Section: The Star (Malaysia)
Shelling in east Ukraine's Donetsk kills 4 civilians
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Four civilians were killed and nine wounded by shrapnel during fighting on Saturday and Sunday in eastern Ukraine’s separatist stronghold city of Donetsk, local officials said. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine says it's agreed interim gas price with Russia
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s and Russia’s leaders have reached a preliminary agreement on a price for gas supplies this winter but Kiev may need international help to pay, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Saturday. …read more Source: The...
Russia and Ukraine reach tentative gas deal in tough Milan talks
MILAN (Reuters) – Russia and Ukraine made progress on Friday towards resolving a dispute over gas supplies in time for winter, but European leaders said Moscow still had to do much more to prop up a fragile ceasefire and end fighting in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Putin says he and Poroshenko agreed on gas supplies 'at least for winter'
MILAN (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he and his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko had agreed on the terms of Russian natural gas supplies “at least for the winter period”. …read more Source: The...
Poland arrests two men on suspicion of spying for Russia
WARSAW (Reuters) – Authorities in Poland have arrested two men on suspicion of spying for Russia, a Polish lawmaker briefed on the issue said on Friday, a case likely to aggravate tensions between two countries already at odds over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The...
Poroshenko says progress made on Russia gas dispute, issues remain
MILAN (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Friday that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin had made some progress on resolving their dispute over natural gas but there had been no decisive breakthrough and details remained to be resolved. …read more Source: The...
Putin, Poroshenko to meet one-on-one in Milan -Kremlin official
MILAN (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will hold a one-to-one meeting in Milan on Friday following two earlier talks with European leaders, a senior Kremlin aide said. …read more Source: The...
Putin, Petroshenko meet Merkel, Hollande on Ukraine crisis
MILAN (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko met German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande for a second time on Friday to look for a way of resolving the crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Merkel says no breakthrough with Russia on Ukraine
MILAN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday that talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a summit in Italy had not led to a breakthrough in the standoff over Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Ukrainian president says 'not very optimistic' about crisis
MILAN (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko told Austria’s chancellor on Friday he was not hopeful about the Ukraine crisis following talks earlier in the day with Russian and European leaders. …read more Source: The...
