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Obama ramps up pressure on Russia after deadly Ukraine blitz
US President Barack Obama vows to ramp up pressure on Russia after rocket attacks blamed on Kremlin-backed Ukrainian rebels kill 30 and injure 95 others. …read more Source: Channel...
Rebels launch intense attacks on Ukraine government troops – Kiev military
KIEV (Reuters) – Pro-Russian rebels launched new attacks against Ukrainian government positions on Sunday, the Kiev army said, as Western countries threatened more sanctions against Moscow for backing a new separatist offensive. …read more Source: The...
Obama ramps up pressure on Russia after deadly Ukraine blitz
KIEV – US President Barack Obama vowed on Sunday to ramp up pressure on Russia after rocket attacks blamed on Kremlin-backed Ukrainian rebels killed 30 and injured 95 more.Saturday’s surprise assault on the strategic eastern Ukrainian port of Mariupol threatened to open a new front linking separatist territory near the Russian border...
Lavrov tells Kerry Ukraine violence due to ‘constant firing’ by Kiev troops
MOSCOW – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, speaking to his US counterpart John Kerry on Sunday, blamed the latest upsurge in fighting in eastern Ukraine on Ukrainian government forces who he said were “constantly” shelling towns.”Sergei Lavrov pointed out that an escalation of the situation is a result of Ukrainian...
World leaders pay respects on Saudi day of mourning
RIYADH (AFP) – More foreign leaders flocked to Saudi Arabia paying their respects to King Salman Sunday, as the normally gridlocked streets of Riyadh turned quiet on a day of mourning for his predecessor Abdullah.Singapores Home Affairs Minister Teo Chee Hean arrived, as did Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Tanzanian President Jakaya...
Ukraine: Phone calls prove rebels attacked city, killed 30
KIEV (AP) – Intercepted radio and telephone conversations prove that Russian-backed separatists were responsible for firing the rockets that pounded Ukraines southeastern city of Mariupol and killed at least 30 people, President Petro Poroshenko said Sunday during an emergency meeting of his Security Council.U.S. President Barack Obama also...
Death toll of rocket attack in Ukraine’s Mariupol rises to 30
The death toll of a rocket fire in the government-controlled port city of Mariupol in restive eastern Ukraine on Saturday has risen to 30, while almost a hundred of people were wounded, local authorities said. …read more Source: China...
Russia's Lavrov tells EU's Mogherini to push Kiev towards peace talks
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavorv told the European Union’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini in a phone call on Sunday that Moscow wants the bloc to push Kiev towards political dialogue with separatists in east Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Moscow ready to push for peaceful solution in eastern Ukraine: Russia’s Sergei Lavrov
January 25, 2015 9:51 PMMOSCOW (REUTERS) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told United States Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday that Moscow was ready to do everything it can to encourage rival sides warring in east Ukraine to seek a peaceful solution to the conflict. …read more Source: The Straits...
Russia's Lavrov says Moscow ready to push for peaceful solution in east Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday that Moscow was ready to do everything it can to encourage rival sides warring in east Ukraine to seek a peaceful solution to the conflict. …read more Source: The...
