Section: The Star (Malaysia)
Belarus detains Ukrainian soccer fans for anti-Putin chants
MINSK (Reuters) – Belarus police detained dozens of Ukrainian and Belarussian football fans who shouted patriotic Ukrainian slogans and chanted abuse against Russian President Vladimir Putin at a match, a rights organisation and local media said on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine poll foresees big election win for pro-Poroshenko bloc
KIEV (Reuters) – A bloc supporting President Petro Poroshenko looks set to register a strong win in a parliamentary election in Ukraine overshadowed by the separatist conflict in the east, according to a poll published on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Families of MH17 victims to seek damages from Dutch state – lawyer
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch relatives of victims of Malaysia Airlines MH17, downed over Ukraine in July, will hold the Dutch government liable for damages for its handling of the aftermath of the crash, a lawyer representing families said on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Special report – Flaws found in Ukraine's probe of Maidan massacre
KIEV (Reuters) – For millions of Ukrainians, it was a crime against humanity. In February, more than 100 protesters were gunned down in the Maidan uprising that toppled the president, Viktor Yanukovich. The victims are now known as “the Heavenly Hundred.” …read more Source: The...
Back to school in rebel east Ukraine – to the sound of bombs and Soviet songs
MAKIYIVKA Ukraine (Reuters) – On the first day of school outside the east Ukrainian rebel stronghold of Donetsk, 11th-grade teacher Yelena Sepik tells her class to get out of their seats to clap and sing along to the Soviet military music playing over the speakers. …read more Source: The...
No sanctions relief for Russia until forces leave Ukraine-US diplomat
BERLIN (Reuters) – A senior U.S. diplomat said on Thursday there should be no sanctions relief for Russia until all foreign forces and equipment have left Ukraine, Kiev’s sovereignty over its border has been restored and all hostages have been released. …read more Source: The...
Russia's Putin may have talks with Ukraine leader next week – Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin could hold talks with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko next week on the sidelines of a summit of Asian and European leaders in Milan, the Kremlin said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
One killed, three wounded in shelling in east Ukraine
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – At least one person was killed and three wounded when an artillery shell hit a shopping centre in Donetsk, a city in east Ukraine controlled by pro-Russian separatists where fighting goes on despite a ceasefire. …read more Source: The...
Death rate 10 a day in east Ukraine despite ceasefire – UN
GENEVA (Reuters) – The conflict in eastern Ukraine is still claiming about 10 lives a day among government troops, pro-Russian separatists and civilians despite a ceasefire agreed in early September, the United Nations said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine may ask Stockholm court for interim ruling on Russian gas
KIEV (Reuters) – Kiev may appeal to the Stockholm court of arbitration to fix a temporary price for Russian gas and conditions for deliveries to Ukraine if an interim gas deal is not reached soon with Russia, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
