Section: Singapore
G-7 calls for Ukraine deal to be implemented ‘without delay’
February 14, 2015 4:59 AMWASHINGTON (AFP) – The Group of 7 (G-7) voiced concern about bloody violence and the build-up of weapons in eastern Ukraine Friday, days before a negotiated ceasefire was due to come into effect. …read more Source: The Straits...
US says Russia still deploying heavy arms in Ukraine
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the United States had received reports of heavy weapons being moved into eastern Ukraine from Russia over the past few days, and more apparently on the way. …read more Source: Channel...
US says Russia still deploying heavy arms in Ukraine
February 14, 2015 2:51 AMWASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States charged Friday that Russia was continuing to deploy heavy weapons in eastern Ukraine, before a ceasefire agreed this week goes into effect. …read more Source: The Straits...
Battle of the airwaves – Baltics compete with Russia for hearts and minds
Responding to what they see as a wave of Kremlin propaganda over Ukraine, the governments of the three Baltic states are keeping a wary eye on pro-Moscow TV channels and stepping up their own broadcasts in Russian. …read more Source: Channel...
“Merkel mania” as hyperactive chancellor tackles Ukraine, Greece
BERLIN – Kiev, Moscow, Munich, Washington, Ottawa, Minsk and Brussels – all in a week’s work for Angela Merkel, whose tireless efforts to broker peace in Ukraine and keep Greece in the euro zone won praise even from the chancellor’s fiercest critics in Germany.”I don’t feel bad. And the week isn’t even...
To reach Ukraine accord – high diplomacy, ‘dirty games’ and pig’s fat
The talks lasted more than 17 hours, during which a couple of “buckets” of coffee were drunk, and took place in what Ukraine’s foreign minister, with some understatement, described as a “difficult psychological atmosphere”. …read more Source: Channel...
‘Merkel mania’ as hyperactive chancellor tackles Ukraine, Greece
Kiev, Moscow, Munich, Washington, Ottawa, Minsk and Brussels – all in a week’s work for Angela Merkel, whose tireless efforts to broker peace in Ukraine and keep Greece in the euro zone won praise even from the chancellor’s fiercest critics in Germany. …read more Source: Channel...
At least 18 killed in Ukraine despite peace deal
At least 18 people have been killed in eastern Ukraine in new artillery shelling just a day after a peace deal was signed to end the 10-month conflict. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia hopes all sides to Minsk agreement will observe it
Russia expects that all sides to the agreement reached in Minsk on solving Ukraine’s conflict will observe its terms, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday. …read more Source: Channel...
Fighting rages in run-up to Ukraine ceasefire
Ukraine and Russian-backed rebels fought fiercely across the east of the country on Friday despite a new peace deal brokered by Germany and France. …read more Source: Channel...
