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EU agrees new sanctions on Russians, Ukrainian rebels – diplomats
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union governments have agreed on a list of new entities and Russian and pro-Moscow Ukrainian individuals who will suffer sanctions in the bloc, diplomats said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Kerry in Kiev amid calls to arm Ukraine
KIEV (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in snowbound Kiev on Thursday amid calls for Washington to begin arming Ukraine to battle Russian-backed separatists advancing in the east. …read more Source: The...
German foreign minister planning new push for Ukraine truce
RIGA (Reuters) – Europe will launch a new push for a negotiated solution in eastern Ukraine after the escalation in fighting between Kiev’s forces and Moscow-backed rebels, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Kerry to offer Ukraine $16.4 million in new humanitarian aid – U.S. officials
KIEV (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who arrived in Kiev on Thursday for talks with the embattled Ukrainian leadership, intends to provide an additional $16.4 million (£10.7 million) in humanitarian aid to help civilians in eastern Ukraine, U.S. officials said. …read more Source: The...
5,300 people have been killed, one million driven during Ukraine crisis.
The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has called for a temporary truce to allow civilians to be evacuated from Debaltseve town in Ukraine. In a statement, he called on the separatist rebels and Ukrainian forces to immediately move their military positions away from densely populated areas. According to reports, 5,300 people have been killed and...
NATO to unveil strengthened Eastern Europe defence
BRUSSELS – NATO was set Thursday to agree a major boost to the alliance’s defences near its Russian borders, including six command centres and a quick-reaction spearhead force of 5,000 troops in response to the crisis in Ukraine.Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said ahead of a meeting of defence ministers in Brussels that the move...
3 killed in shelling in rebel stronghold in eastern Ukraine
The City Hall in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine says at least 3 people have been killed in shelling overnight.This follows artillery strikes on the rebel stronghold on Wednesday which hit a hospital, leaving five people dead.Fighting between Russia-backed separatists and government forces picked up in January after a month of relative calm. The...
Ukraine calls for more military financial support
Ukraine is asking the international community to provide more military and financial support, with United States Secretary of state John Kerry, due in Kiev on Thursday (today). … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
NATO official: alliance to beef up response force
BRUSSELS — NATO’s chief says the alliance is set to more than double the size of its Response Force in response to Russian aggression in Ukraine and the challenge of Islamic extremism. NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday’s meeting of defense ministers in Brussels is expected to boost the size of the force from...
Five more Ukrainian soldiers killed in east in past 24 hours – Kiev military
KIEV (Reuters) – Five more Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in fighting with Russian-backed separatists in the past 24 hours, a military spokesman said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
