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EU ministers urge Russia to free Ukraine pilot
BRUSSELS (AP) ” European Union foreign ministers have launched a plea for Russia to free a Ukrainian air force officer who has been on hunger strike in a Russian prison.Fourteen ministers and the French ambassador on Monday held… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
French envoy: EU holds off adding fresh Russia sanctions, awaiting developments on Ukraine
BRUSSELS (AP) ” French envoy: EU holds off adding fresh Russia sanctions, awaiting developments on Ukraine. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
EU backs Ukraine talks, weighs fresh sanctions
BRUSSELS (AP) ” European Union foreign ministers have thrown their weight behind fresh diplomatic efforts to end the conflict in Ukraine as they assess whether to expand the EU sanctions list targeting separatists and Russian nationals.Belgian… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Chemical plant in eastern Ukraine catches fire
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) ” An explosion and fire have rocked a chemical plant outside a separatist stronghold in eastern Ukraine. Rebels say it was hit by government shelling.No casualties or damage were immediately reported from the… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Merkel to brief Obama on four-party talks on Ukraine crisis
WASHINGTON (AP) ” President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are trying for a public display of unity despite a potential split over arming Ukrainian fighters to better battle Russian-backed separatists.That was… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Putin slammed as a ‘tyrant’ as Ukraine peace talks hang by a thread
The West must stand up to Russia over the conflict in Ukraine or Europe could descend into a major war for the first time since 1945, diplomats warned yesterday as efforts to negotiate peace hung by a thread.A former US ambassador… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
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...
World leaders to confront Putin over Ukraine bloodshed
French, German and Ukrainian leaders are planning a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a frantic bid to halt escalating violence in east Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Doves and hawks circling Ukraine peace talks
It was a day of bluster and speeches, but also paralysis over how to end the bloodshed in eastern Ukraine.On one side, hawks in Washington favoured supplying “advanced weapons” to Ukraine’s Government in Kiev. On the other, cautious… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Germany: Leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany, France aim to hold summit Wednesday in Minsk
BERLIN (AP) ” Germany: Leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany, France aim to hold summit Wednesday in Minsk. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
