Section: Channel NewsAsia (Singapore)
Estonia seen set to vote in another pro-NATO coalition
Estonia’s centre-right Reform Party is likely to retain power in Sunday’s election and form another pro-NATO coalition, after a campaign dominated by security worries following neighbouring Russia’s involvement in Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Foreign ministers to scramble to salvage Ukraine peace deal
Foreign ministers from Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France were set to gather Tuesday (Feb 24) to try to revive a shaky ceasefire in east Ukraine as Russian President Vladimir Putin ruled out an “apocalyptic scenario” of all-out war. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine rebels say they withdrawing weapons; Kiev doubtful
Pro-Russia separatists said on Tuesday they had begun pulling heavy weapons from the front line in east Ukraine under a ceasefire deal, but Ukraine said the rebels were using the cover of the truce to reinforce for another advance. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine peace deal only way forward – EU’s Mogherini
A European-brokered ceasefire deal remains the only way to secure peace in Ukraine, the European Union’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said on Tuesday. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia warns of gas risks after Ukraine fails to pre-pay
Russia’s Gazprom said on Tuesday there were “serious” risks to gas transit to Europe via Ukraine after Kiev failed to make a pre-payment. …read more Source: Channel...
Fears for truce as attacking rebels mass near Ukraine port city
Pro-Russian forces massing near Ukraine’s port city of Mariupol are continuing to attack government troop positions, Kiev said on Monday (Feb 23), fuelling concerns for the fate of a UN-backed ceasefire. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia accuses Western powers of trying to dominate world
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday accused Western powers of trying to dominate and impose their ideology on the rest of world, while the United States and European delegations slammed Moscow for supporting rebels in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Putin surveys the map as he ponders next move on Ukraine
In Russia, Vladimir Putin likes to portray himself as the saviour of the nation. In Europe and the United States he has come to be seen as a threat to the new world order. …read more Source: Channel...
Kiev says cannot withdraw heavy weapons as attacks persist
Ukraine’s military said on Monday it could not start withdrawing heavy weapons from the front line in the east as required under a tenuous ceasefire because pro-Russian separatists who advanced last week were still attacking its positions. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine says no weapons pull-back until full ceasefire
The Ukrainian military said any withdrawal of heavy weapons from the frontline will come after a full ceasefire with Russian rebels is in place, as “Ukrainian positions are still being fired upon”. …read more Source: Channel...
