to Ukraine would destabilise situation
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Thursday the United States would violate international agreements and destabilise the situation if it supplies weapons to Ukrainian government forces fighting separatists. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine peace outlook is bleak – OSCE official
VIENNA (Reuters) – Prospects for peace in eastern Ukraine are “bleak”, underscoring the need to uphold a shaky ceasefire between government forces and pro-Russian separatist rebels, a senior official from the OSCE security watchdog said on Thursday …read more Source: The...
Eastern Ukraine fighting kills 13 per day despite ceasefire – U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – Fighting in Eastern Ukraine has killed an average of 13 people each day in the eight weeks since a Sept. 5 ceasefire agreement, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said in a statement on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Special Report – Crimean savers ask: Where's our money?
SIMFEROPOL Crimea (Reuters) – Outside a high-rise building on the outskirts of this disputed region’s capital, a steady stream of frustrated residents exited a government office, clutching folders of bank records and shaking their heads in disgust. …read more Source: The...
U.S. should look at giving weapons to Ukraine – top U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama’s choice to fill the number two spot at the State Department, Anthony Blinken, spoke favourably on Wednesday about the possibility of providing weapons to Ukraine, which is grappling with pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source: The...
