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Rebels in Donetsk call for ceasefire to prevent ‘humanitarian catastrophe’
Fighting raged yesterday in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk despite a request from the pro-Russian rebels for a ceasefire to prevent a “humanitarian catastrophe”. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Ukraine demands that Donetsk rebels surrender; humanitarian aid gets qualified nod
Fighting raged in the city of Donetsk on Sunday as government forces continued to close in on the rebel stronghold and pro-Russian insurgents backed away from an unconditional cease-fire offer that they announced just the day before. With a string of military successes and broad support for its campaign from the West and most of […] The...
Russia urges ‘humanitarian’ mission as Ukraine rebel bastion pounded
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – Ukraine’s army shelled the main rebel bastion of Donetsk Sunday as Russia called for a humanitarian ceasefire, which the West warned could be a pretext by Moscow to send in troops. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine demands that rebels in Donetsk surrender
At least 300,000 of Donetsk’s 1 million residents have fled as violence escalates between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source: The Times of...
Ukraine Says No Ceasefire Until Separatists Surrender, Rebels Defiant
A Ukrainian military spokesman on Sunday dismissed a call for a ceasefire by a separatist leader, saying this could only take place once rebels had shown “white flags” and surrendered. …read more Source:...
Further correction likely this week
THE local stock market saw a profit-taking correction last week, forcing the blue-chip benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) down to a near five-month low, sparked by escalating geopolitical tensions after the United States airstrikes in Iraq and concerns over growth due to expanding economic sanctions from the Ukraine-Russian conflict....
Russian ‘Humanitarian’ Push in Ukraine ‘Unacceptable’: US, Germany
Washington. Russian intervention in Ukraine, including for supposed humanitarian purposes is “unacceptable” without Kiev’s authorization, US President Barack Obama and his German counterpart Angela Merkel agreed in a telephone call Saturday. Such a move “violates international law, and will provoke additional...
Ukraine Says No Ceasefire Until Separatists Surrender, Rebels
A Ukrainian military spokesman on Sunday dismissed a call for a ceasefire by a separatist leader, saying this could only take place once rebels had shown “white flags” and surrendered. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian rebels ready for cease-fire
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) ―Ukraine’s rebels are surrounded and ready to agree to a cease-fire to prevent a “humanitarian cat …read more Source: The Korea...
Artillery pounds Ukraine rebel bastion as West warns Russia
Artillery pounded the rebel bastion of Donetsk in southeastern Ukraine on Sunday (Aug 10) as the West warned Russia that any attempt to send “humanitarian” troops into the conflict-torn region would be “unacceptable”. …read more Source: Channel...
