Section: Thailand
Merkel to discuss Ukraine peace plan with Obama
KIEV – German Chancellor Angela Merkel was Monday to brief US President Barack Obama on the latest peace plan for Ukraine ahead of a four-way summit aimed at ending 10 months of bloodshed. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Russia sanctions have cost EU 21 bn euros: Spain
The EU has suffered 21 billion euros in lost exports as a result of sanctions against Russia over Ukraine, Spain’s foreign minister said Monday as he met his counterparts to discuss further measures. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Four-way emergency Ukraine summit planned for Wednesday
KIEV – The leaders of Ukraine, Germany and France are pushing for a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday in a frantic bid to halt escalating bloodshed in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Bangkok...
West presses Putin to back ‘last-chance’ Ukraine peace bid
MUNICH (GERMANY) – Western leaders challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin Saturday to prove he wants peace in Ukraine, warning both sides a new Franco-German peace drive may be a “last chance” to stop all-out war. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Putin criticises sanctions but says Russia does not want war
President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said Russia is not at war and does not want war with anyone, but sharply criticised Western sanctions over Ukraine. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Plan being put together to settle Ukraine crisis: Kremlin
MOSCOW – Talks between German Chancellor Angela Merkel, France’s Francois Hollande and President Vladimir Putin on the Ukraine conflict were “constructive”, a Kremlin spokesman said Saturday, adding a blueprint was being put together to end the crisis. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Merkel, Hollande take Ukraine peace plan to Putin
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande head to Moscow on Friday to secure President Vladimir Putin’s support for a peace plan to end surging separatist violence in the east. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Hospital shelled in east Ukraine as calls mount for truce
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – Four people were killed Wednesday when a hospital in east Ukraine was shelled ahead of a visit to Kiev by US Secretary of State John Kerry that will see the possibility of weapons being supplied high on the agenda. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Death toll mounts in east Ukraine as US mulls arming Kiev
KIEV – Fears grew Tuesday of an escalation in the mounting bloodshed in east Ukraine as the United States mulled arming Kiev and pro-Russian rebels ordered a mass mobilisation. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine separatist leader vows to mobilise 100,000 men
Pro-Russian separatists vowed Monday to mobilise up to 100,000 fighters for their latest east Ukraine offensive as the US mulled sending weapons to Kiev’s out-gunned forces after the latest truce bid collapsed. …read more Source: Bangkok...
