Section: Channel NewsAsia (Singapore)
EU warns Putin against action in Ukraine, including humanitarian
European Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso warned Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call on Monday (Aug 11) against any unilateral intervention in Ukraine, including for humanitarian reasons. …read more Source: Channel...
First MH17 crash report in “weeks”: Dutch investigators
Dutch air crash investigators said Monday (Aug 11) they expect to release an initial report into what brought down flight MH17 over Ukraine with the loss of 298 lives “in a few weeks”. …read more Source: Channel...
Artillery pounds Ukraine rebel bastion as West warns Russia
Artillery pounded the rebel bastion of Donetsk in southeastern Ukraine on Sunday (Aug 10) as the West warned Russia that any attempt to send “humanitarian” troops into the conflict-torn region would be “unacceptable”. …read more Source: Channel...
Kiev says will let international aid mission in rebel-held Lugansk
Ukraine is ready to accept an aid mission to the eastern rebel stronghold of Lugansk, President Petro Poroshenko said, but only if it is an unarmed international team entering the country through Kiev-controlled borders. …read more Source: Channel...
West warns Russia against ‘illegal’ invasion of Ukraine
The West warned Russia that any attempt to enter Ukraine on “humanitarian” grounds would be considered an “illegal” invasion after Kiev claimed Russian troops had tried to cross the border in the guise of aid workers. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia denies ‘humanitarian’ push into Ukraine as forces surround Donetsk
Russia denied allegations that it tried to send “humanitarian” troops into conflict-torn eastern Ukraine, as rebels in the surrounded stronghold of Donetsk pledged to keep fighting. …read more Source: Channel...
65 victims of MH17 identified, last experts home
Dutch forensic experts have identified a total of 65 victims of downed flight MH17, the government said, as the last of the investigators returned from eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Fierce Ukraine border battles leave 15 dead as sanctions war heats up
NATO also urging Moscow to withdraw troops from Ukraine border. Various countries also slam Russia’s food embargo. …read more Source: Channel...
21 more MH17 crash victims identified as experts fly home
Dutch forensics experts have identified 21 more flight MH17 crash victims, the government said Friday (Aug 8), as experts unable to work at the crash site in restive eastern Ukraine began flying home. …read more Source: Channel...
Clashes kill 15 Ukrainian servicemen in 24 hours: military
Fierce fighting in eastern Ukraine has killed 15 Ukrainian servicemen and injured 79 more over the past 24 hours, a Ukrainian military spokesman said on Friday (Aug 8). …read more Source: Channel...
