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Syria will be topic at Saturday meeting of ministers in Berlin
Foreign ministers meeting in Berlin on Saturday to discuss the Ukraine crisis are also likely to touch on the situation in Syria, a spokesman for the German foreign ministry said on Friday. …read more Source: Channel...
Russian court hands out tough jail term for Ukrainian flag stunt
A Russian court on Thursday convicted a Ukrainian man of helping try to paint his country’s national flag on a Moscow skyscraper as an act of protest against the Kremlin’s foreign policy and sentenced him to two years and three months in jail. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia building major military base near Ukrainian border
Russia has started to build a huge military base housing ammunition depots and barracks for several thousand soldiers near the Ukrainian border, a project that suggests the Kremlin is digging in for a prolonged stand-off with Kiev.The base, when completed, will even have its own swimming pool, skating rink and barber shop, according to public...
Leaders from EU, Russia, Ukraine to meet in Paris in October – reports
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrianian President Petro Poroshenko will along with the French and German leaders in Paris in early October to discuss peace efforts to resolve the Ukrainian conflict, Russian news agency RIA reported on Wednesday, citing France’s Elysee Palace. …read more Source: Channel...
NATO concerned by Russian presence in Syria, Ukraine calmer
Reports of growing Russian military activity in Syria are a cause for concern while the situation in eastern Ukraine seems calmer, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday. …read more Source: Channel...
Exclusive – Russia building major military base near Ukrainian border
Russia has started to build a huge military base housing ammunition depots and barracks for several thousand soldiers near the Ukrainian border, a project that suggests the Kremlin is digging in for a prolonged stand-off with Kiev. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine ceasefire more respected now, NATO chief says
A ceasefire in eastern Ukraine is being respected more now than in the past, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine still faces threat of Russian military offensive – Poroshenko
Ukraine still faces the threat of a full-scale Russian military attack despite several days of relative calm on the front-lines of the east where government forces confront Russian-backed separatists, President Petro Poroshenko said on Tuesday.Poroshenko comments at a government meeting come amid signs of discord in the governing coalition over...
Kiev invites ICC to probe war crimes in east Ukraine
Ukraine on Tuesday accepted the International Criminal Court’s jurisdiction to probe war crimes committed since February 2014, including in its war-torn east where thousands have been killed. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine accepts international criminal court jurisdiction from February 2014
The government of Ukraine has accepted jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court over war crimes committed on its territory beginning in February 2014, the court said on Tuesday. …read more Source: Channel...
