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Clashes flare in east Ukraine
SHYROKYNE, Ukraine: Six soldiers were killed and a journalist injured by a mine in separatist-held eastern Ukraine as a flare-up of fighting undermine …read more Source: The News...
Germany says it’s too early to reward Iran after nuclear talks
LEUBECK: German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier spoke out on Tuesday against Russia’s decision to prepare to deliver missile systems to Iran, and his Italian counterpart suggested it was too soon to reestablish economic ties with Iran. The foreign ministers were speaking in the northern German city of Luebeck. About 3,500 police,...
Fighting in eastern Ukraine restarts despite talks
SHYROKYNE, Ukraine — Fighting raged overnight and in the early hours on Tuesday on the outskirts of the rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine despite an agreement reached by the Ukrainian and Russian foreign ministers a day earlier. The yearlong military conflict between Russian-backed rebels and government forces has claimed more...
World › Fighting in eastern Ukraine rages on despite talks
Fighting raged overnight and in the early hours on Tuesday on the outskirts of the rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine despite an agreement reached by the Ukrainian and Russian foreign ministers a day earlier. The yearlong military conflict between Russian-backed rebels and government forces has claimed more than… …read more...
U.S. accuses Russia of training separatists inside Ukraine
Russian forces still are operating inside Ukraine and have set up training camps for pro-Moscow separatists, despite a cease-fire agreement backed by the Kremlin, the Pentagon said Tuesday. “There is no question that the Russians continue to operate inside of Ukrainian territory,” spokesman Col. Steven Warren said. The United States believed the...
Russia will go to court if Ukraine does not repay debt on time, Finance Minister says
Russia will turn to arbitration courts should Ukraine fail to repay a $3 billion debt on time, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Tuesday. “In case of no repayment, we will turn to arbitration courts,” Siluanov told Russia’s state-owned Rossiya-1 television channel. Russia, which holds $3 billion of Ukrainian bonds due in...
UPDATE2: G-7 foreign ministers hold talks on Ukraine, maritime security
…read more Source: Kyodo News
Three Russian vessels in English Channel
LONDON: Three Russian ships including a destroyer have entered the English Channel and are being monitored by Britain’s Royal Navy as they pass through, the Ministry of Defence said Tuesday. It is the latest in a string of similar incidents and comes at a time of tense relations between London and Moscow over the crisis in Ukraine and the...
Canada to send 200 military trainers to Ukraine, says risk low
Canada, following in the steps of the United States and Britain, will send around 200 troops to Ukraine to help train soldiers who are battling Russian-backed separatists, Ottawa said on Tuesday. …read more Source: Channel...
IMF predicts more gloom for Moscow and former Soviet region
MOSCOW – The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday predicted more pain for the Russian economy and gloom around the ex-Soviet region despite positive noises from Moscow that the worst of the crisis might be over.Russia’s economy is expected to shrink by 3.8 per cent this year as sanctions imposed by the West over the conflict in...
