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Ukraine peace talks begin in Minsk: AFP
MINSK (AFP) – Negotiators from Ukraine, Russia and Europe on Saturday began peace talks in Minsk aimed at establishing a ceasefire between pro-Russian separatists and Kiev as fighting spreads along the frontline.Former Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma, the OSCEs Heidi Tagliavini, and separatist representatives Denis Pushilin and Vladislav...
Mediators seek Ukraine truce as 15 soldiers killed
Fighting between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian forces in the east of the country has left 15 government soldiers dead and 30 wounded over the past 24 hours, Ukraine’s defence minister said Saturday. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine, rebels gather for peace talks as fighting rages in east
A new round of peace talks were about to start on the Ukraine crisis on Saturday, even as fighting between Kiev government forces and pro-Russian separatists raged in the east, claiming civilian and military lives. …read more Source: The Times of...
Scramble to treat wounded at last Ukraine frontline hospital
ARTMOVSK (AFP) – A constant stream of ambulances, lorries and civilian cars screeches to a halt outside the last working hospital in this area of the Ukrainian frontline, delivering a growing number of those wounded in intense clashes.The injured arriving at the hospital in the Ukrainian-controlled town of Artemivsk come from villages and...
Mediators seek Ukraine truce as 15 troops killed
Kiev’s pro-Western leaders and mediators hoped to reach a “binding” truce with pro-Russian separatists today despite Ukraine suffering one of its bloodiest days yet in the nine-month conflict with 15 troops killed. “In the last day, 15 soldiers died and 30 more were wounded. That is the figure for the whole frontline,” Defence Minister...
Officials from Ukraine, Russia, OSCE and rebels arrive in Minsk for Ukraine peace talks
MINSK (Reuters) – Representatives from Ukraine, Russia, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and pro-Russian separatists gathered in Minsk, Belarus, on Saturday in a fresh attempt to reopen peace talks on the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The...
15 Ukrainian Soldiers Killed in Past 24 Hours: Ukraine’s Defence Minister
Fighting between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian forces in the east of the country has left 15 government soldiers dead and 30 wounded over the past 24 hours, Ukraine’s Defence Minister Stepan Poltor… …read more Source:...
Fifteen Ukrainian soldiers killed in fighting in past 24 hours – defence minister
KIEV (Reuters) – Fifteen Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in fighting against Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours, Defence Minister Stepan Poltorak said on Saturday. …read more Source: The...
New Greek defence minister prompts Turkey to scramble jets
ATHENS – Greece’s new nationalist defence minister prompted Greece’s perennial rival Turkey to scramble jets on Friday, just days after he took office, by flying over uninhabited islets off the Turkish coast that nearly triggered a war in 1996.Turkish fighter jets entered Greek airspace and were intercepted by Greek jets as...
Ukraine peace talks aborted as civilians die in east
DONETSK, Ukraine/MINSK – Civilians were killed on both sides in heavy fighting in eastern Ukraine on Friday, while an attempt to reopen peace talks in neighbouring Belarus was aborted before it began.Rebel delegates flew to the Belarus capital Minsk, only to announce that no talks would take place on Friday and they were flying straight...
