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Poroshenko to seek ceasefire after “very tough” talks with Putin
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko promised after late-night negotiations with Russia’s Vladimir Putin to work on an urgent ceasefire plan to defuse the separatist conflict in the east of his former Soviet republic. …read more Source: Thanh Nien...
Slim chance of progress as Russian and Ukrainian leaders meet
Divided by mistrust and mutual recriminations, the Russian and Ukrainian leaders will hold rare talks on Tuesday that offer only a slim hope of progress towards ending five months of separatist war in Ukraine.Russia announces new convoy on eve of delicate Ukraine talksMerkel meets Ukraine’s leaders ahead of peace talks, as Donetsk shelling...
Russia announces new convoy on eve of delicate Ukraine talks
Russia wants to send a second humanitarian aid convoy to eastern Ukraine, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday, introducing a likely new topic of discord on the eve of crucial talks between the two countries’ leaders. …read more Source: Thanh Nien...
Merkel meets Ukraine’s leaders ahead of peace talks, as Donetsk shelling intensifies
German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets with Ukraine’s leaders in Kiev as prelude to Russia-Ukraine talks next week, and as government shelling intensifies on the rebel stronghold Donetsk. German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets with Ukraine’s leaders in Kiev as prelude to Russia-Ukraine talks next week, and as government shelling...
Heavy shelling kills two, destroys buildings
Ukrainian officials say at least two people were killed after unusually heavy shelling hit the eastern Ukrainian city. …read more Source: Thanh Nien...
First trucks from aid convoy to Ukraine cross back into Russia
The first trucks from a Russian aid convoy started crossing back into Russia on Saturday after igniting a storm of anger in Western capitals a day earlier by driving into Ukraine without the permission of the government in Kiev. …read more Source: Thanh Nien...
Malaysia mourns as MH17 victim remains arrive for burial
Malaysia observed a day of mourning as the remains of 20 of its citizens arrived in the nation more than a month after their flight was shot down over Ukraine.March of silence one month after MH17 passengers killed in eastern UkraineFamily, friends mourn MH17 victims[GRAPHIC] Malaysia flight MH17 crash site …read more Source: Thanh Nien...
Ukraine border guards begin checks on Russian aid trucks
Ukrainian border guards began on Thursday to inspect a Russian truck convoy carrying aid earmarked for humanitarian relief in eastern Ukraine that has been stranded at the frontier between the two former Soviet republics for nearly a week. …read more Source: Thanh Nien...
Russia closes four McDonald’s in Moscow
Russia’s food safety watchdog temporarily shuts down four McDonald’s in Moscow over sanitary violations. The closures come amid worsening U.S.-Russian ties over Ukraine.Russia sending aid convoy to Ukraine despite Western warnings of ‘invasion pretext’Russia bans all U.S. food, EU fruit and vegetables in sanctions...
Ukraine conflict is draining economy, hampering reforms: PM Yatseniuk
Ukraine’s conflict with separatist rebels is draining the economy by the day and hampering efforts to implement reforms as required by an IMF bailout program, Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Wednesday. …read more Source: Thanh Nien...
