Section: The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
Ukraine accord with Europe angers Kremlin
Dealing a defiant blow to the Kremlin, President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine signed a long-delayed trade pact with Europe on Friday that Moscow had bitterly opposed. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
East meets West as Ukraine signs accord with European Union
Ukraine and the European Union signed a historic association accord on Friday, prompting a furious reaction from Russian President Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine signs landmark trade deal with EU, but Russia warns of ‘serious consequences’
After months of violence, the Ukrainian President signs the deal with the same pen that Yanukovych would have used before the country turned towards Russia. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Russia’s Putin renounces right to send troops to Ukraine as helicopter shot down
President Vladimir Putin asked Russia’s upper house on Tuesday to revoke the right it had granted him to order a military intervention in Ukraine in defence of Russian-speakers there. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Russian president Putin supports Ukraine’s ceasefire move
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday he supported Ukraine’s ceasefire, but added that without “practical action” to start negotiations the plan would not be viable. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Russia rejects Ukraine ceasefire announced by President Petro Poroshenko
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Friday declared a one-week, unilateral ceasefire to try to end the bloody conflict with pro-Russian insurgents in the country’s east. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
