Section: The Star (Malaysia)
Europe steps up pressure on Russia over Ukraine at G20 meeting
BRISBANE Australia (Reuters) – Europe’s foreign ministers will meet on Monday to assess the situation in Ukraine and whether further steps including additional sanctions were needed against Russia, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said on Saturday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine's PM says main task is to build army to stop Russia
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s top priority is to build an army strong enough to stop Russian military aggression, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Friday, as he made recommendations for top positions in a new coalition government. …read more Source: The...
EU wants economic plan from Kiev before hosting donors' meeting
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union is refusing to organise a donors’ conference to help cash-strapped Ukraine until Kiev produces a detailed blueprint for the country’s economic development, a top EU official said on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine rebels hinder border monitors as new armed columns appear
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – International monitors deployed along the Russian border in eastern Ukraine say their drones were shot at and jammed days before new columns of unmarked soldiers and weapons, said by the West to be Russian, were seen in the rebel-held territory this week. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine's Poroshenko says army able to repel attack if needed
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Friday there was “no reason to panic” over the situation in rebellious eastern regions and that the army had sufficient resources to fend off an attack if a fragile ceasefire deal crumbles. …read more Source: The...
EU hopeful Serbia hosts military drill with Russia
NIKINCI Serbia (Reuters) – Russian soldiers parachuted into open fields in western Serbia on Friday as part of an unprecedented joint military drill that has stirred controversy in the European Union candidate-country given the West-Russia standoff over Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
German foreign minister to hold talks in Moscow next week
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier will travel to Moscow on Tuesday for talks on the conflict in Ukraine, his spokesman said on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine's main task is to build army to stop Russia – PM Yatseniuk
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s top priority is to build an army strong enough to withstand Russian military aggression, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Putin berates U.S. over sanctions before G20 meeting
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin accused the United States on Friday of undermining the very trade institutions it created by imposing sanctions on Russia, a “mistake” he hoped would be overcome in the “final count”. …read more Source: The...
Cameron says Russia sanctions could increase over Ukraine
BRISBANE Australia (Reuters) – Russia’s actions in eastern Ukraine are unacceptable and could draw greater sanctions from the United States and European Union, British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Friday. …read more Source: The...
