Section: The Star (Malaysia)
Pro-Russian rebels vote for leader in war-torn eastern Ukraine
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Pro-Russian separatists will vote to set up a breakaway regional leadership in eastern Ukraine on Sunday aiming to take their war-torn region closer to Russia and defying Kiev and the West as the big guns still boom across the territory. …read more Source: The...
Six Ukraine soldiers die in eastern clashes with rebels – military
KIEV/DONETSK (Reuters) – Six Ukrainian soldiers were killed in the past 24 hours, a military spokesman said on Saturday, as a fragile ceasefire in the east was tested by heavy mortar fire in the separatist stronghold of Donetsk ahead of a rebel election. …read more Source: The...
Russian media watchdog blasts radio station over Ukraine coverage
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian state watchdog has warned a radio station known for its critical reporting of President Vladimir Putin’s government over a talk show it broadcast about the Ukraine conflict, the station said on its website on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Dutch team recovers human remains from MH17 crash site – PM
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – A Dutch team took advantage of a pause in fighting between government forces and pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine on Friday to recover human remains from the Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash site, the Dutch prime minister said. …read more Source: The...
Gazprom to resume gas supply once Ukraine pays $2.2 billion
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia could resume natural gas deliveries to Ukraine as soon as next week if Kiev pays $2.2 billion (1.4 billion pounds) in debt and pre-payments, gas exporter Gazprom said on Friday, under a deal that also safeguards winter deliveries to Europe. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine's Poroshenko backs Yatseniuk for new term as prime minister
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko on Friday backed Arseny Yatseniuk for a new term as prime minister following last Sunday’s election. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine will guarantee transit of Russian gas to Europe – PM
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk, speaking after a gas agreement with Russia was nailed down, said on Friday Ukraine would guarantee deliveries of gas through its territory to Europe to make sure Moscow had no room for “blackmailing”. …read more Source: The...
Europe won't recognise vote in eastern Ukraine, Merkel tells Putin
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone that Sunday’s planned elections in eastern Ukraine were illegitimate and would not be recognised by European leaders, a Berlin government spokesman said on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Putin, Poroshenko, European leaders welcome Ukraine gas deal – Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, in a telephone call, welcomed an agreement on gas supplies to Ukraine, the Kremlin said. …read more Source: The...
UK gas prices drop to record low on Ukraine-Russia deal
LONDON (Reuters) – British wholesale gas prices for November and December fell to their lowest ever levels on Friday after Ukraine and Russia signed a deal which will see Moscow resume supplies of gas over the winter. …read more Source: The...
