Section: Channel NewsAsia (Singapore)
Ukraine leader sees end to war, eyes EU membership by 2020
President Petro Poroshenko’s upbeat message was clouded by new deadly clashes and a defiant decision by guerrillas to hold independent elections on November 2. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine to shut Russia border, seek EU membership
The two steps underscore the extent of Kiev’s alienation from its historic master and deal a further blow to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s dream of folding Ukraine into a Kremlin-led alliance that could rival NATO and the European Union. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine prepares to close Russia border to halt ‘intervention’
A decree published on the presidential website ordered the government “to settle the issue of temporarily closing checkpoints on Ukraine’s state border with the Russian Federation to cars, sea and pedestrian traffic.” …read more Source: Channel...
Poroshenko tells cabinet to consider ‘temporarily’ closing Russia border
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko issued the decree to help halt Russia’s “intervention” in the ex-Soviet state’s affairs. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine PM asks West to keep sanctions on Russia
Hours after US President Barack Obama offered to help lift sanctions against Moscow, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk called on the West to refrain from doing so in a speech to the UN General Assembly. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine peace efforts stall despite lull in fighting
Separatists in the Russian-speaking industrial east on Tuesday brushed off President Petro Poroshenko’s limited self-rule offer and announced plans to set up independent parliaments in self-organised polls on November 2. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine prepares pullback as truce holds
The Ukrainian military said on Monday (Sep 22) it was preparing to pull back its guns from the front line in the separatist east as a fragile truce with pro-Russian insurgents appeared to be taking hold. …read more Source: Channel...
Poroshenko warns Ukraine will defend itself if truce fails
President Petro Poroshenko warned on Sunday (Sep 21) that Ukraine must be ready to defend itself should a peace plan aimed at ending a five-month war with pro-Russian insurgents fall through. …read more Source: Channel...
Thousands march in Moscow against Kremlin role in Ukraine strife
Thousands of Russians on Sunday (Sep 21) marched through Moscow to protest against the Kremlin’s involvement in the Ukraine crisis, in the country’s first major anti-war rally since fighting erupted in April. …read more Source: Channel...
Poroshenko says Ukraine ready to defend itself if peace plan fails
President Petro Poroshenko said on Sunday (Sep 21) that Ukraine must be ready to defend itself should a peace deal with pro-Russian insurgents fail. …read more Source: Channel...
