Section: Thanh Nien News (Vietnam)
Ukraine government forces recapture separatist stronghold
Ukrainian forces routed pro-Russian rebels in a flashpoint area of eastern Ukraine on Saturday and raised the country’s blue and yellow flag again over what had for months been the separatist redoubt of Slaviansk. …read more Source: Thanh Nien...
Ukraine’s president seeks new crisis talks at weekend, fighting rages
Ukraine has proposed a time and a place for talks on Saturday on reaching a durable ceasefire with pro-Russian rebels and is awaiting a reply, the president’s website said, as fighting in the east killed 13 servicemen. …read more Source: Thanh Nien...
Berlin talks bring Russia and Ukraine closer to resuming ceasefire
The foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine agreed in Berlin on Wednesday to hold three-way talks involving pro-Moscow rebels by Saturday to pave the way for a new ceasefire, despite continued fighting that Kiev says has now killed 200 of its troops. …read more Source: Thanh Nien...
Ukraine forces attack rebel positions, Putin growls
Ukrainian forces struck at pro-Russian separatist bases in eastern regions with air and artillery strikes on Tuesday after President Petro Poroshenko announced he would not renew a ceasefire but go on the offensive to rid Ukraine of “parasites”. …read more Source: Thanh Nien...
Poroshenko ends Ukraine ceasefire, says government will attack rebels
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Tuesday government forces would renew offensive operations against rebels and “free our lands”, hours after a ceasefire to allow for peace talks with the pro-Russian separatists had expired. …read more Source: Thanh Nien...
Ukraine says rebels breaking cease-fire, demands Russian halt
Ukraine accused pro-Russian rebels of starting at least seven skirmishes yesterday in violation of a cease-fire, and urged President Vladimir Putin’s government to “stop hiring and recruiting militants.” …read more Source: Thanh Nien...
