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Ukraine signs cease-fire with pro-Russian rebels
MINSK, Belarus — The Ukrainian president declared a cease-fire Friday to end nearly five months of fighting in the nation’s east after his representatives reached a deal with the Russian-backed rebels at peace talks in Minsk. President Petro Poroshenko said he ordered government forces to stop hostilities at 1500 GMT (11 a.m. EDT)...
Rebels reaffirm plan to split from Ukraine
MINSK – Pro-Russia rebels on Friday said they had agreed a ceasefire with the Ukrainian government but stressed they still wanted to split from the ex-Soviet country. …read more Source: Bangkok...
EU could delay sanctions on Russia
BRUSSELS: The European Union was set to agree on new economic sanctions against Russia today but could suspend them if Moscow withdraws its troops from Ukraine and observes a ceasefire, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said. …read more Source: New Straits...
Envoys meet in Minsk for Ukraine crisis talks
A ceasefire in Ukraine’s restive east is widely expected from the meeting, so as to pave the way for a possible political settlement of the bloody conflict, which has killed over 2,500 people. …read more Source: China...
Ukrainian gov’t, insurgents sign ceasefire deal in Minsk
Representatives of Ukraine’s government and insurgent leadership inked here Friday a ceasefire agreement slated to take effect later in the day, Interfax news agency reported. …read more Source: China...
Ukraine, rebels agree ceasefire from Friday: separatists
MINSK – Ukraine’s Russian-backed separatists said they had agreed with Ukrainian officials on a ceasefire starting Friday, at peace talks in Minsk. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Rebels reaffirm plan to split from Ukraine
MINSK: Pro-Russia rebels today said they had agreed a ceasefire with the Ukrainian government but stressed they still wanted to split from the ex-Soviet country. …read more Source: New Straits...
Ukraine's president confirms signing of ceasefire deal
KIEV: Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko confirmed on his Twitter account that envoys meeting in Minsk to end fighting between Kiev’s forces and pro-Russian separatists had signed a ceasefire agreement that would come into effect later today. …read more Source: New Straits...
Talks on Ukraine cease-fire start in Belarus
Talks expected to bring a much-anticipated cease-fire to the fighting in eastern Ukraine began on Friday in the Belarusian capital even as the rebels kept pressing their offensive against a strategic port city. …read more Source: The Times of...
NATO Says No Third Country Can Veto Membership
NATO, responding to Russian warnings against Ukraine’s bid to join the western alliance, said on Friday that no third country could veto its enlargement policy and approved new steps to advance Georgi… …read more Source:...
