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Ukraine begins artillery withdrawal, recognising truce is holding
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine announced on Thursday that it would begin withdrawing artillery from the front line with separatist rebels in the east, a move that amounts to recognition that a ceasefire meant to take effect on Feb. 15 is holding at last. …read more Source: The...
Kiev Reports No Combat Casualties for Second Straight Day
Ukraine’s military reported no combat casualties at the front for a second straight day on Thursday, a sign that a ceasefire deal has held at last after rebels initially ignored it to launch one of th… …read more Source:...
Russia’s Gazprom says can exempt rebel-held areas from Ukraine gas contract
Kremlin-controlled Gazprom said on Thursday it would exempt gas supplies to rebel-held regions from its main contract with Ukrainian Naftogaz, days before Kiev uses up gas volumes it has already paid for. The dispute flared up last week when Gazprom said it started direct gas supplies to the regions of eastern Ukraine held by pro-Moscow rebels....
Ukrainian army to start withdrawing heavy weapons in east Ukraine
The Ukrainian army will start withdrawing heavy weapons in east Ukraine on Thursday, a military spokesman said. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine poised to pull back arms while US, Russia trade barbs
Ukraine’s army awaited orders to pull back weapons from the frontline on Thursday (Feb 25) as a shaky truce settled, while the United States and Russia traded blame for delays in the peace plan. …read more Source: Channel...
EU invites Russia, Ukraine for gas talks on Monday
The European Commission has invited the Russian and Ukrainian energy ministers for talks in Brussels on Monday to discuss gas supply problems, it said on Thursday. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukrainian army to start withdrawing heavy weapons in east Ukraine
KIEV (Reuters) – The Ukrainian army will start withdrawing heavy weapons in east Ukraine on Thursday, a military spokesman said. …read more Source: The...
Russia’s Gazprom says can exempt rebel-held areas from Ukraine gas contract
Kremlin-controlled Gazprom said on Thursday it would exempt gas supplies to rebel-held regions from its main contract with Ukrainian Naftogaz, days before Kiev uses up gas volumes it has already paid for. …read more Source: Channel...
EU invites Russia, Ukraine for gas talks on Monday
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission has invited the Russian and Ukrainian energy ministers for talks in Brussels on Monday to discuss gas supply problems, it said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Do not let Ukrainian pilot die, writer tells Putin
MOSCOW (AFP) – Renowned Russian writer Vladimir Voinovich on Thursday warned President Vladimir Putin not to let die a Ukrainian military pilot who has been on hunger strike in a Moscow jail for over two months.Nadia Savchenko, a 33-year-old Ukrainian helicopter navigator, is being held in a Moscow prison hospital after launching a hunger...
