Section: Bangkok Post (Thailand)
Putin hails Ukraine separatists as NATO holds crisis talks
KIEV – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday hailed the advances of pro-Kremlin fighters in eastern Ukraine as Western alarm spiralled over what Kiev has branded a Russian invasion. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Nearly 2,600 killed in east Ukraine conflict: UN
KIEV – The conflict in eastern Ukraine has killed nearly 2,600 people since mid-April, the United Nations said Friday in their latest report, explaining the sharp increase by fighting in densely populated areas between Kiev’s army and pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Obama leads condemnation as West rounds on Russia
KIEV – Ukraine and the West said that Russian troops were actively involved in the fighting tearing apart the east of the country, raising fears of a direct military confrontation between Kiev and its former Soviet master. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Russian defence ministry denies sending troops into Ukraine
MOSCOW – Russia’s defence ministry on Thursday denied US and Kiev claims of its troops’ direct involvement in the escalating fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Kremlin insurgents in the separatist east. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Rebels seize ground as West claims Russia army is in Ukraine
STAROBESHEVE (UKRAINE) – Rebels in east Ukraine appear to have seized swathes of territory from retreating government forces, while Western intelligence says Russian army units are operating inside the country. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Russia, Ukraine talks end without major breakthrough
MINSK – Talks between the leaders of Russia and Ukraine apparently failed to make a major breakthrough towards ending brutal fighting in east Ukraine Wednesday as strongman Vladimir Putin played down the entry by his troops into the former Soviet state. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Sanctions-hit Russian economy nears recession: officials
MOSCOW – The Russian economy is nearing recession, officials said Tuesday, with punishing Western sanctions over the Ukraine conflict set to keep growth at ultra-low levels and drive up inflation. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Soviet rocker vilified for defying Moscow on Ukraine
MOSCOW – Non-conformist rocker Andrei Makarevich walked a thin line in Soviet times but his outspoken stance on Ukraine has seen him savagely pilloried by the Russian establishment. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Russian military sources soldiers enter Ukraine ‘by accident’
MOSCOW – Russian military sources quoted by state agencies on Tuesday said that Russian troops captured by Kiev and shown on Ukrainian television had crossed the border accidentally. …read more Source: Bangkok...
US warns of ‘significant’ Ukraine escalation ahead of key meeting
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – The United States has warned of a “significant escalation” in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, after Kiev announced the capture of 10 Russian paratroopers ahead of a key meeting Tuesday between the estranged countries’ leaders. …read more Source: Bangkok...
