Section: Channel NewsAsia (Singapore)
Obama to go to Estonia next month: White House
US President Barack Obama will go to Estonia next month to reaffirm Washington’s commitment to NATO allies at a time of rising tensions with Russia over Ukraine, the White House announced. …read more Source: Channel...
EU urges Russia to put “immediate stop” to border hostilities
EU ministers urged Russia on Friday (Aug 15) to put an “immediate stop” to all forms of hostilities near the Ukrainian border after reports that a Russian armoured convoy had entered war-torn eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine ready to inspect disputed Russian convoy
Ukrainian officials were preparing to inspect a massive Russian “aid” convoy bound for the conflict-torn east on Friday (Aug 15) after Russian armoured vehicles crossed the border, fuelling fears Moscow is trying to bolster the unravelling insurgency. …read more Source: Channel...
Rebel forces unravel as Ukraine military cuts off key stronghold
Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine have suffered dramatic setbacks after top military chiefs quit and Kiev’s forces pummelled their strongholds, cutting off a key rebel-held city from the Russian border. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia unconcerned by Ukraine sanctions
Ukraine does not have economic clout to impose sanctions on Russia, says analyst. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine rebel military chief quits
The main military commander of pro-Russian rebels battling government forces in east Ukraine, Igor Strelkov, quit his post on Thursday (Aug 14), the separatist leadership said. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine cuts off rebel-held Lugansk from Russian border: army
Ukrainian troops on Thursday (Aug 14) completely surrounded the rebel bastion of Lugansk by cutting the last road linking the city to the Russian border, a military spokesman said. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine passes law allowing Russia sanctions
Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday (Aug 14) approved a law paving the way for a string of sanctions on Russian businesses and nationals accused of backing a separatist uprising in the east of the country. …read more Source: Channel...
Putin says Russia should not cut itself off from West
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia should not “fence itself off from the outside world” despite a plunge in East-West relations over the pro-Kremlin insurgency in Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine sending own aid convoys to war-torn east
Ukraine said it was sending on Thursday (Aug 14) its own aid convoys to the war-torn east of the country, as wrangling continued over a mammoth column of Russian trucks rumbling towards the border. …read more Source: Channel...
