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Fears for truce as attacking rebels mass near Ukraine port city
KIEV – Pro-Russian forces massing near Ukraine’s port city of Mariupol are continuing to attack government troop positions, Kiev said on Monday, fuelling concerns for the fate of a UN-backed ceasefire.Continued hostilities meant a pull-back of heavy weapons could not go ahead as agreed, Ukrainian officials said.”As Ukrainian...
Putin surveys the map as he ponders next move on Ukraine
In Russia, Vladimir Putin likes to portray himself as the saviour of the nation. In Europe and the United States he has come to be seen as a threat to …read more Source: The News...
War Between Russia and Ukraine Unlikely : Vladimir Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday war with neighbouring Ukraine was unlikely. …read more Source:...
Heavy weaponry withdrawal locked in stalemate in Ukraine
Both the Ukrainian government and the pro-independence insurgents failed to start a withdrawal of their heavy weapons from the front line in eastern Ukraine as agreed, official reports showed Monday. …read more Source: China Internet Information...
OSCE says Ukraine cease-fire has lowered military exchanges
The head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said Monday that the latest cease-fire in Ukraine has “very significantly” lowered the level of military exchanges between government and separatist forces but violations are still taking place and must end.Lamberto Zannier told a group of reporters that OSCE monitors...
France to host meeting on Ukraine crisis on Tuesday
France will host a meeting on Tuesday on Ukrainian crisis in a fresh diplomatic move to enforce the ceasefire deal agreed a week ago despite escalating violence in the country, a government source said on Monday. …read more Source: Global...
Bulgaria Key Battleground in US-Russia Energy War
WASHINGTON – As the U.S. wages a high-profile campaign against Russia over Ukraine, it is also battling Kremlin-dominance on another front – energy in Eastern Europe. NATO member Bulgaria, which … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Kiev says cannot withdraw heavy weapons as attacks persist
Kiev accused pro-Russian rebels of opening fire with rockets and artillery at villages in southeastern Ukraine on Monday, all but burying a week-old European-brokered ceasefire deal. The Ukrainian military said it could not pull weapons from the front as required under the tenuous truce, as long as its troops were still under attack…....
Truce in peril as rebels attack Ukraine troops near port city
KIEV, Ukraine — Pro-Russian forces massing near Ukraine’s port city of Mariupol are continuing to attack government troop positions, Kiev said on Monday, fuelling concerns for the fate of a UN-backed ceasefire. Continued hostilities meant a pull-back of heavy weapons could not go ahead as agreed, Ukrainian officials said. “As...
Heavy weaponry withdrawal locked in stalemate in eastern Ukraine
Both the Ukrainian government and the pro-independence insurgents failed to start a withdrawal of their heavy weapons from the front line in eastern Ukraine as agreed, official reports showed Monday. …read more Source:...
