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Ukraine PM hopes IMF talks will be successfully completed within 48 hours – Interfax
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Wednesday he hoped talks with an International Monetary Fund team on further financial aid would be successfully completed within 48 hours, news agencies reported him as saying. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine ready to introduce martial law if crisis grows – IFX cites Poroshenko
President Petro Poroshenko said on Wednesday Ukraine was prepared to introduce martial law across Ukraine if the separatist conflict in the east escalates further, news agency Interfax reported. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine to introduce martial law if crisis escalates – IFX cites Poroshenko
President Petro Poroshenko said on Wednesday Ukraine was prepared to introduce martial law across all regions of Ukraine if the separatist conflict in the east escalates further, news agency Interfax reported. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia’s Lavrov says agreement on Ukraine must respect rights of all
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday any agreement on the conflict in Ukraine must protect the rights of all citizens living in the country. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine president Poroshenko to brief EU summit in Brussels
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will brief EU leaders at a summit in Brussels on Thursday, alongside the German and French leaders, on the results of Wednesday’s Ukraine peace talks in Minsk, an EU official said. …read more Source: Channel...
Minsk talks on Ukraine still ‘very probable’ – France’s Fabius
A four-way summit in Minsk aimed at resolving the Ukraine crisis is still very likely to go ahead as scheduled on Wednesday despite a number of unresolved issues, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Wednesday. …read more Source: Channel...
Shell hits bus station in Donetsk, at least one killed
At least one person was killed on Wednesday when a shell hit a bus station in the centre of rebel-controlled Donetsk city, east Ukraine, a Reuters witness said. …read more Source: Channel...
At least one dead in attack on Donetsk bus station, east Ukraine – Reuters witness
At least one person was killed on Wednesday when a shell hit a bus station in the centre of rebel-controlled Donetsk city, east Ukraine, a Reuters witness said. …read more Source: Channel...
Obama presses Putin to strike Ukraine peace deal
US President Barack Obama called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to discuss escalating violence in eastern Ukraine, urging him to embrace a negotiated solution. …read more Source: Channel...
Farmers in eastern Ukraine feel the bite of conflict
Food production in conflict-torn eastern Ukraine is set to drop in the coming months, as farmers don’t have regular access to seeds and fertilisers, a U.N. official said on Tuesday. …read more Source: Channel...
