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Ukraine says return of Crimea a must for mending ties with Russia
No normalisation of ties between Ukraine and Russia is likely unless the region of Crimea, now under Russian control, is returned to Kiev’s sovereignty, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said on Tuesday. …read more Source: Channel...
Three Ukrainian soldiers killed in past 24 hours – Ukraine military source
Three Ukrainian servicemen were killed and nine were wounded in the last 24 hours in the country’s east where government troops are fighting with pro-Russian rebels, a Ukrainian military source told Reuters on Tuesday. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia and Ukraine strike gas delivery deal
Russia and Ukraine reached a deal Monday to supply gas to Europe until the end of March after President Vladimir Putin and Western leaders admitted there was still progress to be made in implementing a ceasefire. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine’s parliament approves stricter IMF-backed budget amendments
Ukraine’s parliament approved on Monday a raft of International Monetary Fund-backed amendments to its 2015 draft budget that Kiev hopes will help it clinch a US$17.5 billion bailout package. …read more Source: Channel...
Target of nation’s outrage, Ukraine central bank chief ploughs on
Before she was appointed to head Ukraine’s central bank last June, Valeriia Gontareva was praised as one of the most successful investment bankers in the country. Since then, she has heard little but demands for her downfall. …read more Source: Channel...
Pro-Russian rebels train for more fighting despite Ukraine truce
A ceasefire is broadly holding at last on the front line in eastern Ukraine, but fighters in the separatist stronghold of Donetsk are training for another round of clashes against government troops. …read more Source: Channel...
Kerry says he pressed Russia’s Lavrov on Ukraine ceasefire deal
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said he told Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday that Moscow and pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine must implement a ceasefire or face consequences that could hit Russia’s economy. …read more Source: Channel...
Kerry, Lavrov in ‘hopeful’ talks as Ukraine toll tops 6,000
The US and Russian foreign ministers held “hopeful” talks in Geneva on Monday (Mar 2) to end fighting in Ukraine, where the UN says more than 6,000 people have died in less than a year. …read more Source: Channel...
Kerry says Putin ‘misinterprets’ US efforts in Ukraine
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin misinterpreted a lot of what Washington was doing and trying to do in Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine says Russia continues to violate winter gas agreement
Ukraine’s state energy firm Naftogaz said Russia’s Gazprom is violating the terms of an EU-backed winter gas supply agreement, ahead of talks on Monday in Brussels on the issue. …read more Source: Channel...
