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Ukraine secures cheap Russian coal and power supplies
Moscow promised to resume shipping coal and provide electricity to Ukraine for the first time in three years despite Kiev’s failure to guarantee energy supplies to Russian-occupied Crimea. …read more Source: Channel...
Kiev and rebels swap hundreds of captives in peace push
Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels swapped hundreds of prisoners as part of a new push for peace that came despite Kiev’s decision to cut off key transport links to breakaway Crimea. …read more Source: Channel...
No Ukraine peace talks in Minsk on Friday: Belarus
Belarus has said Ukrainian representatives and pro-Russian rebels will not be meeting in its capital Minsk on Friday (Dec 26) for what Kiev had hoped would be the signing of a final peace deal. …read more Source: Channel...
Conflict-hit east Ukraine struggles for festive joy
The big tree with the glimmering holiday lights is up but the festive spirit is missing on Lenin Square in the heart of east Ukraine’s rebel stronghold of Donetsk. …read more Source: Channel...
‘Difficult’ Ukraine talks end without new date agreement
Ukrainian and rebel envoys concluded “difficult” marathon talks without agreeing the date of a new round aimed at ending the pro-Russian uprising devastating the ex-Soviet state’s industrial east. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine, pro-Russian rebels resume peace talks
A successful round of preliminary negotiations in the Belarussian capital Minsk could pave the way for a second meeting on Friday (Dec 26) at which a final agreement is signed. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia says Ukrainian pilot behind MH17 crash
Russian investigators have said there is new testimony from a witness, who worked at an airfield in the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk, that a Ukrainian pilot was behind the Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash which killed 298 people. …read more Source: Channel...
Outraging Russia, Ukraine takes big step toward NATO
Ukraine took a historic step toward NATO on Tuesday (Dec 23) in a parliamentary vote that stoked Russia’s anger ahead of talks on ending the ex-Soviet state’s separatist war. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine parliament takes historic step toward NATO
Ukraine’s parliament took a historic step toward NATO membership on Tuesday (Dec 23) by overwhelmingly voting to revoke the nation’s neutral status, which it adopted under Russian pressure in 2010. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko to hold peace talks with rebels ‘this week’
The talks will be held in the Belarussian capital Minsk on Wednesday and Friday and were announced after the Ukrainian leader spoke by phone with his counterparts from Russia, France and Germany. …read more Source: Channel...
