Section: The Straits Times (Singapore)
MH17 team gain access to new debris field, hope to find last two victims
April 15, 2015 10:09 PMTHE HAGUE (REUTERS) – Nine months after Malaysian Airlines MH17 crashed in eastern Ukraine, investigators have gained access to the area where the last unexamined wreckage lies and hope to recover remains of the last two victims. …read more Source: The Straits...
Four-way talks on Ukraine to be held in Berlin Monday
April 09, 2015 1:24 AMPARIS (AFP) – The French, German, Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers will meet in Berlin on Monday for a follow-up on the fragile ceasefire agreed in February to end a year of bloody war in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Straits...
Dutch seek BUK missile witnesses in MH17 crash probe
March 30, 2015 8:17 PMTHE HAGUE (AFP) – Dutch experts probing the MH17 plane crash in eastern Ukraine appealed Monday for witnesses who saw the transport or firing of a BUK surface-to-air missile around the time of the disaster. …read more Source: The Straits...
EU-Ukraine summit to take place on April 27: Poroshenko
March 29, 2015 12:29 AMKIEV (AFP) – A summit between leading European Union officials and Ukraine’s leaders will take place on April 27, Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko announced on Saturday. …read more Source: The Straits...
West should consider all tools, including arms, for Ukraine – Nato general
March 22, 2015 6:11 PMBRUSSELS (Reuters) – The West should consider using all its tools to help Ukraine, including sending defensive weapons, Nato’s top military commander said on Sunday. …read more Source: The Straits...
One year under Russia rule: What happened in Crimea then and what’s happening now
March 16, 2015 3:19 PMRussia marks the first anniversary on Monday (March 16, 2015) of Crimea voting to leave Ukraine and join the Russian state in a referendum blasted as illegal in the West but seen in Moscow as a triumph for President Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: The Straits...
Russian President Vladimir Putin mulled putting nuclear forces ‘on alert’ over Crimea
March 16, 2015 3:56 AMMOSCOW (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was ready to put the country’s nuclear forces on alert as he sought to annex Crimea last year after the fall of a Moscow-backed government in Kiev. …read more Source: The Straits...
Ukraine president confirms ‘de-escalation’ in conflict
March 14, 2015 3:20 AMKIEV (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko confirmed on Friday a “gradual de-escalation” in fighting between government forces and pro-Russian separatists, a month after a ceasefire agreement came into effect. …read more Source: The Straits...
Britain’s PM Cameron joins Germany’s Merkel in snubbing Russia’s WWII parade in Moscow
March 12, 2015 10:40 PMLONDON (AFP) – British Prime Minister David Cameron will shun Russia’s Victory Day parade on May 9, a spokesman said on Thursday, citing tensions over President Vladimir Putin’s actions in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Straits...
Germany’s Merkel to snub World War II parade in Russia over Ukraine
March 12, 2015 2:56 AMBERLIN (AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel declined an invitation to a May 9 Victory Day parade in Moscow but will visit the Russian capital a day later, her office said Wednesday amid tensions over the Ukraine conflict. …read more Source: The Straits...
