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Putin regrets Ukraine ceasefire is not working
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed concern on Wednesday that a two-month old ceasefire had failed to end what he called civil war in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Putin beats Obama again in Forbes power ranking
NEW YORK – For a second year in a row, Russian President Vladimir Putin has beaten Barack Obama to the title of world’s most powerful leader as ranked by Forbes.In a year in which Russia annexed Crimea, stoked a conflict in Ukraine and clinched a multi-billion-dollar gas pipeline deal with China that Forbes called the world’s...
Ukraine-Russia gas row – the sequel – pencilled in already
LONDON (Reuters) – The sticking plaster Russia-Ukraine gas payment deal will unpeel in March with the intensity of the likely next row dependent on a judgement from a legal panel in Sweden. …read more Source: The...
Moscow still backing rebels in eastern Ukraine, Nato chief says
Russia has moved troops closer to the border with Ukraine and continues to support rebels in the country’s east, Nato’s chief said, after an election held by the pro-Russian separatists and condemned by Kiev and Western leaders. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Ukraine peace plan hangs by a thread
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko accused pro-Russian rebels of endangering the peace process and ordered troop reinforcements to eastern cities to guard against a “possible offensive in the direction of Mariupol, Berdyansk, Kharkiv and Lugansk”. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine peace plan hangs by a thread
UKRAINE – The ceasefire in Ukraine hung by a thread Wednesday after President Petro Poroshenko accused pro-Russian rebels of endangering the peace process and ordered troop reinforcements to eastern cities.In another sign of how far apart the two sides are drifting, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk announced he was cutting the rebel-held...
Ukraine peace plan hangs by a thread
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – The ceasefire in Ukraine hung by a thread Wednesday after President Petro Poroshenko accused pro-Russian rebels of endangering the peace process and ordered troop reinforcements to eastern cities. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine sends more troops to east
KIEV (AP) ― Ukraine’s president said Tuesday that additional troops are being deployed to the east, where fighting conti …read more Source: The Korea...
Ukraine peace plan hangs by a thread
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – The ceasefire in Ukraine hung by a thread Wednesday after President Petro Poroshenko accused pro-Russian rebels of sinking the peace process and ordered troop reinforcements to eastern cities. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Merkel aide wants EU travel ban on new Ukraine rebel leadership
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s top foreign policy advisor said on Wednesday he wants Ukrainian separatist leaders who were elected in Sunday’s contested vote added to a list of rebels and Russian officials banned from travelling to the European Union. …read more Source: The...
