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Ukraine must remain one entity: Putin
Dec18

Ukraine must remain one entity: Putin

Russian President Vladimir has urged the Ukrainian government to fulfil its end of a peace deal reached in September and grant amnesty to the rebels. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...

Ukraine must remain one entity: Putin (AP)
Dec18

Ukraine must remain one entity: Putin (AP)

Russian President Vladimir has urged the Ukrainian government to fulfil its end of a peace deal reached in September and grant amnesty to the rebels. …read more Source: The West...

Merkel says Russia sanctions remain ‘unavoidable’ (AFP)
Dec18

Merkel says Russia sanctions remain ‘unavoidable’ (AFP)

Berlin (AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed Thursday that Europe’s goal remains a free and whole Ukraine and that Western sanctions against Russia remain unavoidable until that goal is reached. …read more Source: The West...

EU summit to discuss crisis-hit Russia, economic plan (AFP)
Dec18

EU summit to discuss crisis-hit Russia, economic plan (AFP)

Brussels (AFP) – EU leaders on Thursday will discuss tense relations with Russia and punishing sanctions imposed over Moscow’s actions in Ukraine at a summit led for the first time by Poland’s Kremlin-wary former premier Donald Tusk. …read more Source: The West...

Ukraine, pro-Russia rebels agree to resume peace talks (AFP)
Dec17

Ukraine, pro-Russia rebels agree to resume peace talks (AFP)

Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s pro-European leaders and Kremlin-backed rebels agreed Wednesday to hold long-delayed peace talks that were backed by Russia in the heat of its devastating currency crisis. …read more Source: The West...

Ukraine, pro-Russia rebels to restart peace talks (AFP)
Dec17

Ukraine, pro-Russia rebels to restart peace talks (AFP)

Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s pro-European leaders and Kremlin-backed rebels agreed Wednesday to hold long-delayed peace talks, as Russia reeled from a currency crisis and faced still more sanctions from the West. …read more Source: The West...

Russian Mistral sailors to leave France, says shipbuilder (AFP)
Dec17

Russian Mistral sailors to leave France, says shipbuilder (AFP)

Paris (AFP) – About 400 Russian sailors are returning home, French shipbuilder DCNS said Wednesday, as Paris weighs whether to deliver the Mistral-class warship to Russia amid the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The West...

Obama backs new Russian sanctions
Dec17

Obama backs new Russian sanctions

BARACK Obama will sign legislation imposing new economic sanctions on Russia, the White House said yesterday. …read more Source: THE...

Some quiet but little peace on Ukraine frontline (AFP)
Dec17

Some quiet but little peace on Ukraine frontline (AFP)

Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Rebel commander Tikhii holds a finger in the air as the sound of an explosion echoes in the distance. …read more Source: The West...

Ominous shift in terror tactics
Dec17

Ominous shift in terror tactics

AMID the carnage in Syria, Iraq and Ukraine, Pakistan’s military offensive against the Taliban has barely been noticed. …read more Source: THE...