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NATO, Russia fail to narrow differences in Munich talks
NATO and Russia failed to narrow their differences over the Ukraine crisis in talks on Saturday but agreed they would keep talking to each other. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine leader brandishes Russian troop passports to ‘prove’ Moscow presence
February 07, 2015 11:41 PMMUNICH, Germany (AFP) – Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko on Saturday brandished in front of world leaders several passports taken from Russian soldiers in what he said was proof of Moscow’s “presence” in his country. …read more Source: The Straits...
Action, not words, needed over Ukraine, US Vice-President tells Putin
February 07, 2015 11:17 PMMUNICH, Germany (AFP) – US Vice-President Joe Biden launched a passionate plea to Vladimir Putin to show by his actions that the Russian leader desires peace in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Straits...
Europe and US clash over how to confront Putin over Ukraine
Germany’s Angela Merkel warned on Saturday that sending arms to help Ukraine fight pro-Russian separatists would not solve the crisis there, drawing a sharp rebuke from a leading U.S. senator who accused Berlin of turning its back on an ally in distress. …read more Source: Channel...
Russian-backed rebels massing to attack key Ukrainian towns: Kiev
Pro-Russian separatists have intensified shelling of government forces on all front lines and appear to be amassing forces for new offensives on the key railway town of Debaltseve and the coastal city of Mariupol, Ukraine’s military said on Saturday (Feb 7). …read more Source: Channel...
Merkel leads last chance Ukraine peace drive
MUNICH, Germany – German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday pushed a new peace bid to end the Ukraine conflict, warning that sending weapons to government forces fighting pro-Russian rebels would not stop the bloodshed.Fresh from overnight talks in Moscow with French President Francois Hollande to thrash out a new peace plan, Merkel said...
Merkel leads last chance Ukraine peace drive
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday (Feb 7) pushed a new peace bid to end the Ukraine conflict, warning that sending weapons to government forces fighting pro-Russian rebels would not stop the bloodshed. …read more Source: Channel...
Ten killed in latest east Ukraine fighting: Officials
Five civilians and five government soldiers were killed in the latest fighting in east Ukraine, government and pro-Russian rebel officials said on Saturday (Feb 7). …read more Source: Channel...
Ten killed in latest east Ukraine fighting: officials
DONETSK, Ukraine – Five civilians and five government soldiers were killed in the latest fighting in east Ukraine, government and pro-Russian rebel officials said Saturday.Over the past 24 hours four civilians were killed by shelling across government-held territory while one local resident died in rebel bastion Donetsk, officials from the...
Five more Ukrainian soldiers killed in east – Kiev military
Pro-Russian separatists have stepped up shelling of government forces on all the front lines and appear to be amassing forces for new offensives on the key railway town of Debaltseve and the coastal city of Mariupol, the Kiev military said on Saturday. …read more Source: Channel...
