Section: Bangkok Post (Thailand)
Ukraine isolates rebel territory with passports rule
KIEV – Ukraine announced passport controls around pro-Russian separatist territories Thursday, as heavy artillery fire erupted in rebel-held Donetsk and Russia accused its neighbour of “crudely” violating the ceasefire. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine imposes passport controls around rebel area
KIEV – Ukraine announced Thursday that anyone crossing in or out of areas controlled by pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country will have to show a passport. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Putin cannot avoid me: Australia PM
SYDNEY – Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Wednesday warned Vladimir Putin he will not be able to avoid a “conversation” over the loss of Australian lives in the downing of Flight MH17 over Ukraine. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Russian central bank limits interventions, lets ruble float
MOSCOW – The Russian central bank announced Wednesday it would limit its support for the ruble, letting the currency which has already taken a hit from the Ukraine crisis sink to a new record low. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Shell kills young footballers in crumbling Ukraine ceasefire
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – Ukraine’s tattered ceasefire came under new strain Wednesday as shelling killed two teenagers playing football in rebel-held Donetsk and President Petro Poroshenko said he was deploying reinforcements to face a threatened separatist offensive. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine peace plan hangs by a thread
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – The ceasefire in Ukraine hung by a thread Wednesday after President Petro Poroshenko accused pro-Russian rebels of endangering the peace process and ordered troop reinforcements to eastern cities. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine peace plan hangs by a thread
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – The ceasefire in Ukraine hung by a thread Wednesday after President Petro Poroshenko accused pro-Russian rebels of sinking the peace process and ordered troop reinforcements to eastern cities. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine rebel leader sworn in as head of separatist ‘republic’
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – Ukraine rebel leader Alexander Zakharchenko was sworn in Tuesday as head of the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic after claiming a crushing victory at weekend separatist polls rejected by Kiev. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine leaders meet to ‘re-examine’ peace plan
KIEV – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko was to meet security chiefs Tuesday to “re-examine” an already teetering peace accord with pro-Russian separatists after they defiantly staged elections banned by Kiev. …read more Source: Bangkok...
EU blasts Russia over Ukraine separatist vote
KIEV – EU foreign policy chiefs blasted Moscow’s recognition of separatist elections in Ukraine on Monday, saying the polls, which sought to put a legal veneer on the bloody pro-Russian rebellion, violated a peace agreement. …read more Source: Bangkok...
