Section: Radio Pakistan (Pakistan)
Rescue workers are removing the poisonous gas before starting a search for bodies.
In Ukraine, more than thirty people were killed after an explosion at a coal mine in the separatist stronghold of Donetsk on Wednesday. Rescue workers are removing the poisonous gas before starting a search for bodies. …read more Source: Radio...
President Obama and European leaders are, however, hopeful of the success of peace agreement.
President Barack Obama and his European counterparts have agreed to act quickly to impose additional sanctions on Russia if peace agreements in Ukraine are not implemented. The White House spokesperson in a statement said the leaders expressed hope for the successful and complete implementation of the Minsk agreements. …read more Source:...
Military source says rebels shelled Ukrainian positions twenty two times over the past day.
In Ukraine, three security officials have been killed and nine injured in shelling of pro-Russian rebels in the east of the country on Tuesday. Military source told that rebels shelled Ukrainian positions twenty two times over the past day. …read more Source: Radio...
Egyptian President to discuss regional and bilateral issues with Saudi King.
In Ukraine, military said a ceasefire had been fully observed in eastern separatist territories. Ukrainian military also on the other hand warned that pro-Russian rebels were using the truce to regroup for new attacks on government positions. Pro-Russia forces in eastern Ukraine have announced that they have nearly completed the pullback of heavy...
Military spokesman says fighting has halted along most of frontline but rebels are firing at Ukrainian positions around the airport.
In Ukraine, two people have been killed by shelling in the eastern part of the country as isolated clashes rattled a shaky truce with pro-Russian rebels. A photographer of a Ukrainian daily was caught in fierce fighting near Donetsk airport and a fighter of Ultra-Nationalist organization fighting along government forces was also killed in the...
Vladimir Putin has said this will create a problem for gas transit to Europe.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Russia would cut off natural gas supplies to Ukraine if Kiev failed to pay. Talking to reporters in Novo-Ogaryovo, he said this will create a problem for gas transit to Europe. …read more Source: Radio...
EU foreign policy chief terms deal as the only hope for peace in Ukraine.
Foreign ministers from Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France met in Paris to try to revive a shaky ceasefire in eastern Ukraine. Germany has voiced concern that a comprehensive truce remains elusive, but European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said the deal was the only hope for peace in Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio...
Ukraine’s military spokesman says the rebels are still firing upon their positions.
In Ukraine, government forces have denied to remove their heavy weapons from the frontline until a full ceasefire with rebels. Ukraine’s military spokesman Vladyslav Selevnyov said in a statement that the rebels are still firing upon their positions. He said there can be no withdrawal of weapons in such circumstances. …read more...
A total of one hundred and thirty nine Ukrainian soldiers and fifty two rebels were freed.
The Ukrainian government and rebel forces have exchanged dozens of prisoners, a week after a ceasefire came into effect in the east of the country. A total of one hundred and thirty nine Ukrainian soldiers and fifty two rebels were freed. The exchange is the first step carried out successfully under the terms of the Minsk agreements, brokered by...
Russia did not immediately respond to the accusation.
Kiev has accused Russia of sending more tanks and troops into eastern Ukraine. Ukraine’s military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said that the troops and tanks were heading towards the rebel-held town of Novoazovsk. Russia did not immediately respond to the accusation but in the past it has always denied accusations of its forces’...
