Section: Channel NewsAsia (Singapore)
Ukraine leader warns of Russia threat, seeks US support
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has called for greater political and military support from Washington and tighter sanctions on Russia as he told US lawmakers that Kremlin aggression represented a threat to global security. …read more Source: Channel...
Kiev says Russia masses troops on Ukraine border
The Ukrainian government accused Russia on Thursday (Sep 18) of massing around 4,000 troops on the border of Russian-annexed Crimea and Ukraine, as Crimean residents also reported seeing troop movements. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia ‘moves troops in Crimea’ ahead of Ukraine-US meet
Kiev accused Moscow on Thursday (Sep 18) of massing its troops in annexed Crimea on the Ukraine border, rattling nerves just as President Petro Poroshenko prepared to meet US counterpart Barack Obama. …read more Source: Channel...
Kiev says Russia masses 4,000 troops in Crimea on Ukraine border
The government in Kiev said on Thursday (Sep 18) that Russia had massed around 4,000 troops stationed in annexed Crimea on the border with Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Obama, Poroshenko meet as peace deal hopes rise
Ukraine’s leader Petro Poroshenko will meet with US President Barack Obama Thursday (Sep 18), amid hopes Kiev’s conflict with pro-Russian rebels may end after Moscow hailed an offer of self-rule for the separatists. …read more Source: Channel...
Self-rule law for east Ukraine ‘step in the right direction’: Russia
Moscow has praised Kiev’s law on self-rule for the war-torn eastern Ukraine as a “step in the right direction” and expressed the hope the rebel-held regions would develop cross-border cooperation with Russia. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia to deploy reinforcements to Crimea area
Russia is to reinforce its troop deployments in annexed Crimea and southern Russia because of the worsening crisis in Ukraine and the buildup of foreign forces nearby, the country’s defence minister said on Tuesday (Sep 16). …read more Source: Channel...
Donbass is ‘no longer’ part of Ukraine, says rebel leader
A rebel leader on Tuesday (Sep 16) dismissed Kiev giving the separatist east limited self-rule, saying Ukraine’s eastern Donbass region was no longer part of the ex-Soviet country. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine and EU ratify landmark pact at heart of crisis
The Ukrainian and European parliaments on Tuesday (Sep 16) simultaneously ratified a landmark pact at the heart of the ex-Soviet country’s bloodiest crisis since independence. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine parliament ratifies landmark EU pact
The Ukrainian parliament on Tuesday (Sep 16) ratified a landmark EU pact that decisively steers the former Soviet state towards the West and away from Russian influence. …read more Source: Channel...
