Section: Thailand
Gung-ho rebels impose tough rule of newly-taken Ukraine city
NOVOAZOVSK (UKRAINE) – Camouflaged rebel Alexander hung a sign on the wall of a busy supermarket Friday laying down the harsh new laws now governing the town of Novoazovsk after fighting drove out Ukrainian forces. …read more Source: Bangkok...
IMF approves $1.4 billion aid payment for Ukraine
WASHINGTON – The International Monetary Fund approved Friday the release of nearly $1.4 billion in fresh funds for troubled Ukraine, but warned that continued fighting could undermine the international bailout of the country. …read more Source: Bangkok...
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...
