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Russia, Ukraine, Germany, France may meet on G20 sidelines – Lavrov
Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany may hold a “summit” on the sidelines of the Group of 20 meeting in China to discuss the Ukraine peace process, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday. …read more Source: Channel...
Senior separatist official in east Ukraine wounded in explosion
The head of the separatist-controlled Luhansk region in east Ukraine was wounded on Saturday after an explosion near his car that regional officials said was an assassination attempt. …read more Source: Channel...
Civilian casualties highest in a year in Ukraine – UN rights boss
Civilian casualties from shelling, mines and booby traps in eastern Ukraine are at their highest in a year as government forces and pro-Moscow separatists constantly violate a ceasefire, the U.N. rights boss said on Wednesday. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine’s Savchenko launches hunger strike over political inaction
Nadiya Savchenko, the Ukrainian servicewoman-turned-lawmaker who spent two years in a Russian jail, announced a new hunger strike on Tuesday to speed up the release of other Ukrainian prisoners-of-war, accusing Ukraine’s president of ignoring their plight. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia asks London court to order Ukraine to repay US$3 billion Eurobond
The Russian Finance Ministry said on Thursday that it had asked the London court handling a lawsuit over Ukraine’s US$3 billion (2 billion pounds) debt to Russia to issue an expedited judgment ordering Kiev to repay the debt. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine, after war, becomes a trove for black market arms trade
On Feb. 12 last year, the same day that a ceasefire ended the worst of the fighting in eastern Ukraine between rebels and government forces, a former rebel fighter seized a chance to turn his inside knowledge of the conflict into hard cash. …read more Source: Channel...
Insight – Ukraine, after war, becomes a trove for black market arms trade
On Feb. 12 last year, the same day that a ceasefire ended the worst of the fighting in eastern Ukraine between rebels and government forces, a former rebel fighter seized a chance to turn his inside knowledge of the conflict into hard cash. …read more Source: Channel...
Six Ukrainian soldiers killed as clashes surge
Six Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and thirteen wounded in a fresh surge of fighting between pro-Russian rebels and government forces in the country’s war-torn east, Kiev said Sunday. …read more Source: Channel...
Sanctions hinder Russian efforts to build power plant – sources
A state tender for a company to build and operate a power plant in southern Russia attracted no bids partly because firms feared falling foul of EU sanctions should any electricity be diverted to nearby Crimea, industry sources said. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine shocked by ‘cynical’ car bomb murder of investigative journalist
An award-winning journalist working for the online investigative website Ukrayinska Pravda was killed by a car bomb in central Kiev early on Wednesday morning, in what a senior Ukrainian official called a “cynical murder”. …read more Source: Channel...
