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Ukraine has reached ‘win-win’ debt deal with creditor group – Finance Minister (Reuters)
Aug27

Ukraine has reached ‘win-win’ debt deal with creditor group – Finance Minister (Reuters)

KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s finance minister said a “win-win” deal for restructuring $18 billion of debt had been agreed with a group of its largest creditors. The minister, Natalia Yare… …read more Source: The West...

Ukraine PM announces ‘good financial news’, calls special government meeting (Reuters)
Aug27

Ukraine PM announces ‘good financial news’, calls special government meeting (Reuters)

KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said that Ukraine had received “good financial news” and he called a special government meeting for later on Thursday. His ann… …read more Source: The West...

EU-Russia ties at new low ahead of Ukraine talks (AFP)
Aug26

EU-Russia ties at new low ahead of Ukraine talks (AFP)

Brussels (AFP) – Ties between the EU and Russia remain at their lowest ebb over the conflict in Ukraine, ahead of a series of key talks including a visit by President Petro Poroshenko to Brussels on Thursday. …read more Source: The West...

Ukraine says EU ready to toughen stance against Russia (AFP)
Aug25

Ukraine says EU ready to toughen stance against Russia (AFP)

Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine said Tuesday that the leaders of Germany and France had agreed to back “firm” steps against Russia should pro-Moscow rebels hold disputed elections in the ex-Soviet state’s separatist east. …read more Source: The West...

Russian court sentences Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov to 20 years in jail
Aug25

Russian court sentences Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov to 20 years in jail

A Russian court on Tuesday sentenced Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov to 20 years in a high-security penal colony for “terrorist attacks” in Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula that Moscow annexed from Ukraine in April 2014, RIA news agency said. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...

Raptors sent to contain Russia
Aug25

Raptors sent to contain Russia

The US will deploy F-22 Raptors in ­Europe to reassure allies worried by Russia’s actions in Ukraine. …read more Source: THE...

Russia court jails Ukrainian filmmaker for ‘terrorism’ (AFP)
Aug25

Russia court jails Ukrainian filmmaker for ‘terrorism’ (AFP)

Rostov-on-Don (Russia) (AFP) – A Russian military court on Tuesday sentenced a Ukrainian filmmaker to 20 years in a strict-regime prison colony on terror charges in a trial condemned by Kiev, Western rights groups and top film directors. …read more Source: The West...

Ukrainian filmmaker jailed in Russia for 20 years for ‘terrorism’ (AFP)
Aug25

Ukrainian filmmaker jailed in Russia for 20 years for ‘terrorism’ (AFP)

Rostov-on-Don (Russia) (AFP) – A Russian military court on Tuesday sentenced Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov to 20 years on terror charges in a trial condemned by Kiev, rights groups and top film directors. …read more Source: The West...

Russia verdict due in Ukraine filmmaker’s ‘terror’ trial (AFP)
Aug25

Russia verdict due in Ukraine filmmaker’s ‘terror’ trial (AFP)

Rostov-on-Don (Russia) (AFP) – A Russian military court is set on Tuesday to announce its verdict against a Ukrainian filmmaker who faces a lengthy prison term on terror charges in a trial decried by the West. …read more Source: The West...

US to deploy F-22 Raptor fighter jets in Europe (AFP)
Aug25

US to deploy F-22 Raptor fighter jets in Europe (AFP)

Washington (AFP) – The United States soon will deploy F-22 Raptors in Europe, sending the stealth fighter jets to reassure NATO partners concerned about Russia’s actions in Ukraine, a Pentagon official said. …read more Source: The West...