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Intense fighting ahead of Ukraine summit
Fresh violence in Ukraine, including a rocket strike on Kiev’s military headquarters in the east, has killed at least 20 people on the eve of a four-way peace summit. …read more Source:...
Renewed fighting in Ukraine casts a shadow over four-way peace talks
Intense fighting in Ukraine, including a rocket strike on Kiev’s military headquarters in the east, have killed at least 23 people on the eve of a four-way peace summit.As diplomats scrambled to finalise a deal to end the 10-month… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Rockets rain death far from Ukraine frontline (AFP)
Kramatorsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – The elderly woman kneels and weeps as she recognises one of those killed when a hail of rebel rockets fell on Ukraine’s regional centre Kramatorsk, another innocent victim fallen far from the front. …read more Source: The West...
Obama talks to Ukraine leader as US weighs lethal aid
WASHINGTON (AP) ” Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is updating President Barack Obama about a new round of peace talks aimed at securing a cease-fire with pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine.Obama and Poroshenko spoke… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
What life is really like in Ukraine
AS WORLD leaders work to broker a peace deal in eastern Ukraine, locals are trying to stay alive. …read more Source:...
‘Spy mania’ makes comeback in Russia amid Ukraine war (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – What do a nuclear scientist, a young mother of seven, a church employee and a former military factory boss have in common? …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine: Hollande determined for peace talks to succeed
PARIS (AP) ” French president Francois Hollande said he is determined for Ukraine peace talks to succeed, but without any certainty, ahead of a planned meeting Wednesday in Minsk between the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Europe’s outcast Belarus unlikely star of Ukraine talks (AFP)
Minsk (AFP) – Political pariah turned would-be peacemaker, Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko will bask in the limelight this week when European leaders desperate to end the Ukraine war are expected to gather in Minsk. …read more Source: The West...
AP PHOTOS: Top pictures from Europe and Africa
LONDON (AP) ” The war in eastern Ukraine again dominated the news in Europe last week, as Russian-backed rebels captured territory near the besieged town of Debaltseve, prompting Ukrainian authorities to evacuate some residents.The… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Germany: Top-level talks on Ukraine peace resuming in Minsk
BERLIN (AP) ” Germany’s Foreign Ministry says talks between senior officials from Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine to pave the way for a summit of leaders in Minsk will resume in the Belarusian capital.The ministry says that… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
