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Germany says aiming for new Ukraine talks in Minsk next Tuesday
BERLIN – Germany’s foreign minister said on Wednesday that he and his French counterpart had invited the foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine to meet in Minsk next week in another push to revive peace talks on the crisis in eastern Ukraine. … …read more Source:...
Putin says Ukraine’s detention of Russian soldiers is ‘perfidy’
MOSCOW – The detention this week of two Russian servicemen near the border with Ukraine was an act of “perfidy” by the Kiev authorities, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday…. …read more Source:...
Germany, France seek four-way talks on eastern Ukraine conflict on Nov. 29
Germany and France have invited Ukraine and Russia to meet in Minsk next week for four-way talks aimed at kick-starting peace talks on the crisis in eastern Ukraine, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Wednesday. …read more Source: Channel...
Maintaining the calm after the storm
November 23, 2016 5:00 AMUkrainian National Guard members walking past a woman wearing a colourful costume as they patrolled near Independence Square in Kiev yesterday, following a night of violence by activists of some far-right Ukrainian parties. …read more Source: The Straits...
Not to give Ukraine EU visa deal will embolden Putin – Rasmussen
Russia will be more aggressive towards Ukraine if the European Union does not honour a promise of visa-free travel for Ukrainians, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the former NATO chief and now an adviser to Kiev’s president, said on Tuesday. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine investing attacks by far-right activists on Russian bank, office of pro-Kremlin politician
November 22, 2016 8:31 PMKIEV (AFP) – Kiev police said on Tuesday (Nov 22) they were investigating an attack by far-right activists on a Russian bank and the office of a Ukrainian politician who is close friends with Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: The Straits...
Russia says detention of its soldiers near Crimea was ‘provocation’
MINSK – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Ukraine’s detention of two Russian soldiers near the border with Crimea was “a provocation.” Ukrainian security services detained two Russian soldiers near the border with… …read more Source:...
Russia says detention of its soldiers near Crimea was ‘provocation’
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Ukraine’s detention of two Russian soldiers near the border with Crimea was “a provocation.” …read more Source: Channel...
Detained servicemen were on Kiev-controlled territory, says Ukraine: agency
KIEV – Ukraine’s State Security Service said on Monday it had detained two servicemen on the Ukraine-controlled side of the Crimean border who were former members of the Ukrainian military who had deserted to join Russia, Interfax Ukraine reported. … …read more Source:...
Ukraine detains two Russian soldiers near Crimean border
Ukrainian security services have detained two Russian soldiers near the border with Crimea, with Ukraine saying the men were deserters from the Ukrainian army detained on Ukrainian-controlled territory and Russia saying they were seized in Crimea. …read more Source: Channel...
