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Poroshenko calls weapons withdrawal “trial run” for peace plan
Ukraine is pulling back heavy weapons from the front line to test if a peace plan with Russian-backed separatists can work, President Petro Poroshenko said Friday.”This is just a trial run and the beginning of the implementation of the peace plan that… …read more Source:...
Poroshenko: Ukrainian weapons withdrawals “trial run” for peace plan
Ukraine is withdrawing heavy weapons from its front line in the east in order to test if a peace plan with Russian-backed separatists can work, President Petro Poroshenko said Friday.”This is just a trial run and the beginning of the implementation of… …read more Source:...
Ukraine says it has begun heavy weapons withdrawal
Ukraine said Thursday that it has begun withdrawing heavy weapons from the front line in the country’s east, injecting new hope into the latest peace agreement.Military spokesman Anatoliy Stelmakh said that the armed forces were withdrawing 100-millimetre… …read more Source:...
Ukraine says it is beginning heavy weapons withdrawal
Ukraine will begin withdrawing heavy weapons from the front line in the country’s east on Thursday, the Defence Ministry in Kiev said.”In compliance with the agreements reached in Minsk on February 12, Ukraine today will begin withdrawing 100-millimetre… …read more Source:...
German consumer confidence surges to 13-year high
Berlin (dpa) – German consumer confidence is set to surge to a 13-year high next month as optimism about the outlook for Europe’s biggest economy helps households to shrug off worries about the Greek debt crisis and the conflict in eastern Ukraine.Confidence… …read more Source:...
Putin: Ukraine’s halting of gas to rebel areas “smells of genocide”
Brussels/Moscow (dpa) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday suggested that Ukraine was committing “genocide” by halting gas deliveries to separatist-held districts in the east.Putin argued that it was inhuman to cut off the local population… …read more Source:...
EU lays out energy strategy to reduce dependency on Russia
The European Union’s executive body unveiled an energy strategy on Wednesday aimed at providing companies and consumers in the bloc with secure supplies at affordable prices, in part by cutting dependency on Russian gas. The crisis in Ukraine has seen… …read more Source:...
EU: Russia should respect Ukraine gas deal despite new row
Brussels (dpa) – Russia should respect the current gas supply arrangements for Ukraine, the EU’s top energy official said Wednesday, adding that he is working to broker an agreement in the latest spat over deliveries. The Russian energy giant Gazprom… …read more Source:...
EU to lay out energy strategy reducing dependency on Russia
The European Union’s executive body is due Wednesday to present its energy strategy for the bloc, aimed at providing consumers with secure power supplies at affordable prices, in part by cutting dependency on Russian gas. The crisis in Ukraine has seen… …read more Source:...
Ministers plan to boost observer mission for Ukraine ceasefire
The foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany made a fresh call on Tuesday for a “strict implementation” of the ceasefire agreement in eastern Ukraine and suggested expanding an international observer mission there.”We call for the strict… …read more Source:...
