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Gunfire around Ukraine’s Donetsk after NATO warns on truce
Heavy gunfire erupted around the eastern Ukrainian rebel stronghold of Donetsk on Sunday (Sep 21), just hours after NATO’s top military commander said there was a ceasefire “in name only” on the ground. …read more Source: Channel...
NATO warns on Ukraine truce as fighters set to pull back
Ukrainian forces and pro-Kremlin militias were due Sunday to pull back under a new peace plan, but NATO’s top military commander warned that there was a ceasefire “in name only” on the ground. …read more Source: Channel...
NATO says Russian forces ‘still inside Ukraine’
NATO’s top military commander on Saturday (Sep 20) said Russian forces were still operating in Ukraine and that a ceasefire was not working, but he expressed hope a new peace plan could bring progress. …read more Source: Channel...
Third Russian aid convoy arrives in east Ukraine
Russia has delivered a third shipment of aid to rebel-controlled Ukraine, sending trucks carrying water and food across the border, a spokesman for Russia’s emergencies ministry said on Saturday (Sep 20). …read more Source: Channel...
G20 nations want Putin at leaders’ summit
Vladimir Putin is set to attend the G20 leaders’ summit in November despite alarm over Russia’s actions in Ukraine, with host Australia on Saturday (Sep 20) saying it was the “emphatic” wish of member nations. …read more Source: Channel...
Kiev, rebels ink deal creating buffer zone
Kiev and pro-Russian separatists on Saturday (Sep 20) signed a deal creating a demilitarised zone in conflict-torn eastern Ukraine after fresh talks aimed at ending a brutal five-month war. …read more Source: Channel...
Kiev, rebels sign peace plan memorandum: negotiators
Negotiators representing Kiev and Ukraine’s separatists said on Saturday (Sep 20) they have signed a deal to create a demilitarised zone in eastern Ukraine. “We have signed a memorandum,” Kiev’s envoy, former president Leonid Kuchma, told reporters. …read more Source: Channel...
New Ukraine peace talks open in Minsk
Face-to-face talks aimed at finding a way to end Ukraine’s brutal five-month war began on Friday (Sep 19) in the Belarussian capital of Minsk, trying to build on a ragged ceasefire that was agreed in the same city two weeks ago. …read more Source: Channel...
Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine form joint brigade
Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine on Friday (Sep 19) signed an agreement to form a joint brigade intended to modernise the Ukrainian army confronting pro-Kremlin separatists in the country’s east. …read more Source: Channel...
New Ukraine peace talks after Obama rebuffs Poroshenko pleas
Warring parties in Ukraine meet on Friday (Sep 19) to try to find a lasting solution to a brutal conflict that has killed around 3,000 people and stoked Western alarm about Russia’s territorial ambitions. …read more Source: Channel...
