Section: The Star (Malaysia)
Trump expects Russia to return Crimea to Ukraine – White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump made it clear he expects Russia to return Crimea to Ukraine and reduce violence in Ukraine, White House spokesman Sean Spicer said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
Kremlin denies campaign to discredit French election contender Macron
MOSCOW/PARIS (Reuters) – The Kremlin denied on Tuesday that it was behind media and internet attacks on the campaign of French presidential frontrunner Emmanuel Macron though his camp renewed the charges against Russian media and a hackers’ group operating in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Dutch approval of Ukraine-EU treaty delayed until after elections – ANP
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A landmark cooperation agreement between the European Union and Ukraine will delayed and might even be voided as the Netherlands puts off approving the treaty. …read more Source: The...
NATO says it sees sharp rise in Russian disinformation since Crimea seizure
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO accused Russia of escalating a disinformation campaign since the Kremlin’s 2014 seizure of Ukraine’s Crimea region, saying Russian websites such as Sputnik and RT had posted false stories, the alliance’s spokeswoman said on Saturday. …read more Source: The...
Trump signals support for Ukraine in letter to Lithuanian president
VILNIUS (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has expressed support for an undivided Ukraine in a letter to Lithuania’s president, using language similar to his predecessor Barack Obama that is likely to be welcomed by Kiev and NATO allies. …read more Source: The...
EU top diplomat discusses Russia, Iran nuclear deal with Tillerson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In their first meeting, the European Union’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson spoke “at length” about terrorism, Russia, the Iran nuclear deal and Ukraine, the EU said in a statement. …read more Source: The...
Signatures that triggered EU-Ukraine referendum not vetted – Dutch government
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The authenticity of more than 400,000 signatures gathered by activists in the Netherlands to trigger last year’s referendum on the European Union treaty with Ukraine was never verified, it emerged on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Kremlin says east Ukraine unlikely to be part of deal with Trump
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Thursday it was unlikely that the situation in eastern Ukraine, where pro-Russian separatists are ranged against the Ukrainian army, would be part of any deal with U.S. President Donald Trump. …read more Source: The...
Pirates kidnap seven Russians, one Ukrainian in Nigerian waters
LAGOS (Reuters) – Pirates have kidnapped seven Russians and one Ukrainian after attacking the cargo ship the BBC Caribbean off the coast of Nigeria, the Russian embassy said on its official Twitter account. …read more Source: The...
Germany mulling meeting with Russia, Ukraine, France on Ukraine crisis
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany is in talks with its partners about organising a meeting between Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany on the Ukraine crisis on the sidelines of a meeting of G20 foreign ministers in Bonn next week, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
