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US porn star Sasha Grey dragged into Ukraine propaganda war
The story making the rounds on the Russian version of Facebook ( Vkontakte) would be truly horrific, if not for the “truly” bit. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Berlin voices ‘concern’ over Ukraine truce violations
BERLIN (AFP) – Germany voiced concern Monday that a comprehensive truce had not yet taken hold in eastern Ukraine and urged Moscow to exert influence on pro-Russian separatists to stop the fighting.It fills us with concern that there is still no comprehensive truce, said government spokesman Steffen Seibert, adding that Berlin called on...
German doctors visited detained Ukrainian pilot in Russia
BERLIN (Reuters) – German doctors have been allowed to visited Ukrainian military pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, who has been on hunger strike for more than two months in a Russian jail, a German Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine’s currency hits new low as central bank tightens controls
KIEV (AFP) – Ukraines battered national currency plummeted some 10 percent Monday as the central bank scrambled to strengthen currency controls in its latest bid to halt the slide.The average rate for the hryvnia — currently the worst performing currency in the world — tumbled to 31.51 to the dollar before improving slightly.The...
Pro-Russia rebels violate truce outside port city Ukraine
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 an internationally brokered ceasefire.Tensions were also high following a bomb blast Sunday in the normally peaceful eastern city of Kharkiv. In their latest...
Kiev says it can’t withdraw heavy weapons as attacks persist
Ukraine’s military said Monday it could not start withdrawing heavy weapons from the front line in the east as required under a tenuous cease-fire because pro-Russian separatists who advanced last week were still attacking its positions. A truce to end fighting that has killed more than 5,600 people appeared stillborn last week after rebels...
German government 'extremely worried' no full Ukraine ceasefire yet
BERLIN (Reuters) – The German government is very concerned that there is still no comprehensive ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, more than a week after it should have taken effect, and urged Moscow anew on Monday to use its influence over pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source: The...
Kiev says two soldiers killed, 10 wounded in past 24 hours
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s military said on Monday two of its soldiers had been killed and 10 wounded in the past 24 hours, signalling that fighting has not stopped to allow a truce deal to be implemented. …read more Source: The...
Putin surveys the map as he ponders next move on Ukraine
MOSCOW – 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 the new world order.What the Russian president does next in Ukraine is key to the country’s future, as well as that of Europe and his own.Putin looks to have the upper hand at...
France to host ministerial meeting on Ukraine crisis
The foreign ministers of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine will meet on Tuesday in Paris in an effort to get a stalling peace deal between the central authorities and separatists rebels back on track, a French diplomatic source said. More than a week after a ceasefire agreement that Moscow-backed rebels ignored to capture a strategic town, Kiev...
