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Kerry urges Russia not to isolate itself ‘through its own actions’
US Secretary of State called on Russia to help halt the ongoing military crisis in eastern Ukraine as a way to eventually ease out of economic sanctions put in place after Moscow’s annexation of the Crimea. …read more Source: Channel...
Kiev calls for real truce, not ‘hybrid ceasefire’
What Ukraine needs is a real bilateral ceasefire for eastern Ukraine, and not a “hybrid ceasefire”, said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin on Thursday (Dec 4). …read more Source: Channel...
Russia will not scale back ties with Europe, America: Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday (Dec 4) pledged that Russia would not scale back its ties with the West despite bitter ongoing confrontation over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: Channel...
Putin says West uses sanctions to undermine Russia
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday the West had used the Ukraine crisis and the annexation of Crimea as a pretext to slap sanctions against Russia. …read more Source: Channel...
70 rebel attacks in east Ukraine: military
Efforts to bring a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine are slim as rebel attacks around the airport in the city of Donetsk continue, according to the military, and also in Lugansk. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine nuclear plant short circuit adds to power woes
Ukraine’s power crisis deepened as an electrical fault at a nuclear plant caused a shutdown that further crimped supplies. …read more Source: Channel...
NATO steps up actions to deal with Ukraine crisis
NATO foreign ministers including US secretary of state John Kerry have been meeting in Brussels with the focus on the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine names US national Jaresko as finance minister
Ukraine’s parliament on Tuesday confirmed US national Natalia Jaresko as finance minister while handing the economy portfolio to Lithuanian investment banker Aivaras Abromavicius in a new government designed to sweep out graft. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine, pro-Russian rebels agree new truce
Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels have “agreed in principle” on a ceasefire in the eastern war-torn region of Lugansk, one of the state’s two separatist provinces. …read more Source: Channel...
NATO’s top military officer questions Russian convoys to eastern Ukraine
A fragile ceasefire in eastern Ukraine comes under renewed pressure as Kiev and NATO’s top military commander question the materials carried by a large convoy of Russian trucks headed to the embattled regions of Donetsk and Luhansk. …read more Source: Channel...
