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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. …read more Source: Channel...
UN says close to 8,000 killed in east Ukraine
At least 7,962 people have been killed and 17,811 wounded in violence in eastern Ukraine since mid-April 2014, the U.N. Human Rights Office said on Tuesday, as it published a regular report by U.N. monitors in the country. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia says truce holding in Ukraine but little progress on peace plan
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday fighting has died down in east Ukraine since a new truce was put in place on Sept. 1 but blamed Kiev for not moving forward on other provisions of a peace plan brokered by Germany and France. …read more Source: Channel...
East Ukraine rebels arrest leader amid infighting
A leader of Russian-backed separatists in east Ukraine, Andrei Purgin, has been detained by fellow-rebels in a power struggle as the breakaway region prepares to hold its own elections. …read more Source: Channel...
EU boosts aid to farmers hit by Russia sanctions
The European Commission announced a 500 million euro (365 million pound) package of measures on Monday to provide relief for farmers stung by slumping prices triggered partly by the loss of exports to Russia due to EU sanctions against the country. …read more Source: Channel...
NATO chief to make first visit to Ukraine amid strains with Moscow
NATO’s secretary general will make his first visit to Ukraine this month, Ukraine’s foreign minister said on Monday, dismissing the idea that this would provoke Moscow, which is backing the pro-Russian rebellion in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
France proposes leaders’ summit on Ukraine to push peace process
French President Francois Hollande on Monday proposed a meeting of the leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine in Paris later this month to push ahead with peace talks after recent ceasefire progress. …read more Source: Channel...
IMF chief urges Ukraine’s creditors to back debt restructuring plan
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde on Sunday lauded Ukraine’s economic progress and urged its creditors to join in a deal to restructure $18 billion of its sovereign and quasi-sovereign debt.Speaking in Kiev alongside Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, Lagarde said Ukraine had “surprised the world” by its...
IMF chief says 'extremely encouraged' by Ukraine reforms
[KIEV] International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde on Sunday heaped praise on Ukraine’s reform efforts in a visit to Kiev following a deal to restructure the country’s debt burden. …read more Source: The Business...
German film portrays Ukraine conflict through local voices
German film director Georg Genoux went as a volunteer to eastern Ukrainian city of Mykolaivka last November to film ordinary people talking about the Ukraine conflict and to help the city destroyed by shelling. …read more Source: Channel...
