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Merkel to urge caution in U.S. as pressure builds to arm Ukraine forces
WASHINGTON/DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to argue against arming Ukraine in its conflict against Russian-backed rebels in Washington on Monday in the face of intense U.S. Congressional pressure. …read more Source: The...
1,500 Russian troops, military equipment enter Ukraine
At least 1,500 Russian troops and convoys of military hardware entered Ukraine over the weekend, the Ukrainian military said on Monday. …read more Source: The Times of...
1,500 Russian troops, military equipment enter Ukraine: Kiev
February 09, 2015 7:27 PMKIEV (AFP) – At least 1,500 Russian troops and convoys of military hardware entered Ukraine over the weekend, the Ukrainian military said on Monday. …read more Source: The Straits...
Quartet thrash out Ukraine summit as Merkel meets Obama
German Chancellor Angela Merkel was on Monday (Feb 9) to brief US President Barack Obama on the latest peace plan for Ukraine ahead of a four-way summit aimed at ending 10 months of bloodshed. …read more Source: Channel...
Russians write open letter to Putin over foreign-currency mortgages
MOSCOW – Russians with foreign-currency mortgages have written an open letter to President Vladimir Putin seeking help with repayments that have soared because of the rouble’s plunge, saying they were misled by banks.The letter, published by the Vedomosti and Kommersant business newspapers on Monday, reflects discontent over the...
1,500 Russian troops, military equipment enter Ukraine: Kiev
At least 1,500 Russian troops and convoys of military hardware entered Ukraine over the weekend, the Ukrainian military said on Monday. “One thousand five hundred Russian soldiers and 300 pieces of military equipment, including Grad missile systems, crossed the Ukraine-Russia border on Feb. 7 and 8,” Ukraine military spokesman Andriy...
Don't issue ultimatums to Putin – Russian radio cites Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be spoken to in the language of ultimatums at talks on the Ukraine crisis, a Russian radio station quoted the Kremlin as saying on Monday. …read more Source: The...
EU backs Ukraine peace drive, hawks urge no easing of sanctions
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union foreign ministers lined up behind a Franco-German effort to end the Ukraine war on Monday but some said the EU must maintain sanctions on Russia until the situation in eastern Ukraine improved. …read more Source: The...
G20 must focus on productivity, competitiveness to boost growth -OECD
The world’s 20 biggest economies must focus on higher labour productivity and become more competitive and innovative if they want to deliver on a pledge to boost economic growth, the OECD said on Monday ahead of a G20 meeting.Russia isolated over Ukraine at G20G20 commits to higher growth, fight climate change; Russia isolated over...
Nine more Ukrainian servicemen killed in war-torn east
Nine Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and 26 wounded in fighting with Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine’s eastern regions in the past 24 hours, Kiev said on Monday. …read more Source: South China Morning...
