Section: The Straits Times (Singapore)
Ukraine’s economy minister offers to resign over poor pace of economic reform
August 21, 2014 9:03 PMKIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Economy Minister Pavlo Sheremeta said on Thursday he had tendered his resignation, voicing frustration at the poor pace of economic reform by a government which he said acted “like a predator towards business”. …read more Source: The Straits...
Russia shuts four McDonald’s restaurants amid Ukraine tensions
August 21, 2014 3:31 AMMOSCOW (REUTERS) – Russia ordered the temporary closure of four McDonald’s restaurants in Moscow on Wednesday, a decision it said was over sanitary violations but which comes against a backdrop of worsening US-Russian ties over Ukraine. …read more Source: The Straits...
Dozens die in Ukraine in street battles, Donetsk shelling
August 21, 2014 3:09 AMKIEV/DONETSK, Ukraine (REUTERS) – Heavy shelling hit residential neighbourhoods in Ukraine’s rebel stronghold of Donetsk and government forces fought street battles in other towns on Wednesday as they sought to crush a four-month-old separatist rebellion. …read more Source: The Straits...
Merkel pledges Nato will defend Baltic member states anxious over Ukraine
August 19, 2014 12:08 AMRIGA (REUTERS) – Germany’s Angela Merkel promised the Baltic states on Monday that Nato would defend them, although it would not send permanent combat troops but would increase manoeuvres in the region. …read more Source: The Straits...
Ukraine says ‘many dead’ after rebels ‘fire on fleeing civilians’ trying to leave conflict area
August 18, 2014 6:01 PMKIEV (AFP) – Kiev on Monday accused pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine of killing “many” civilians trying to leave a conflict-torn area by shelling them with equipment provided by Moscow. …read more Source: The Straits...
Rebel missile fire hits bus convoy carrying refugees in east Ukraine: Military spokesmen
August 18, 2014 5:30 PMKIEV (Reuters) – A convoy of buses carrying refugees from the east Ukrainian city of Luhansk was hit by rebel missile fire on Monday, resulting in an unknown number of casualties, Ukrainian military spokesmen said. …read more Source: The Straits...
Russia, Ukraine agree to start inspecting Russian aid convoy
August 17, 2014 6:58 PMMOSCOW (REUTERS) – Russian and Ukrainian border guards and custom officials have agreed to proceed with the inspection of a first group of trucks from Russia’s humanitarian convoy for Ukraine, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Sunday. …read more Source: The Straits...
Rebels shoot down Ukrainian fighter jet over east Ukraine: Kiev
August 17, 2014 4:03 PMKIEV (AFP) – Pro-Russian separatists on Sunday shot down a Ukrainian fighter jet over the war-torn east of the country, a military spokesman told AFP. …read more Source: The Straits...
Merkel urges Putin to stop sending arms, advisors to Ukraine
August 16, 2014 6:37 AMBERLIN (AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to “stop the flow of military equipment, military advisers and armed personnel crossing the border with Ukraine,” in a telephone call on Friday. …read more Source: The Straits...
Tensions soar as Ukraine says destroys Russian armour
August 16, 2014 6:09 AMKIEV (AFP) – Ukraine said on Friday it had destroyed part of a Russian armoured column that entered onto its territory in an incursion that has sent cross-border tensions rocketing. …read more Source: The Straits...
