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OSCE says spots deadly Russian rocket system in Ukraine for first time
International monitors say they have spotted a new kind of Russian weapons system in rebel-held Ukraine this week, possible evidence of Moscow’s continued interest in Ukraine even as it focuses on Syria. …read more Source: Channel...
Putin holds first talks with Western leaders since Syria strikes
Russian President Putin, who was originally scheduled to be in Paris for a peace summit on the Ukraine conflict, will probably find the topic of Syrian air strikes on the agenda as well. …read more Source: Channel...
Syria and Ukraine: two fronts in Russian war for influence
Russia’s air strikes in Syria are in part designed to extract concessions from the West over Ukraine by making Moscow a key player in any attempts by world powers to hammer out a post-conflict settlement in Damascus, some Western officials believe. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine to hold investor presentations on debt restructuring
Ukraine will hold three investor presentations on the main features of a debt restructuring deal it is asking bondholders to approve, the Finance Ministry said on Thursday. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine, rebels give initial backing to small arms withdrawal
Kiev said on Wednesday (Sep 30) it had struck an initial agreement with pro-Russian insurgents to withdraw smaller weapons from the buffer zone splitting eastern rebel lands from the rest of Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine, rebels agree to broaden weapons withdrawal
MINSK – Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists have agreed to extend a pull-back of weapons in east Ukraine to include tanks and smaller weapons systems, the OSCE’s representative at peace talks, Martin Sajdik, said on Tuesday. The deal was agreed during further… …read more Source:...
Obama, Kazakhstan’s Nazarbayev discuss non-proliferation, Ukraine – White House
U.S. President Barack Obama and Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev discussed nuclear non-proliferation and the conflict in Ukraine at a meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, the White House said in a statement. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine leader mocks Russia’s call for anti-terrorism coalition
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday derided Russia’s call for the creation of an international antiterrorism coalition, saying the Russians inspire terrorism on their own doorstep and back bellicose puppet governments. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine, rebels agree to broaden weapons withdrawal
Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists have agreed to extend a pull-back of weapons in east Ukraine to include tanks and smaller weapons systems, the OSCE’s representative at peace talks, Martin Sajdik, said on Tuesday. …read more Source: Channel...
Kiev opens politically-charged trial of Russian troops
Moscow claims the two – Captain Yevgeny Yerofeyev and Sergeant Aleksander Aleksandrov – are “volunteers”: retired servicemen who joined pro-Russian militias fighting in Ukraine’s separatist east since early last year. …read more Source: Channel...
