Section: Otago Daily Times (New Zealand)
Ukraine truce unravels as battle rages
Pro-Russian rebels and government forces fought street-to-street in a strategic town in east Ukraine and refused to pull back their heavy guns, all but scuppering hopes that a European-brokered peace deal will end months of conflict. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Battle rages for town where Ukraine rebels reject ceasefire
Pro-Russian rebels pounded encircled Ukrainian government forces and Kiev said it would not pull back heavy guns while a truce was being violated, leaving a European-brokered peace deal on the verge of collapse. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Fight for territory ahead of Ukraine ceasefire
The Ukrainian military said there was no let-up in a pro-Russian rebel offensive in east Ukraine with separatist forces trying to seize more territory before a ceasefire comes into force at midnight. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
“Glimmer of hope” for Ukraine after deal at Minsk summit
Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine agreed a deal that offers a “glimmer of hope” for an end to fighting in eastern Ukraine after marathon overnight talks. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Ukraine peace talks begin, overshadowed by fighting
The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine began peace talks in Belarus, while in Ukraine pro-Moscow separatists tightened the pressure on Kiev by launching some of the war’s worst fighting. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Obama still weighing call on Ukraine arms
US President Barack Obama has signalled he will wait for the results of high-stakes talks on Ukraine before deciding whether to arm the Kiev government, saying diplomacy and sanctions remain his preferred tools to resolve the crisis. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Scramble to avert ‘dramatic spiral’ in Ukraine
The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France have agreed to meet in Belarus on Wednesday to try to broker a peace deal for Ukraine amid escalating violence there and signs of cracks in the transatlantic consensus on confronting Vladimir Putin. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
German, French leaders in Kremlin for tense Ukraine talks
The leaders of France and Germany flew to Moscow on Friday in a last-ditch effort to negotiate a peace deal for Ukraine, but expectations of a breakthrough were low after gains on the battlefield by pro-Russian rebels. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Death toll mounts in Ukraine after peace talks fail
Thirteen government soldiers and at least as many civilians have been killed in the past 24 hours in eastern Ukraine’s separatist conflict after the collapse of peace talks, Kiev authorities said. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Ukraine peace talks aborted as civilians die in east
Civilians were killed on both sides in heavy fighting in eastern Ukraine, while an attempt to reopen peace talks in neighbouring Belarus was aborted before it began. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
