Section: The Star (Malaysia)
Russia beefs up military on southwestern flank as NATO approaches
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has strengthened its southwestern flank as NATO builds up its military presence near its borders and next-door Ukraine remains unstable, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
Insight – Ukraine, after war, becomes a trove for black market arms trade
SLOVIANSK, Ukraine/MOSCOW (Reuters) – On Feb. 12 last year, the same day that a ceasefire ended the worst of the fighting in eastern Ukraine between rebels and government forces, a former rebel fighter seized a chance to turn his inside knowledge of the conflict into hard cash. …read more Source: The...
Prominent journalist killed in car bomb in Kiev
KIEV (Reuters) – A prominent journalist working for the online investigative newspaper Ukrayinska Pravda was killed by a car bomb in central Kiev early on Wednesday morning. …read more Source: The...
Seven Ukrainian soldiers killed in eastern regions amid surge in violence
KIEV (Reuters) – Seven Ukrainian troops were killed in the past 24 hours during fighting with pro-Russian separatists, making July the deadliest month for the Ukrainian military in nearly a year after a sharp increase in violence. …read more Source: The...
Russia says catches OSCE employee spying for Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s FSB security service said on Monday it had caught an employee of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe spying for Ukraine by passing on sensitive military information about pro-Kremlin separatists. …read more Source: The...
Blind eye turned to arbitrary killings in Ukraine conflict – OHCHR
KIEV (Reuters) – A dangerous culture of impunity flourishes in Ukraine where arbitrary killings by Ukrainian forces or separatist groups are rarely prosecuted, a United Nations human rights report said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Russia's Putin talks to Merkel, Hollande by phone – TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday asked German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande to use their influence to help prevent any escalation of the conflict in eastern Ukraine, the Kremlin said in a statement. …read more Source: The...
Russia's Putin, John Kerry to discuss Syria and Ukraine on Thursday
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Moscow on Thursday to discuss the Syria and Ukraine crises, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
Spain arrests Ukrainians, Russians accused of crime syndicate links
MADRID (Reuters) – Eleven people of primarily Ukrainian and Russian origin were arrested on Tuesday in Barcelona accused of connections with organised crime and money laundering, the Spanish anti-corruption prosecutor’s office said. …read more Source: The...
NATO's Stoltenberg tells Russia to stop backing rebels in east Ukraine
WARSAW (Reuters) – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Saturday called on Russia to end its “political, military and financial support for separatists” fighting Kiev troops in east Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
