Section: Today (Singapore)
Germany says aiming for new Ukraine talks in Minsk next Tuesday
BERLIN – Germany’s foreign minister said on Wednesday that he and his French counterpart had invited the foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine to meet in Minsk next week in another push to revive peace talks on the crisis in eastern Ukraine. … …read more Source:...
Putin says Ukraine’s detention of Russian soldiers is ‘perfidy’
MOSCOW – The detention this week of two Russian servicemen near the border with Ukraine was an act of “perfidy” by the Kiev authorities, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday…. …read more Source:...
Russia says detention of its soldiers near Crimea was ‘provocation’
MINSK – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Ukraine’s detention of two Russian soldiers near the border with Crimea was “a provocation.” Ukrainian security services detained two Russian soldiers near the border with… …read more Source:...
Detained servicemen were on Kiev-controlled territory, says Ukraine: agency
KIEV – Ukraine’s State Security Service said on Monday it had detained two servicemen on the Ukraine-controlled side of the Crimean border who were former members of the Ukrainian military who had deserted to join Russia, Interfax Ukraine reported. … …read more Source:...
Obama, Putin about Syria and Ukraine in quick summit meet
LIMA – U.S. President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin spoke for around four minutes on Sunday at the APEC summit about Syria and Ukraine, in what is likely to be their last in-person meeting before Obama leaves office. … …read more Source:...
Merkel: Didn’t discuss sanctions on Russia over Syria with Obama, EU leaders
BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday that President Barack Obama and European leaders did not discuss imposing sanctions against Russia over its military involvement in Syria when they met in Berlin on Friday. “We did not… …read more Source:...
Obama, EU leaders agree to stick together, stay tough on Russia
BERLIN – U.S. President Barack Obama and European leaders on Friday underscored the importance of working together in NATO and chided Russia for its bombing of Syria and failure to implement a Ukrainian peace accord. The White House statement… …read more Source:...
U.S.’s Kerry says discussed Aleppo, Ukraine with Russia’s Lavrov
LIMA – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told reporters on Thursday he discussed “all aspects” of Aleppo, Syria and Ukraine in a meeting with Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Lavrov did not comment when asked about the future of the… …read more Source:...
Ukraine blames Russian security service for prank call to president
KIEV – Ukraine on Thursday blamed the Russian state security service for orchestrating a prank call to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko from someone pretending to be the president of Kyrgyzstan. Earlier in November, Poroshenko’s office… …read more Source:...
Russia’s Lavrov, U.S.’s Kerry to discuss Syria, Ukraine in Peru
MOSCOW – Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov would meet his U.S. counterpart John Kerry in Peru this week, foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a news briefing on Thursday. They plan to discuss conflicts in Syria and… …read more Source:...
