Section: Bangkok Post (Thailand)
Ukraine rebel leader on course to win poll ‘farce’
The leadership of Ukraine’s pro-Russian rebels is on course to secure a crushing victory at Sunday’s controversial election that Kiev branded a “farce” and which threatened to deepen an international crisis over the conflict. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Give us recognition, Ukraine rebel voters demand
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – The elections may already have been slammed as a farce by the West but those queuing to cast their ballots in east Ukraine’s rebel polls on Sunday insisted their voices should be heard. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine main rebel leader wins vote: separatist exit poll
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – The main rebel leader in Ukraine’s largest separatist region won a crushing victory in a controversial election Sunday, according to an exit poll conducted by the insurgents. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine separatists vote in controversial election
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – Separatists in eastern Ukraine voted Sunday in controversial, Russian-backed leadership elections that Kiev branded a “power grab” and the West condemned. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine rebel vote threatens to deepen crisis
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine hold controversial leadership elections on Sunday that Kiev and the West have refused to recognise and which threaten to deepen the international crisis over the conflict. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Russia has met obligations on Ukraine gas deal: Gazprom
MOSCOW – Russia has “fulfilled its obligations” outlined in a gas deal reached with Ukraine by signing a decree setting a lower price for the commodity, energy giant Gazprom said on Saturday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine fighting intensifies ahead of separatist vote
Seven Ukrainian soldiers were killed and heavy shelling erupted Saturday across the country’s south-east on the eve of separatist elections backed by Russia, but condemned by Kiev and Western governments. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Six Ukrainian soldiers killed ahead of separatist vote
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – Six Ukrainian soldiers were killed by pro-Russian rebels, officials said Saturday on the eve of separatist elections that Ukraine and its Western backers say will undermine an increasingly hollow truce accord. …read more Source: Bangkok...
4,000 killed in Ukraine conflict, president seeks to ‘unite’ country
More than 4,000 people have been killed in fighting in eastern Ukraine between the army and pro-Russian separatists, the UN said Friday, as the Ukrainian president took steps to “unite” the country after elections. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko taps Yatsenyuk for PM after Russian gas deal
KIEV – Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko backed rival Arseniy Yatsenyuk as future premier Friday, to “unite” the country after it secured a deal with Moscow on future gas supplies. …read more Source: Bangkok...
