Section: Channel NewsAsia (Singapore)
Malaysian airliner crash investigators appeal for missile witnesses
Dutch prosecutors said on Monday they are looking for witnesses in eastern Ukraine who may have seen a Russian-made BUK rocket being fired at Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, although they added that they have not yet concluded what caused the crash. …read more Source: Channel...
One Ukrainian serviceman killed, three wounded, in clashes with rebels – Kiev military
One Ukrainian serviceman was killed and three were wounded in clashes with Russia-backed separatists in the past 24 hours despite a ceasefire, the Kiev military said on Monday. …read more Source: Channel...
EU-Ukraine summit to take place on April 27: Poroshenko
A summit between top EU officials and Ukraine’s leaders will take place in Kiev at the end of April, Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko announced. …read more Source: Channel...
EU’s Juncker postpones Kiev visit due to kidney stones
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has postponed plans to visit Kiev on Monday because he needs to receive treatment for kidney stones. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine arrests Turkish cargo ship over Crimea port call
Ukrainian authorities have arrested a Turkish-owned cargo ship and detained its captain over a visit it made to a port in Crimea after Russian annexed the peninsula from Ukraine last year. …read more Source: Channel...
Russian Orthodox Church suspends priest who blessed Ukraine-bound fighters
The Russian Orthodox Church has suspended a priest who publicly blessed a group of fighters heading to eastern Ukraine, encouraging them to battle government troops he called “fascist scum”. …read more Source: Channel...
Poland to charge two Russian officials over Kaczynski plane crash
Poland said on Friday it will bring charges against two Russian air traffic controllers over a 2010 plane crash which killed then Polish president Lech Kaczynski, a move likely to damage bilateral relations already strained by the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia not prepared to discuss restructuring Ukraine debt – Russian FinMin
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Friday Russia was not prepared to discuss restructuring its US$3 billion (2.01 billion pounds) holding of Ukrainian debt and considered itself to be an official rather than a private creditor. …read more Source: Channel...
London or Paris: which is the club for Russia’s Ukraine debt?
A legal conundrum is threatening plans to ease Ukraine’s debt burden and possibly its entire US$40 billion (26.88 billion pounds) IMF-led bailout: should a US$3 billion Eurobond held by Russia be classed as bilateral sovereign debt or a plain vanilla bond? …read more Source: Channel...
Syria’s Assad says West wants to weaken Russia
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has accused the West of trying to weaken Russia by turning Ukraine into a puppet state, a tactic he said had also been used against his own country. …read more Source: Channel...
