Section: The Straits Times (Singapore)
Ukraine peace talks end without agreement: Kiev envoy
February 01, 2015 3:21 AMMINSK (AFP) – Peace talks to thrash out a truce agreement between pro-Russian rebels and Ukraine ended without a deal Saturday, Kiev’s representative at the talks in Minsk said. …read more Source: The Straits...
Putin, Merkel, Hollande urge Ukraine ceasefire: Kremlin
February 01, 2015 12:51 AMMOSCOW (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel held a three-way phone call Saturday, urging warring Ukrainian factions to agree a ceasefire at peace talks, the Kremlin said. …read more Source: The Straits...
Interest rate cut in Russia evidence of economic chaos: White House spokesman
January 31, 2015 2:23 AMWASHINGTON (REUTERS) – An unexpected move by Russia’s central bank to cut its main interest rate shows continued chaos in the country’s economy, some of it due to Western sanctions related to the Ukraine crisis, a White House spokesman said Friday. …read more Source: The Straits...
France, Poland tell Russia to end ‘all support to separatists’
January 30, 2015 11:44 PMPARIS (AFP) – French President Francois Hollande and Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz on Friday called for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine, and for Russia to stop supporting separatists fighting in the country’s east. …read more Source: The Straits...
Worried over Russia, Lithuania issues war survival guide, sends it to schools
January 29, 2015 1:06 AMVILNIUS (AFP) – Lithuania’s defence ministry on Wednesday began distributing wartime survival manuals to schools around the country reflecting anxiety in the Baltic state over events in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Straits...
Moscow ready to push for peaceful solution in eastern Ukraine: Russia’s Sergei Lavrov
January 25, 2015 9:51 PMMOSCOW (REUTERS) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told United States Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday that Moscow was ready to do everything it can to encourage rival sides warring in east Ukraine to seek a peaceful solution to the conflict. …read more Source: The Straits...
US will consider additional steps to rein in Russia over Ukraine: Obama
January 25, 2015 8:17 PMNEW DELHI (REUTERS) – United States President Barack Obama said on Sunday that Russian support was behind the latest ceasefire breakdown in Ukraine and said the US would consider all additional options short of military action to rein-in Moscow over its neighbour. …read more Source: The Straits...
Pressure mounts on Russia as Ukraine rebels launch bloody offensive
January 25, 2015 7:45 PMMARIUPOL, Ukraine (AFP) – World leaders Sunday ramped up pressure on Moscow to stop pro-Kremlin rebels from pursuing a major new Ukrainian offensive after rockets killed 30 people in a strategic government-held port. …read more Source: The Straits...
Russia blocks UN statement criticising violence in eastern Ukraine’s Mariupol
January 25, 2015 10:50 AMUNITED NATIONS (REUTERS) – Russia blocked a UN Security Council statement on Saturday that would have criticised a pro-Russian Ukrainian rebel leader and condemned a recent upsurge in violence that has claimed dozens of lives in eastern Ukraine, council diplomats said. …read more Source: The Straits...
Rebel leader announces launch of assault on Ukraine’s Mariupol
January 24, 2015 11:08 PMKIEV (AFP) – A top pro-Russian rebel on Saturday announced the launch of a major offensive on Ukraine’s government-held port of Mariupol, confirming responsibility for rocket fire that killed at least 20 people. …read more Source: The Straits...
