Section: The News International (Pakistan)
Ukraine to call up 10,000 soldiers in mobilisation drive
KIEV: Ukraine’s military will call up some 10,000 men and seek volunteers to replace some of the 45,000 soldiers who are due to return home after more than a year on the front lines in the separatist east, President Petro Poroshenko said on… …read more Source: The News...
Chances of Ukraine technocrat govt fade
Talks fail KIEV: The chances of Ukraine forming a new technocrat government to replace Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk faded on Tuesday after cross-party talks failed to produce a breakthrough, likely prolonging a months-long political… …read more Source: The News...
Ally of Ukrainian president accused of meddling in prosecution
KIEV: An ally of Ukraine’s president has been accused by a former Ukrainian prosecutor of interfering in law enforcement. A representative of Ihor Kononenko, a business partner of President Petro Poroshenko and member of parliament of his… …read more Source: The News...
Fierce fighting rages in Kiev
KIEV: Seven Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and six wounded in fighting with pro-Russian separatists in the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian military said on Tuesday, reporting the highest daily casualty toll since mid-November. A year-old… …read more Source: The News...
Russia warns of new Cold War as east Ukraine violence surges
MUNICH: Violence in eastern Ukraine is intensifying and Russian-backed rebels have moved heavy weaponry back to the front line, international monitors warned on Saturday as Moscow responded by accusing Kiev of violating a peace deal. In the latest… …read more Source: The News...
Dutch PM says will push for ?yes? in Ukraine vote
AMSTERDAM: Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said he would argue for a “yes” vote in an upcoming referendum on a treaty on closer ties between the European Union and Ukraine which threatens to overshadow his presidency of the 28-member… …read more Source: The News...
US troops begin training Ukrainian regular forces
WASHINGTON: US military experts on Monday began training Ukrainian soldiers and special operations forces in the war-torn country, the Pentagon said. …read more Source: The News...
Emergency declared in Crimea
SEVASTAPOL: Crimea declared a state of emergency on Sunday after its main electricity lines from Ukraine were blown up, leaving the Russian-annexed pe …read more Source: The News...
7 Afghans killed in copter crash
BRATISLAVA: A Ukrainian civilian helicopter that illegally entered Slovak airspace and crashed on Wednesday killed eight people aboard including a Ukr …read more Source: The News...
Cold threatens 700,000 children in Ukraine
GENEVA: Damaged pipelines in war-torn eastern Ukraine are threatening to cut off water, heating and electrical supplies at a time when temperatures ar …read more Source: The News...
