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Abe, Putin agree to summit even as sanctions hurt ties
The leaders of Japan and Russia agreed to meet at an international gathering in November, even after diplomatic relations cooled last month when Japan imposed sanctions over the infiltration of Russian troops into Ukraine. …read more Source: Thanh Nien...
Truce bypasses Donetsk airport, symbol of conflict in eastern Ukraine
While fighting in much of eastern Ukraine has been calmed by a month-old truce, it rages unabated at the airport near Donetsk, turning a shiny symbol of the country’s Western integration into a shattered mirror of its future prospects.Twelve rebels killed at Donetsk airport: militaryFresh shelling in Ukraine’s Donetsk puts ceasefire...
Poroshenko says border control needed to stop conflict
Ukraine pays ‘high price’ for beliefs-Ukraine PM“We will not give to anybody any bit of Ukrainian land” – PoroshenkoUkraine, Russia agree peace moves but fighting rages onCrisis deepens as Ukraine says Russian troops back rebel advancePoroshenko to seek ceasefire after “very tough” talks with Putin …read more...
Twelve rebels killed at Donetsk airport: military
Pro-Russian separatists step up attacks on the government-held Donetsk airport. Seven Ukrainian soldiers killed in rebel attack, straining ceasefireFresh shelling in Ukraine’s Donetsk puts ceasefire under more strainUkraine, pro-Russian separatists agree to ceasefireUkraine rebels say they are poised to recapture Donetsk airport …read...
Teach English, not Russian in Ukraine schools: president
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Friday risked further angering the Kremlin by suggesting that English lessons replace Russian ones in schools to improve the country’s standard of living. …read more Source: Thanh Nien...
Putin says hopes election will bring Ukraine stability
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he hoped Ukraine’s parliamentary election on Oct. 26 would help bring stability to the country, saying this was also in Russia’s interests. …read more Source: Thanh Nien...
War severs Ukraine’s industrial arteries as economy sinks
The bloody conflict in Ukraine’s east is severing the arteries that connect the nation’s economy.Merkel tells Putin Moscow has duty to temper separatists in UkraineMoscow residents rally in support of victims of Ukraine warNATO allies join Ukraine in military drill, ceasefire holds …read more Source: Thanh Nien...
Merkel tells Putin Moscow has duty to temper separatists in Ukraine
German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call on Wednesday that Moscow had a duty to temper pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine, a spokesman for the German government said. …read more Source: Thanh Nien...
At least 10 killed in shelling of school and mini-van in Ukraine
At least 10 people were killed on Wednesday when shells hit a school playground and a public transit mini-van in a nearby street in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, underscoring the fragility of a ceasefire between separatists and government forces.Ukraine prosecutor opens criminal case against Russian officials …read more Source: Thanh Nien...
Ukraine prosecutor opens criminal case against Russian officials
Ukrainian state prosecutors said on Tuesday they had opened a criminal investigation against a Russian law enforcement agency, accusing it of supporting separatist and “terrorist” groups in the east of the country. …read more Source: Thanh Nien...
