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NATO, Russia meeting confirms ‘profound disagreements’ – NATO chief
NATO’s first formal meeting with Russia’s envoy to the alliance in almost two years underscored the deep East-West divide over the Ukraine crisis and the future of Europe’s security, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said. …read more Source: Channel...
EU proposes to lift visas for Ukrainians, hopes for change ‘soon’
European Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos said he hoped that visa requirements for Ukrainians could be lifted “very, very soon” following Wednesday’s legislative proposal by the EU executive. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko hints at deal with Russia to swap pilot Savchenko
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Tuesday he had agreed with Russian President Vladimir Putin a framework for a deal to secure the release of Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, serving a 22-year jail sentence in Russia. …read more Source: Channel...
Putin, Poroshenko discuss jailed pilot, Russians held in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko on Monday discussed the fate of a hunger-striking Ukrainian pilot jailed in Russia and two Russians captured and tried in Ukraine, the Kremlin said. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine sentences captured Russian servicemen to 14 years
A Ukrainian court on Monday sentenced two Russian soldiers captured last May to 14 years in prison for their involvement in the pro-Russian separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
‘Putin’s Bridge’ edges closer to annexed Crimea despite delays
A crumbling nineteenth century fortress perched on the edge of a cape in Russian-annexed Crimea is drawing locals to gaze at what some are calling Putin’s Bridge: a nascent super structure that will link the peninsula to Russia. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine finds two Russian servicemen guilty of ‘terrorism’
A Ukrainian court ruled on Monday that two Russian servicemen, captured in Ukrainian territory last May, were guilty of charges including preparing “an act of terror” related to the pro-Russian separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
US Vice President Biden, new Ukraine PM discuss reforms -White House
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden spoke on Thursday to new Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman, emphasising the need to move quickly on reforms and implementing the Minsk ceasefire agreement with Russia, the White House said. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine recovers four stolen Dutch paintings
Four Dutch masterpieces dating from the country’s 17th-century Golden Age have been recovered by security services in Ukraine over 10 years after they were stolen from a museum in the Netherlands, Ukraine Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said on Thursday. …read more Source: Channel...
Opponents of Russian annexation persecuted in Crimea – Europe rights body
Europe’s leading human rights organisation said on Thursday that Crimea’s indigenous Muslim Tatars and other opponents of the region’s annexation by Russia face persecution including police intimidation and brutality. …read more Source: Channel...
