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Germany will not send arms to Ukraine: Merkel
BUDAPEST (AFP) – Germany will not provide Ukraine with weapons to fight Russian-backed rebels in the east, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday, stressing the need for a diplomatic solution to the conflict.Germany will not support Ukraine with guns and weapons, Merkel said at a press conference after meeting Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor...
Rebels target Ukrainian government troops
YENAKIEVE- Separatist rockets streaked across hills in eastern Ukraine today as rebels pounded the positions of Ukrainian government troops holding a strategic rail town while both sides pressed ahead with mobilizing more forces for combat. Kiev’s military said five more Ukrainian soldiers were killed in clashes while municipal authorities...
Contours of a new relationship
The implications of India-US getting close Hugging President Barack Obama upon his arrival to India and pouring tea for him over chats, Prime Minister Narendra Modi conveyed the message strong and clear: India wants to redefine its relationship with America. What is very clear is a clear-cut decision by India, its long term close relationship...
Separatists are trying to capture the key town of Debaltseve
Pro-Russian separatist leader Alexander Zakharchenko has announced plans to recruit 100,000 men, as fighting with Ukrainian forces intensifies. The separatists are trying to capture the key town of Debaltseve, while central areas of rebel-held Donetsk have been hit by artillery fire. Dozens of civilians were killed on both sides of the front line...
Pakistan among top five ‘least favourable’ countries for Britons: research
LONDON- Pakistan has been ranked fourth in the top five of the least favourable countries for British citizens, according to a survey conducted by think-tank Chatnam House on public attitudes towards other countries, The Independent reported. According to the report, the research; conducted in August 2014 and titled ‘Internationalism or...
Managing Ukrainian conflict
THE growing spate of verbal war between the leaders of the European Union and Russia is quite unnerving. In reply to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s remarks that the Ukrainian army is acting like a foreign legion for Nato, Brussels is up in arms. This trading of allegations has incidentally come at a time when Kiev … …read...
Rebels, government say eight killed in east Ukraine fighting
At least six civilians and two government soldiers have been killed in fierce fighting in eastern Ukraine over the past day, a government official and rebels said Sunday. Three civilians were killed and one was seriously wounded when shelling hit their homes in two government-held towns along the frontline in the war-ravaged Lugansk region,...
Six civilians were also killed in fighting with the separatists.
In Ukraine, thirteen soldiers were killed and twenty injured in fighting with pro-Russian rebels in the eastern region on Sunday. Military sources told in Kiev that six civilians were also killed in fighting with the separatists at Donetsk and around Lugansk. …read more Source: Radio...
The talks were aimed at halting fighting between government forces and separatists.
Peace talks between Ukrainian government and rebels in Minsk have ended without any agreement. The talks were aimed at halting fighting between government forces and separatists that have claimed scores of lives. After the talks, former Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma, told newsmen that the participants could not agree on ceasefire or...
Ukraine peace talks collapse as fighting rages
Minsk (AFP) – Peace talks aimed at halting rising bloodshed in eastern Ukraine ended in failure Saturday, with Kievs envoy saying pro-Russian separatists wrecked a deal by refusing to discuss an immediate ceasefire.The delayed talks in Minsk were thwarted after top rebel leaders stayed away and their negotiators also refused to discuss...
