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West hikes warnings over Ukraine truce as new flashpoint ignites
DEBALTSEVE (UKRAINE) – The West sounded more forceful warnings over Ukraine’s battered truce Sunday as fighting raged around the port city of Mariupol and the warring sides wrangled over withdrawing heavy weapons. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Both sides agree to start heavy weapons pullback in Ukraine
KIEV – Both sides in Ukraine’s conflict have agreed to pull back their heavy weapons from the frontline in accordance with a UN-backed truce, a Ukrainian military official told AFP on Sunday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Major prisoner swap in Ukraine bolsters shaky truce
ZHOLOBOK (UKRAINE) – Ukrainian forces and rebel separatists traded dozens of prisoners in a frontline eastern town, the first clear sign of progress for an otherwise shaky truce signed a week ago. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine prisoner swap announced under battered truce
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – Pro-Russian rebels said they will swap prisoners with the Ukrainian side Saturday as part of a battered truce that the West hopes will cool a deadly conflict that has poisoned relations with Moscow. …read more Source: Bangkok...
West looks impotent as Ukraine ceasefire frays: analysts
PARIS – The continued fighting in eastern Ukraine has made a mockery of the West’s latest attempts to negotiate a ceasefire but may ultimately pave the way for a more durable peace, say analysts. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Young topples third-seeded Dolgopolov at Delray Beach
DELRAY BEACH (UNITED STATES) – Donald Young toppled third-seeded Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 to book a semi-final showdown with Australian Bernard Tomic at the ATP Delray Beach Open. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Rebels pledge prisoner exchange as Ukraine ceasefire teeters
KIEV – Pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine promised Friday to start exchanging prisoners, in a possible boost to a ceasefire that the US accuses separatists of repeatedly violating. …read more Source: Bangkok...
At least 90 Ukrainian troops ‘captured’ in Debaltseve
KIEV – More than 90 Ukrainian troops were captured and 82 were still missing after pro-Russian rebels seized the key town of Debaltseve, Ukraine’s army said Thursday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Leaders join in calls for Ukraine truce compliance
KIEV – The leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France on Thursday jointly urged a tattered truce in east Ukraine be restored and condemned breaches in recent days, according to official accounts of a four-way telephone call. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukrainian forces quit besieged town after rebel assault
PHUKET: Ukraine pulled thousands of troops out of an encircled town on Wednesday after a massive assault by pro-Russian rebels, who ignored a new ceasefire to seize the strategic railway junction.The fall of the besieged town of Debaltseve was one of the worst defeats of the war for Ukraine’s troops, who proved unable to stop an advance by...
