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Ukraine ready to introduce martial law if crisis grows – IFX cites Poroshenko
President Petro Poroshenko said on Wednesday Ukraine was prepared to introduce martial law across Ukraine if the separatist conflict in the east escalates further, news agency Interfax reported. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine to introduce martial law if crisis escalates – IFX cites Poroshenko
President Petro Poroshenko said on Wednesday Ukraine was prepared to introduce martial law across all regions of Ukraine if the separatist conflict in the east escalates further, news agency Interfax reported. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia’s Lavrov says agreement on Ukraine must respect rights of all
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday any agreement on the conflict in Ukraine must protect the rights of all citizens living in the country. …read more Source: Channel...
Five killed in shelling of Ukraine rebel stronghold Donetsk
DONETSK, Ukraine – Five people were killed in mortar attacks on the Ukrainian rebel-controlled city of Donetsk early Wednesday as peace talks were due to be held in Minsk.Pro-Russian rebel representative Ivan Prikhodko told AFP that mortar fire had killed two people, including a bus driver at the bus station.An employee of the Donetsk...
Ukraine president Poroshenko to brief EU summit in Brussels
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will brief EU leaders at a summit in Brussels on Thursday, alongside the German and French leaders, on the results of Wednesday’s Ukraine peace talks in Minsk, an EU official said. …read more Source: Channel...
Minsk talks on Ukraine still ‘very probable’ – France’s Fabius
A four-way summit in Minsk aimed at resolving the Ukraine crisis is still very likely to go ahead as scheduled on Wednesday despite a number of unresolved issues, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Wednesday. …read more Source: Channel...
Shell hits bus station in Donetsk, at least one killed
At least one person was killed on Wednesday when a shell hit a bus station in the centre of rebel-controlled Donetsk city, east Ukraine, a Reuters witness said. …read more Source: Channel...
At least one dead in attack on Donetsk bus station, east Ukraine – Reuters witness
At least one person was killed on Wednesday when a shell hit a bus station in the centre of rebel-controlled Donetsk city, east Ukraine, a Reuters witness said. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine bloodshed intensifies ahead of peace summit
February 11, 2015 5:59 AMKIEV (AFP) – Intense fighting in Ukraine, including a devastating rocket strike on Kiev’s military headquarters in the east, killed at least 37 people on Tuesday, the eve of a four-way peace summit. …read more Source: The Straits...
Obama presses Putin to strike Ukraine peace deal
US President Barack Obama called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to discuss escalating violence in eastern Ukraine, urging him to embrace a negotiated solution. …read more Source: Channel...