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Learning from Uncle Sam – to Russia’s annoyance, US hones Ukrainian fighting skills
Tense Ukrainian soldiers with assault rifles creep stealthily around mock houses before bursting in to clear out gunmen, while others practise setting ambushes or infantry assaults, all under the watchful eyes of U.S. Army trainers. …read more Source: Channel...
US signs $1.3 billion loan guarantee for Ukraine
WASHINGTON – The United States signed Monday its second $1 billion (S$1.3 billion) loan guarantee deal for Ukraine aimed at helping the crisis-wracked country surmount a Russia-backed insurgency and rebuild its tattered economy.The US loan guarantee agreement is part of a $7.5 billion package of support for Ukraine over the coming year from...
Ukraine in political, economic chaos as govt fails to deliver
THE country is on the cliff of bankruptcy. A spate of politically motivated killings and mysterious suicides of former government officials has sown fear in the capital. Infighting has begun to splinter the pro-European majority coalition in Parliament. And a constant threat of war lingers along the Russian border. …read more Source: The...
US signs US$1b loan guarantee for Ukraine
[WASHINGTON] The United States signed Monday its second US$1 billion loan guarantee deal for Ukraine aimed at helping the crisis-wracked country surmount a Russia-backed insurgency and rebuild its tattered economy. …read more Source: The Business...
Ukraine vows to show off ‘captured Russian soldiers’
KIEV – Ukraine vowed on Monday to present to the public two Russian soldiers it claimed to have captured while fighting Moscow-backed forces in the separatist east.The politically-charged declaration came as a tenuous February truce was broken by more violence that claimed the lives of at least four Ukrainian servicemen.Russia firmly denies...
NATO says not clear if Russia serious about Ukraine peace deal
A senior NATO official said on Monday it was still unclear whether Russia was prepared to take steps to support the Minsk agreement to ease the conflict in Ukraine, adding that Moscow would face more sanctions and isolation if the deal collapsed. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia reiterates no troops in east Ukraine after Kiev says captured two
The Kremlin reiterated on Monday that there were no regular Russian troops fighting in east Ukraine, a day after Kiev said it had captured two Russian servicemen there. …read more Source: Channel...
Russian soldier said captured in Ukraine admits on video to spying mission
One of two Russian servicemen Ukraine says it captured while fighting with separatists in eastern Ukraine admitted on a video circulating on Monday that he had been part of a Russian special forces spying mission. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine security chief accuses Russian soldiers of killing Ukrainian serviceman
Ukraine’s state security chief on Monday accused two captured Russian servicemen of participating in the killing of a Ukrainian soldier and said they would be prosecuted for “terrorist actions”. …read more Source: Channel...
Two Ukrainian servicemen killed in fighting with rebels – Kiev military
Two Ukrainian serviceman have been killed and four wounded in separatist attacks in eastern Ukraine in violation of a ceasefire agreement, Ukrainian military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said on Monday. …read more Source: Channel...
