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Ukraine calls for UN peacekeepers to observe ceasefire
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has called for U.N. peacekeepers to be deployed to monitor a ceasefire in east Ukraine, a proposal that pro-Russia rebels swiftly said would be in breach of a peace deal. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine president calls for international peacekeepers
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday (Feb 18) called for a UN-mandated peacekeeping force to monitor a tattered ceasefire deal in east Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Pro-Russian rebels break truce to seize flashpoint Ukraine town
A flashpoint strategic town in east Ukraine fell on Wednesday (Feb 18) to a fierce assault by pro-Russian rebels in a serious defeat for Kiev, prompting the West to accuse Moscow of cynically exploiting an internationally-backed ceasefire. …read more Source: Channel...
Hungary PM Orban criticises Tusk, EU allies seeking to isolate Russia
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban stepped up his criticism on Wednesday of his European allies for their policy of seeking to isolate Moscow over its intervention in Ukraine, naming top EU official Donald Tusk as one of its backers. …read more Source: Channel...
US hasn’t exhausted toolkit on Russia sanctions – energy envoy
The United States could intensify sanctions against Russia if the Kremlin continues to destabilize eastern Ukraine, a senior U.S. government official said. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine troops pull out of besieged flashpoint town
Ukrainian troops pulled out of a besieged flashpoint eastern town on Wednesday (Feb 18) after it was stormed by pro-Russian rebels in what the EU said was a “clear violation” of an internationally-backed truce. …read more Source: Channel...
A year after revolution, Ukraine struggles with old hang-ups
The former power company executive yanked up his trouser leg to show the electronic bracelet round his ankle that would alert police if he tried to make a run for it from Kiev. …read more Source: Channel...
Greece’s Tsipras attacks sanctions on Russia
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told Germany’s Stern magazine an economic war with Russia was in no-one’s interests and that imposing sanctions on Moscow over the crisis in Ukraine was “hypocritical” …read more Source: Channel...
Ukrainian forces start to quit besieged town
Government forces started pulling out of a town in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday after a fierce assault by Russian-backed separatists which Europe said violated a crumbling ceasefire. …read more Source: Channel...
Some Ukrainian forces start to quit besieged town
Some Ukrainian forces began to pull out of a town under siege by Russian-backed separatists on Wednesday as renewed fighting threatened to wreck an international deal aimed at ending the conflict. …read more Source: Channel...
