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Ukraine to re-examine peace plan with rebels
Poroshenko said he and security chiefs would “re-examine” Kiev’s commitments to the truce deal, including “abolition” of a key element in the truce that offered separatists autonomy within Ukraine’s existing borders. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia backs Ukraine rebel vote despite West criticism
Alexander Zakharchenko – prime minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic – took 81 per cent of the vote according to rebel election officials, against nine per cent each for his two opponents. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine rebel leader on course to win poll ‘farce’
Alexander Zakharchenko – prime minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic – was estimated to get 81 per cent of the presidential vote, according to a rebel exit poll released after the ballot ended. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine separatists vote in controversial election
The elections in the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic and Lugansk People’s Republic were designed to bring a degree of legitimacy to the makeshift military regimes that already control them. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine separatists start controversial election
The elections in the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic and Lugansk People’s Republic, which are based around the two main rebel-held cities, were designed to bring a degree of legitimacy to the makeshift military regimes that already control them. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine rebel vote threatens to deepen crisis
Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine hold controversial leadership elections on Sunday (Nov 2) that Kiev and the West have refused to recognise and which threaten to deepen the international crisis over the conflict. …read more Source: Channel...
US condemns eastern Ukraine separatist vote
France, Germany, the European Union and the transatlantic NATO alliance have also condemned Sunday’s leadership vote in Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk regions. …read more Source: Channel...
Dutch team back at Ukraine MH17 site
Dutch forensics experts have returned to the site of downed flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine, where they gathered body parts despite continued clashes in the area, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said. …read more Source: Channel...
NATO warns Russia over Ukraine rebel polls
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warned Russia on Friday (Oct 31) against recognising elections staged by pro-Kremlin rebels in eastern Ukraine, saying Moscow continues to destabilise the country instead of backing peace efforts. …read more Source: Channel...
NATO warns Russia over Ukraine rebel polls
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warned Russia on Friday (Oct 31) against recognising elections staged by pro-Kremlin rebels in eastern Ukraine, saying Moscow continues to destabilise the country instead of backing peace efforts. …read more Source: Channel...
