Section: Bangkok Post (Thailand)
Intense Ukraine shelling traps hundreds of miners
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – Intense fighting erupted around east Ukraine’s main rebel-held city on Sunday that wrecked a power station and briefly trapped more than 300 coal miners in one of Europe’s largest pits. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Merkel speaks with Putin, Poroshenko on Ukraine
BERLIN – Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s Petro Poroshenko on the situation in Ukraine, the German government spokesman said. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Eight killed in Ukraine as peace talk prospects dim
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – Four Ukrainian soldiers and at least as many civilians died Friday in an upsurge of rocket attacks that came just as prospects for international peace talks on the nine-month crisis dimmed. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Sharapova stamps her authority in Brisbane
BRISBANE (AUSTRALIA) – Top seed Maria Sharapova stamped her authority on the Brisbane International when she downed Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina 6-1, 6-3 in the semi-finals on Friday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Merkel sets strict terms on easing Russia sanctions
BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel set strict terms Thursday for easing EU sanctions on Russia as the 28-nation bloc unlocked new aid to help Ukraine overcome its devastating Kremlin-backed revolt. …read more Source: Bangkok...
12 Ukraine soldiers killed in road crash in east: national guard
KIEV – Twelve Ukrainian soldiers were killed and 18 injured when a bus collided with military vehicles in bad weather in the war-torn east, the national guard said Tuesday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Stressful times for students at Ukraine rebel universities
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – Third-year economics student Inna Shmarai is kind of stressing out these days. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine signs Westinghouse nuclear fuel deal
KIEV – Ukraine on Tuesday sealed an additional nuclear fuel supply deal with US giant Westinghouse in order to ease its energy dependence on Russia. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Poroshenko announces Putin meeting in new peace push
KIEV – Ukraine’s Western-backed leader Petro Poroshenko promised Monday to meet Russia’s Vladimir Putin and involve US President Barack Obama in his stalled push for peace with pro-Kremlin fighters in the separatist east. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Poroshenko hails Ukraine ‘warriors’ freed by rebels
KIEV – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Saturday welcomed home as heroes 145 soldiers freed by pro-Russian rebels during the largest prisoner swap of the eight-month separatist war. …read more Source: Bangkok...
