Section: The Straits Times (Singapore)
Putin will not accept ultimatums over Ukraine: Kremlin
February 09, 2015 8:03 PMMOSCOW (AFP) – Russia said Monday that President Vladimir Putin would not tolerate any ultimatums over Ukraine after a report said Germany had given him until Wednesday to agree a peace plan or face new sanctions. …read more Source: The Straits...
1,500 Russian troops, military equipment enter Ukraine: Kiev
February 09, 2015 7:27 PMKIEV (AFP) – At least 1,500 Russian troops and convoys of military hardware entered Ukraine over the weekend, the Ukrainian military said on Monday. …read more Source: The Straits...
German foreign minister says Ukraine peace summit ‘not sure yet’
February 09, 2015 6:36 PMBRUSSELS (AFP) – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said it was not certain a four-way Ukraine peace summit on Wednesday in Minsk will go ahead, with much work still to be done. …read more Source: The Straits...
Leaders scramble to avert “dramatic spiral” in in bloodshed in Ukraine
February 09, 2015 3:55 AMMUNICH (REUTERS) – The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France agreed to meet in Belarus on Wednesday to try to broker a peace deal for Ukraine amid escalating violence there and signs of cracks in the transatlantic consensus on confronting Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: The Straits...
Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine mull Feb 11 summit in Minsk
February 08, 2015 7:47 PMBERLIN (AFP) – A summit between France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine is being planned for Wednesday in Minsk in an effort to halt escalating violence in eastern Ukraine, Berlin said. …read more Source: The Straits...
Two, three days to know fate of new Ukraine peace plan: German FM
February 08, 2015 5:28 AMBERLIN (AFP) – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Saturday it would take “two or three days” to know the fate of a new Franco-German push for peace in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Straits...
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...
Ukraine peace bid one of last chances to avoid war: France’s Hollande
February 07, 2015 6:32 PMTULLE, France (AFP) – French President Francois Hollande on Saturday said a current Franco-German bid to end the Ukraine conflict was “one of the last chances” of avoiding “war” in the ex-Soviet nation. …read more Source: The Straits...
Nato commander: West shouldn’t rule out military option in Ukraine
February 07, 2015 5:12 PMMUNICH (Reuters) – The West should not rule out the military option in Ukraine, Nato’s top military commander said on Saturday, adding that he was referring to the possibility of helping Ukraine with weapons and equipment rather than sending in soldiers. …read more Source: The Straits...
