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Ukraine death toll grows after fragile peace deal signed
At least 15 people have been killed in east Ukraine in new shelling despite the signing of a peace deal to end the 10-month conflict. …read more Source: Channel...
Finance Minister hopes Ukraine will get new IMF aid in early March – Interfax
Ukrainian Finance Minister Natalia Yaresko said on Friday she hoped Ukraine would get its next tranche of financial aid from the International Monetary Fund in the first week of March, news agency Interfax Ukraine reported. …read more Source: Channel...
Two Ukraine civilians killed in rebel shelling near Luhansk: Regional administration
Two civilians were killed and six injured on Friday morning by rebel shelling of the town of Shchastya, near Luhansk city in east Ukraine, the head of the Kiev-controlled regional administration said. …read more Source: Channel...
Eight Ukrainian servicemen killed in past 24 hours despite peace deal
KIEV – Eight Ukrainian service personnel have been killed and 34 wounded in fighting against separatists in eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours, a Kiev military spokesman said on Friday, despite a four-power peace deal worked out in Belarus.”In the Donbass (eastern Ukraine), this night was not a calm one. The enemy shelled positions...
Kremlin says leaders at Minsk talks in touch over Ukraine – RIA
The Kremlin’s spokesman said on Friday the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France are in touch over the Ukraine crisis and that he expected a phone conversation to be agreed upon in the coming days, RIA news agency reported. …read more Source: Channel...
Eight Ukrainian servicemen killed in past 24 hours despite peace deal
Eight Ukrainian service personnel have been killed and 34 wounded in fighting against separatists in eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours, a Kiev military spokesman said on Friday, despite a four-power peace deal worked out in Belarus. …read more Source: Channel...
In Russia, battle for university places deflates Crimea euphoria
Alexandra Kartokhina always dreamed of studying in a big city. She even went to a Russian school in her native Crimea to help her achieve her ambition of studying in St Petersburg. …read more Source: Channel...
Even with Turkish Stream, Russia can’t avoid sending gas via Ukraine
Russia’s plan to cut out Ukraine as a gas transit route is unrealistic because the EU will seek non-Russian gas rather than build the links it would need to Moscow’s proposed new pipeline to Turkey, industry sources and analysts say. …read more Source: Channel...
Hollande, Merkel say more sanctions on Russia possible if Ukraine deal isn’t respected
February 13, 2015 8:16 AMBRUSSELS (Reuters/AFP) – French President Francois Hollande said on Thursday that more European Union sanctions on Russia would be on the cards if the Ukraine ceasefire deal just brokered by France and Germany was not respected. …read more Source: The Straits...
US welcomes IMF deal on aid to Ukraine
[WASHINGTON] The United States welcomed Thursday the International Monetary Fund’s announcement of a new US$17.5 billion bailout deal for Ukraine, urging the crisis-torn country to undertake the reforms required by the program. …read more Source: The Business...
