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Banking system shut down in rebel-held east Ukraine
DONETSK (AFP) – Cash machines stopped working in rebel-held east Ukraine on Wednesday and businesses no longer accepted credit cards after the authorities in Kiev moved to shut down the banking system.An AFP journalist found dozens of people queueing up hopefully in the biting cold outside banks around the separatist stronghold of Donetsk.I...
Russia ready for Ukraine incursion: NATO commander
Russia still has enough troops along Ukraine’s border to mount a major incursion, NATO’s top commander said Wednesday, and Moscow is using its military might to affect political developments inside Ukraine. U.S. Gen. Philip Breedlove said a large number of Russian troops are also active inside Ukraine, training and advising separatist...
Lithuania may supply weapons as part of military aid to Ukraine – minister
VILNIUS (Reuters) – Lithuania may supply weapons to Ukraine as part of military aid it promised to help Kiev fight pro-Russian separatists, the Lithuanian defence minister told Reuters in an interview on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
Congolese doctor receives EU prize for helping rape victims
STRASBOURG, France: Doctor Denis Mukwege received the European Parliament’s prestigious Sakharov human rights prize on Wednesday for his work in helping thousands of gang rape victims in the Democratic Republic of Congo. European Parliament president Martin Schulz, who presented the 59-year-old with the award at a ceremony in Strasbourg,...
NATO commander says Russian forces are still in east Ukraine
KIEV (Reuters) – NATO’S top military commander said during a visit to Kiev on Wednesday that Russian forces were still operating in eastern Ukraine, providing the “backbone” to separatist rebels fighting government forces. …read more Source: The...
Continued Russia Sanctions ‘Unavoidable’: German Chancellor Angela Merkel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says continued sanctions against Russia are “unavoidable” and that it will take “patience and perseverance” to end the crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Merkel says patience needed to resolve Ukraine crisis
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel accused Russia in a speech in parliament on Wednesday of violating international law with its interventions in Ukraine and said resolving the conflict would require patience. …read more Source: The...
France delays warship delivery to Russia ‘until further notice’
France on Tuesday pushed back “until further notice” the delivery of a controversial warship to Russia because of the Ukraine crisis, sparking a measured initial response from Moscow. President Francois Hollande said in a statement that the “current situation in eastern Ukraine still does not allow for the delivery of the first” of two...
Russia’s new push for Syria dialogue unlikely to be fruitful
Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov. (Source: AP photo) Fresh Russian efforts to encourage Syrian peace talks are unlikely to make progress because Moscow rejects opposition and Western calls for the swift departure of President Bashar al-Assad. Moscow has long-supported Assad, including with arms supplies for Syria, but he...
Merkel hits diplomatic dead-end with Putin
After nine months of non-stop German diplomacy to defuse the crisis in Ukraine, Chancellor Angela Merkel decided in mid-November that a change of tack was needed. …read more Source: Thanh Nien...
