Section: Channel NewsAsia (Singapore)
To reach Ukraine accord – high diplomacy, ‘dirty games’ and pig’s fat
The talks lasted more than 17 hours, during which a couple of “buckets” of coffee were drunk, and took place in what Ukraine’s foreign minister, with some understatement, described as a “difficult psychological atmosphere”. …read more Source: Channel...
‘Merkel mania’ as hyperactive chancellor tackles Ukraine, Greece
Kiev, Moscow, Munich, Washington, Ottawa, Minsk and Brussels – all in a week’s work for Angela Merkel, whose tireless efforts to broker peace in Ukraine and keep Greece in the euro zone won praise even from the chancellor’s fiercest critics in Germany. …read more Source: Channel...
At least 18 killed in Ukraine despite peace deal
At least 18 people have been killed in eastern Ukraine in new artillery shelling just a day after a peace deal was signed to end the 10-month conflict. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia hopes all sides to Minsk agreement will observe it
Russia expects that all sides to the agreement reached in Minsk on solving Ukraine’s conflict will observe its terms, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday. …read more Source: Channel...
Fighting rages in run-up to Ukraine ceasefire
Ukraine and Russian-backed rebels fought fiercely across the east of the country on Friday despite a new peace deal brokered by Germany and France. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine death toll grows after fragile peace deal signed
At least 15 people have been killed in east Ukraine in new shelling despite the signing of a peace deal to end the 10-month conflict. …read more Source: Channel...
Finance Minister hopes Ukraine will get new IMF aid in early March – Interfax
Ukrainian Finance Minister Natalia Yaresko said on Friday she hoped Ukraine would get its next tranche of financial aid from the International Monetary Fund in the first week of March, news agency Interfax Ukraine reported. …read more Source: Channel...
Two Ukraine civilians killed in rebel shelling near Luhansk: Regional administration
Two civilians were killed and six injured on Friday morning by rebel shelling of the town of Shchastya, near Luhansk city in east Ukraine, the head of the Kiev-controlled regional administration said. …read more Source: Channel...
Kremlin says leaders at Minsk talks in touch over Ukraine – RIA
The Kremlin’s spokesman said on Friday the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France are in touch over the Ukraine crisis and that he expected a phone conversation to be agreed upon in the coming days, RIA news agency reported. …read more Source: Channel...
Eight Ukrainian servicemen killed in past 24 hours despite peace deal
Eight Ukrainian service personnel have been killed and 34 wounded in fighting against separatists in eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours, a Kiev military spokesman said on Friday, despite a four-power peace deal worked out in Belarus. …read more Source: Channel...
