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Ukraine says it aims to prevent Russian attacks at WW II commemorations
Ukraine is planning an operation involving tens of thousands of police to guard against any attack by separatists or Russian agents during World War Two commemorations next month, security chiefs said on Tuesday. …read more Source: Channel...
US offers Ukraine US$17.7m in humanitarian aid – White House
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden spoke with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday about the ongoing crisis in eastern Ukraine and offered an additional US$17.7 million in aid for essentials like food, shelter and water, the White House said. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia’s Lavrov says fighting in east Ukraine abating
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday he believed a surge in ceasefire violations in east Ukraine had passed, adding Moscow would work to prevent violence escalating again. …read more Source: Channel...
Truce tenuous as Ukraine leader tackles economy, oligarchs
President Petro Poroshenko is using the breathing space from a ceasefire with separatists to push reforms and rein in super-rich ‘oligarchs’ whose influence he says must be curbed for Ukraine to have a future in Europe. …read more Source: Channel...
Norway asks Moscow to explain deputy PM’s island visit despite sanctions
Norway said on Sunday it has sought an explanation from Moscow for a visit to a Norwegian island by Russia’s deputy prime minister, who is banned from Norway in keeping with international sanctions against him over Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Obama: Europe should keep Russia sanctions until Minsk accord implemented
U.S. President Barack Obama said Europe needs to keep current sanctions against Russia in place until it implements an accord known as the Minsk agreement to halt the fighting in Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine says first debt proposal does not meet targets
The first proposal by a committee that represents nearly half of Ukraine’s creditors does not help the government achieve all its targets for debt restructuring, Ukraine’s finance minister Natalia Yaresko said on Friday. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine wants global court to investigate crimes in Crimea, east
Ukraine wants the International Criminal Court to investigate all alleged war crimes in Crimea and eastern Ukraine, where it has been fighting pro-Russian rebels, foreign minister Pavlo Klimkin said in an interview, broadening an existing probe. …read more Source: Channel...
US military trainers in Ukraine may ‘destabilise’ situation – Kremlin
The Kremlin said on Friday the arrival U.S. paratroopers in Ukraine to train Kiev’s National Guard could destabilise the situation in the east of the country, where separatists are fighting government forces. …read more Source: Channel...
Dutch team find more remains at Ukraine MH17 crash site
Dutch investigators have recovered more body parts at the MH17 plane crash site in Ukraine after searching a location that was previously inaccessible, the Netherlands announced on Thursday (Apr 17). …read more Source: Channel...
