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Kerry, Lavrov to meet Thursday on Ukraine, Mideast (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – US Secretary of State John Kerry will hold talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov at an OSCE meeting on Thursday in Basel, Switzerland, a US official said, with topics set to include Ukraine and the Middle East. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine says pro-Russia rebels violating latest truce (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine’s military on Wednesday accused pro-Russian fighters of violating a truce at a key airport battlefield in rebel-held Donetsk just hours after it was agreed. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine accuses pro-Russia rebels of violating Donetsk truce (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s military on Wednesday accused pro-Russian fighters of violating a truce at an airport in rebel-held Donetsk that had been the focus of fighting for months. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine hands foreigners government posts
A US citizen is among several foreigners appointed to top posts in a new Ukrainian reformist government. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Vladimir Putin, oil, rouble all headed for 63 – or why Russia is shrugging off sanctions
Despite a worsening economy, Russians are laughing off Western sanctions aimed at getting Russia to change course on Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
NATO ministers boost support for Ukraine (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – NATO foreign ministers approved fresh support for Ukraine and condemned Russia Tuesday for backing pro-Moscow rebels as the alliance signed off on its new training mission in Afghanistan. …read more Source: The West...
Truce reached for Ukraine airport
UKRAINE and pro-Russian separatists have agreed to a temporary ceasefire at rebel-held Donetsk airport where fierce fighting has raged since May. …read more Source:...
Ukraine names US national Jaresko as finance minister (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s parliament on Tuesday confirmed US national Natalia Jaresko as finance minister while handing the economy portfolio to Lithuanian investment banker Aivaras Abromavicius in a new government designed to sweep out graft. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine lawmakers reappoint defence, foreign ministers to new government (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine lawmakers on Tuesday reappointed the current defence and foreign ministers to a new government formed after an October election put a new pro-Western coalition in charge of parliament. …read more Source: The West...
The final journey for MH17
UNDETERRED by the winter freeze, authorities are moving pieces of the MH17 wreckage from Ukraine to the Netherlands … hoping to put the missing pieces of the puzzle together. …read more Source:...
