Section: Singapore
US agrees to help enhance Ukrainian forces, dispatches adviser
The United States and Ukraine on Thursday agreed to cooperate on defence technology and improve Ukraine’s forces in a move aimed at boosting Ukrainian defence and enhancing U.S. assistance, the Pentagon said. …read more Source: Channel...
Much work needed to improve Ukraine ceasefire, German foreign minister says
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Thursday that there was still a lot of work to be done to get a ceasefire fully implemented in Ukraine, adding that progress was “urgently needed”. …read more Source: Channel...
German, French foreign minister to head to Ukraine next week
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Wednesday said he would travel to Ukraine with his French counterpart next week to discuss if, and when, broader Normandy format talks that also include Russia could be scheduled. …read more Source: Channel...
Smuggling gangs hire Ukrainian sailors for ‘luxury’ migrant crossings
Human smuggling gangs are increasingly hiring Ukrainian sailors to captain yachts and other boats for migrants willing to pay up to US$8,000 for safe passage to Europe, Italian police said on Wednesday, after the arrest of two suspected traffickers. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia frees Crimean dissident from psychiatric clinic
Russian authorities freed a prominent Crimean dissident from a psychiatric clinic on Wednesday after he was held there for almost a month and subjected to enforced examinations, his lawyer and a colleague said; but he still faces a possible jail sentence. …read more Source: Channel...
EU extends travel bans, asset freezes on Russia
The European Union extended on Wednesday part of its sanctions against Russia over Moscow’s annexation of Crimea and its role in the crisis in Ukraine, diplomats said. …read more Source: Channel...
Kremlin – new US sanctions not consistent with talks over cooperation
Expanded U.S. sanctions on Russia are not consistent with talks over possible cooperation between Russia and the United States in other areas, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Wednesday. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine leader calls joining NATO ‘strategic goal’
President Petro Poroshenko said on Tuesday (Sep 6) that Ukraine’s membership in NATO remained a “strategic goal” even though the Western military alliance remained sceptical about enlisting the former Soviet state. …read more Source: Channel...
Germany’s foreign minister eyes regulation to keep Ukraine ceasefire in weeks
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Sunday he hoped a new regulation aimed at maintaining a fragile ceasefire in eastern Ukraine could be completed soon by the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). …read more Source: Channel...
Crimean dissident says psychiatric detainment a risk to his health
A Crimean dissident undergoing enforced psychiatric testing by Russian authorities is being held in a dilapidated medical facility and says the poor conditions are a danger to his physical health. …read more Source: Channel...
