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Ukraine peace talks end without agreement: Kiev envoy
Peace talks to thrash out a truce agreement between pro-Russian rebels and Ukraine ended without a deal on Saturday (Jan 31), Kiev’s representative at the talks in Minsk said. …read more Source: Channel...
Mediators seek Ukraine truce as 15 soldiers killed
Fighting between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian forces in the east of the country has left 15 government soldiers dead and 30 wounded over the past 24 hours, Ukraine’s defence minister said Saturday. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine rebels vow to push offensive if talks fail
Pro-Russian separatists vowed to push their latest offensive in eastern Ukraine further if truce talks with Kiev’s pro-Western leaders fail as the bitter conflict killed another 19 civilians. …read more Source: Channel...
Kerry in Kiev next week to show US support for Ukraine
US Secretary of State John Kerry is to head to Ukraine next week to underline Washington’s support of the country in the face of attacks by pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source: Channel...
EU agrees to expand Ukraine blacklist, ready for more measures
The EU agreed on Thursday (Jan 29) to add new names to a sanctions blacklist over Russia’s involvement in Ukraine and will start work on possible further measures, foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said. …read more Source: Channel...
New Ukraine peace talks to take place in Minsk
Belarus said that a new round of Ukrainian peace negotiations involving the warring sides and overseen by European and Russian envoys would be held on Friday (Jan 30) in Minsk. …read more Source: Channel...
US threatens tougher action against Russia over Ukraine
Washington is ready to increase sanctions on Russia over its actions in war-torn Ukraine, says US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew during a visit to Kiev. …read more Source: Channel...
UN says Ukraine attack ‘targeted civilians’ as Putin defiant
A senior UN official told an emergency Security Council meeting that the deadly rocket barrage on the port city of Mariupol came from pro-Russian rebel-controlled territory and sought to strike a civilian population, in violation of international humanitarian law. …read more Source: Channel...
Putin brands Ukraine army a NATO proxy as fighting flares
President Vladimir Putin on Monday (Jan 26) ridiculed the Ukrainian army as NATO’s “foreign legion”, ignoring Western pressure on the Kremlin to rein in a pro-Russian insurgency that has gone on the offensive across eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Shelling briefly traps 500 miners in east Ukraine
The incident occurred in rebel-controlled Donetsk city’s Zasyadko coal mine – one of eastern Europe’s largest and scene of a similar incident on January 11. …read more Source: Channel...
