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      Berlin-Paris Ukraine bid aims to defend ‘European peace’: Merkel (AFP)
      Feb06

      Berlin-Paris Ukraine bid aims to defend ‘European peace’: Merkel (AFP)

      Berlin (AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday that she and French President Francois Hollande’s initiative for conflict-wracked Ukraine was aimed at defending “European peace”. …read more Source: The West...

      EU targets 19, including 5 Russians, with new sanctions
      Feb06

      EU targets 19, including 5 Russians, with new sanctions

      BRUSSELS (AP) ” The European Union is targeting 19 individuals linked to the fighting in eastern Ukraine, including five Russians, in a new list of sanctions set for approval on Monday.Diplomats said Friday that a meeting of EU… …read more Source: The New Zealand...

      Diplomatic push for Ukraine peace focus at Munich conference
      Feb06

      Diplomatic push for Ukraine peace focus at Munich conference

      MUNICH (AP) ” Top world leaders, diplomats and defense officials are converging on Munich for a security conference that comes amid a frantic diplomatic push to end the violence in eastern Ukraine.U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry… …read more Source: The New Zealand...

      Humanitarian truce around Ukrainian town

      Kiev officials and pro-Russian separatists say they have agreed on a brief truce around the town of Debaltseve. …read more Source:...

      Rebels, Ukrainian forces agree on humanitarian corridor
      Feb06

      Rebels, Ukrainian forces agree on humanitarian corridor

      DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) ” The pro-Russia rebels in Ukraine say they have reached agreement with government forces on a humanitarian corridor to evacuate civilians from the epicenter of fighting.The move comes as German Chancellor… …read more Source: The New Zealand...

      Western leaders scramble to Ukraine
      Feb06

      Western leaders scramble to Ukraine

      Western leaders have descended on Kiev in a high-stakes bid to try to calm the resurgent conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: THE...

      Merkel, Hollande bring peace plan to Kiev before Moscow push (AFP)
      Feb05

      Merkel, Hollande bring peace plan to Kiev before Moscow push (AFP)

      Kiev (AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande flew to Kiev Thursday with a new peace plan, in the biggest diplomatic push yet to halt an upsurge in deadly fighting in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...

      New Ukraine peace initiative launched
      Feb05

      New Ukraine peace initiative launched

      French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have arrived in the Ukrainian capital Kiev to present a new peace initiative. …read more Source: Radio New...

      Ukraine to lobby US for arms (AFP)
      Feb05

      Ukraine to lobby US for arms (AFP)

      Ukraine’s leaders are likely to lobby US Secretary of State John Kerry for arms as fighting escalates in the country’s east. …read more Source: The West...

      Ukraine to lobby US for weapons

      John Kerry has arrived in Kiev where pro-Western leaders hope Washington will send weapons to help battle separatists. …read more Source:...