Section: Singapore
Teach English, not Russian in Ukraine schools: President Petro Poroshenko
October 04, 2014 2:19 AMLVIV, Ukraine (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Friday risked further angering the Kremlin by suggesting that English lessons replace Russian ones in schools to improve the country’s standard of living. …read more Source: The Straits...
Battle rages for Ukraine’s main eastern airport
Ukrainian forces clashed with pro-Russian insurgents over control of a strategic airport in the restive east and traded blame over the death of a Swiss aid worker, four weeks into their shaky truce. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine ceasefire must be observed, Russia’s Lavrov tells Kerry
October 03, 2014 11:26 PMMOSCOW (REUTERS) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told US Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday it was essential that both Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists fully observed a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine clinched nearly a month ago. …read more Source: The Straits...
Swiss aid worker killed as shelling in heart of Ukraine’s rebel hub interrupts truce
October 03, 2014 1:10 AMDONETSK, Ukraine (AFP) – A Swiss Red Cross worker died on Thursday when shells burst through the heart of Ukraine’s main pro-Russian stronghold for the first time since the foes struck a Sept 5 truce aimed at ending Europe’s worst crisis in decades. …read more Source: The Straits...
First shelling in heart of Ukraine’s rebel hub interrupts truce
October 03, 2014 1:10 AMDONETSK, Ukraine (AFP) – The heart of Ukraine’s main pro-Russian separatist city came under heavy shelling on Thursday for the first time since Moscow and Kiev struck a truce aimed at ending Europe’s worst crisis in decades. …read more Source: The Straits...
Merkel urges Putin to use influence over Ukraine rebels
German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed Moscow’s “responsibility” to act as a moderating influence over the pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Ten civilians killed by shells in Ukraine’s Donetsk
Ten civilians were killed in attacks in Ukraine’s rebel-held city of Donetsk on Wednesday, said regional authorities. Four of them died when a shell landed near a school and six more were killed when another shell hit a public minibus. …read more Source: Channel...
Deadliest attacks by pro-Russian rebels threaten Ukraine truce
Thirteen soldiers and civilians were killed in 24 hours, in the worst violence since the government and pro-Russian insurgents struck a shaky truce in their five-month conflict. …read more Source: Channel...
Pro-Ukraine protesters topple massive Lenin statue in eastern city of Kharkiv
September 29, 2014 4:35 PMKHARKIV, Ukraine (AFP) – Pro-Ukrainian protesters in eastern Ukraine’s city of Kharkiv on Sunday toppled a giant Lenin statue seen as a symbol of Soviet legacy and Moscow’s control. …read more Source: The Straits...
Echoes of the past at Ukraine’s rebel-held Savur-Mogyla WWII monument
September 29, 2014 12:25 AMSNIZHNE, Ukraine (AFP) – The Savur-Mogyla memorial in east Ukraine commemorating thousands of Russian and German soldiers who perished in World War II stood for decades as testament to the strategic hill’s bloodstained history. …read more Source: The Straits...
