Section: The Star (Malaysia)
Eight Moldovans jailed for fighting with pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine
CHISINAU (Reuters) – Moldova has handed prison sentences to eight citizens for fighting on the side of pro-Russian rebels in the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine, General Prosecutor Eduard Harunjen said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine anti-corruption court can start work early 2019 – prosecutor
LONDON (Reuters) – Ukraine’s new corruption court, whose creation is a key condition set by Western aid donors, should be ready to hear its first cases early next year, General Prosecutor Yuriy Lutsenko said. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine to mirror U.S. sanctions on Russian tycoons
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine has decided to expand sanctions on Russian companies and entities to mirror those of the United States, which has blacklisted tycoons and allies of Russia’s Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine receives U.S. Javelin systems – Poroshenko
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine has received the first U.S. Javelin missiles and launch units, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Still flying at 86 – Ukrainian pilot who survived Chernobyl disaster
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian military pilot Mykola Volkozub could barely move under the weight of a lead vest meant to protect him from radiation as he prepared for his first flight over the Chernobyl reactor after the world’s worst nuclear disaster in 1986. …read more Source: The...
Russian, Austrian FMs discuss peacekeeping mission in Ukraine – RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday after meeting his Austrian counterpart Karin Kneissl that they had discussed the possibility of the deployment of a peacekeeping mission in east Ukraine, the RIA news agency reported. …read more Source: The...
U.S. tells Russia to address election concerns, chemical weapons
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House national security adviser John Bolton told Russia’s ambassador on Thursday that better relations between the two countries require addressing U.S. concerns on election meddling, chemical attack in Britain, and the situations in Ukraine and Syria, the White House said. …read more Source: The...
Rare glimpse of Assad family ties to Russia in kids' stay at seaside camp
SEVASTOPOL, Crimea (Reuters) – News that Russia hosted the teenage children of Bashar al-Assad at a lavishly-rebuilt Black Sea summer camp in Crimea last year has given a rare glimpse into the personal lives of the Syrian president’s family and his close relationship to Moscow. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine moves to split church from Russia as elections approach
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s Orthodox church could become independent of Moscow under the terms of a presidential initiative lawmakers approved on Thursday, a move that President Petro Poroshenko said would make it harder for Russia to meddle in Ukrainian affairs. …read more Source: The...
Assad's children visited Crimean holiday camp, Russian lawmaker says
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s children last year visited a holiday camp in Russian-annexed Crimea, the RIA news agency cited a Russian lawmaker as saying on Sunday. …read more Source: The...
