Section: Channel NewsAsia (Singapore)
Truce takes hold in Ukraine as West mulls new Russia sanctions
Ukraine and pro-Kremlin rebels signed up to a truce on Friday (Sep 5) that could stem nearly five months of bloodshed but is unlikely to quell the separatist drive in the east. …read more Source: Channel...
NATO to boost presence in east; approves rapid response force
NATO leaders have agreed to set up a rapid reaction force as part of efforts to reassure allies rattled by the Ukraine crisis and rising Islamic extremism, alliance head Anders Fogh Rasmussen said. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine, pro-Russian rebels agree on ceasefire from Friday
Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels on Friday (Sep 5) signed a ceasefire agreement which will begin at 6pm local time (11pm Singapore time). …read more Source: Channel...
Putin’s ceasefire plan for Ukraine: what you need to know
Ukraine was set Friday (Sep 5) to hammer out a ceasefire deal with pro-Russian rebels after almost five months of fighting that has killed around 2,600 people in the east of the country. …read more Source: Channel...
Britain ready to commit 3,500 troops to new NATO force
Britain could contribute 3,500 troops to a NATO rapid response force designed to meet new threats highlighted by the Ukraine crisis and Islamic State gains in Syria and Iraq, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Friday (Sep 5). …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine ceasefire talks begin but fighting continues
Fighting raged Friday (Sep 5) as Ukraine prepared to sign a Kremlin-backed truce with insurgents that could halt five months of bloodshed. …read more Source: Channel...
Fighting in Ukraine’s eastern hotspots despite truce talks
Heavy combat fire rocked the outskirts of the strategic Ukrainian port city of Mariupol on Friday (Sep 5), AFP correspondents said, just hours before talks open on a possible ceasefire. …read more Source: Channel...
NATO to sanction Russia as Ukraine heads into peace talks
NATO leaders are expected to announce a raft of fresh sanctions against Russia on Friday (Sep 5) over its actions in Ukraine, although hopes remain that a ceasefire can be forged at peace talks in Minsk on the same day. …read more Source: Channel...
NATO leaders accuse Russia, aid Ukraine
NATO leaders on Thursday (Sep 4) accused Russia of failing to take “a single step towards peace” in Ukraine even as President Petro Poroshenko voiced “careful optimism” about forging a ceasefire with pro-Moscow rebels. …read more Source: Channel...
Ceasefire hopes rise, NATO slams Russia
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko met with Western leaders at the NATO summit and said he expected a deal would be signed on Friday “for the gradual introduction of the Ukrainian peace plan”. …read more Source: Channel...
