Section: Thailand
Amnesty details widespread kidnapping and torture in Ukraine
KIEV – A new Amnesty International report on Friday highlighted the “hundreds” of abductions and incidents of torture by pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine, and also criticised the excessive force used by government forces. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukrainian armoured vehicles mass south of Donetsk: AFP
OLENIVKA (UKRAINE) – Ukrainian forces have massed tanks and armoured vehicles around 20 kilometres (12 miles) south of the rebel-held city of Donetsk, AFP journalists said Thursday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
No water, no power, no food but Slavyansk has peace
SLAVYANSK (UKRAINE) – The people of Slavyansk would dearly love to believe Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko who promised “everything is going to be fixed up” during a lightning visit to the former bastion of pro-Russian rebels on Wednesday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Kiev promises ‘restraint’ as army nears rebels in Donetsk
LUGANSK (UKRAINE) – Rebel strongholds in eastern Ukraine braced for more fighting on Thursday as Western leaders piled pressure on Kiev to strike a truce with pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine rejects truce talks until rebels disarm
SLAVYANSK (UKRAINE) – Ukraine on Tuesday brushed off strong European pressure and rejected talks with pro-Russian rebels on a truce to halt a bloody insurgency convulsing the ex-Soviet nation until they lay down their arms. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Retreating rebels dig in around Ukraine coal hub
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – Retreating pro-Russian insurgents dug in on Monday in Ukraine’s sprawling industrial hub of Donetsk after government forces scored a string of morale-boosting victories in the bloody battle for the future of the ex-Soviet state. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Sofia backs Moscow in U-turn on gas pipeline
SOFIA – Russia and Bulgaria pressed the EU on Monday to approve the controversial South Stream gas pipeline, a project that would bypass Ukraine and which Brussels views critically. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine’s first big win over rebels dims truce hopes
KIEV – Resurgent Ukrainian forces on Sunday pursued retreating pro-Russian rebels after seizing their symbolic bastion in a morale-boosting win that appeared to dim hopes for a ceasefire in the bloody separatist insurgency. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine hoists flag over pro-Russian bastion
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – Resurgent government forces hoisted the Ukrainian flag over pro-Russian rebels’ main stronghold Slavyansk after a shelling onslaught levelled much of the city but delivered Kiev the biggest success of its campaign. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine claims rebels flushed from main stronghold
Ukraine’s interior minister said on Saturday that most pro-Russian rebels and their top commander had fled their main eastern stronghold in what would be Kiev’s biggest success of the nearly three-month campaign. …read more Source: Bangkok...
