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Obama hosts Merkel amid deepening Ukraine crisis
US President Barack Obama hosts Angela Merkel at the White House on Monday, as worsening violence in Ukraine confronts t …read more Source: The Korea...
Obama’s Ukraine policy at crossroads as fighting rages on
Russian-backed rebels’ violent offensive in eastern Ukraine leaves President Barack Obama with perplexing and urgent choices, but aides say he will exercise his typical caution in deciding his next move. Should Obama provide lethal weaponry to the Western-backed Kiev government to staunch Europe’s worst conflict in two decades? Many...
Normandy quartet agrees to meet in Minsk over Ukraine crisis
Russian President Vladimir Putin said leaders of Normandy quartet (Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine) have agreed to meet in Minsk next Wednesday, provided that certain positions are agreed upon by then, Interfax news agency reported Sunday. …read more Source:...
Obama's Ukraine policy at crossroads as fighting rages on
WASHINGTON/MUNICH (Reuters) – Russian-backed rebels’ violent offensive in eastern Ukraine leaves President Barack Obama with perplexing and urgent choices, but aides say he will exercise his typical caution in deciding his next move. …read more Source: The...
Russia's Putin says Kiev on 'dead-end track' in east Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said Kiev must stop its military operation in east Ukraine and cease exerting economic pressure on rebel-held regions, warning that it was on a “dead-end track fraught with … catastrophe”. …read more Source: The...
Putin acting like a tyrant, says UK
Britain accused Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday of acting like a “tyrant” over Ukraine, but said Kiev’s forces could not defeat Russia’s army on the battlefield and only a political solution could end the bloodshed. …read more Source: The Times of...
US, Europe push for new talks on Wednesday to end bloodshed in Ukraine
French, German and Ukrainian presidents are planning a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin for Wednesday in a frantic bid to halt escalating bloodshed in east Ukraine. …read more Source: The Times of...
Leaders to discuss ‘last chance’ Ukraine peace bid
KIEV: French, German and Ukrainian leaders are to discuss a last-ditch peace bid for east Ukraine with Vladimir Putin today, after the US called for “deeds” from the Russian leader accused of masterminding the conflict. President Francois Hollande and Chancellor Angela Merkel were to join Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Putin...
Four-way urgent Ukraine summit planned
French, German and Ukrainian leaders are planning a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday in a frantic bid to halt escalating bloodshed in east Ukraine. …read more Source: Global...
Leaders scramble to avert ‘dramatic spiral’ in Ukraine; Putin branded ‘tyrant’
The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France agreed to meet in Belarus on Wednesday to try to broker a peace deal for Ukraine amid escalating violence there and signs of cracks in the trans-Atlantic consensus on confronting Vladimir Putin. The four leaders held a call on Sunday, two days after Chancellor Angela Merkel and […] The post...
