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‘Grave concern’ about Ukraine fighting at four-way talks (AFP)
Berlin (AFP) – The French, German, Russian and Ukranian foreign ministers expressed “grave concern” Tuesday about violations of a shaky ceasefire in separatist-held east Ukraine but pledged to continue dialogue. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine ceasefire under pressure as four-way talks resume (AFP)
Berlin (AFP) – The French, German, Russian and Ukranian foreign ministers met to review a shaky ceasefire in separatist-held east Ukraine Monday as surging fighting around hotspots put fresh pressure on the accord. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine ceasefire under pressure ahead of key four-way talks (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Surging fighting around hotspots in separatist-held east Ukraine put fresh pressure on a shaky ceasefire under review at talks on Monday between the French, German, Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers. …read more Source: The West...
China, Russia and eastern Europe boost defence spending (AFP)
Stockholm (AFP) – Military spending increased sharply in 2014 in China and Russia and the Ukraine conflict prompted eastern European countries to boost their defence programmes, according to a study by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released Monday. …read more Source: The West...
Germany calls on Russia, Ukraine to move to next phase of peace deal (AFP)
Frankfurt (AFP) – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has called on Russia and Ukraine to set in motion the next phase of the shaky Minsk peace accords aimed at stopping the fighting in east Ukraine, ahead of talks about their implementation in Berlin on Monday. …read more Source: The West...
Russia supplying weapons, troops to Ukraine separatists: report (AFP)
Frankfurt (AFP) – NATO believes that Russia has supplied more troops and weapons to pro-Russian separatists in east Ukraine, a German newspaper reported on Sunday. …read more Source: The West...
Pro-Russians blast destruction of Soviet statues in Ukraine (AFP)
Kharkiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Masked men toppled Soviet-era statues in night raids in Ukraine’s second city Saturday, as moves to erase fraught symbols of the past widen the country’s divide. …read more Source: The West...
Soviet-era statues smashed as Ukraine likens Russia to Nazis (AFP)
Kharkiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Masked men smashed communist-era monuments in Ukraine’s second city overnight Friday after the country’s pro-Western parliament voted to purge the nation of Soviet symbols and its head of state compared today’s Russia to Nazi Germany. …read more Source: The West...
Russia lashes out at law to erase Ukraine’s Soviet past (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Controversial laws designed to leave Ukraine’s Soviet past behind stoked tension in the war-divided country Friday and prompted an angry reaction from Russia which called the ban on communist-era symbols “totalitarian”. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine says 39 pro-Russian ‘saboteurs’ arrested in Odessa (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian authorities on Thursday said 39 people had been arrested for planning a pro-Russian rebellion in the southern port city of Odessa which has been rocked by mysterious explosions in past months. …read more Source: The West...
