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[Ticker] Poroshenko shakes Putin’s hand in Minsk
Ukraine leader Porosehnko shook hands for cameras with Russia’s president Putin at a meeting in Minsk on Tuesday despite reports of ever-more Russian troops and weapons pouring into Ukraine. “In Minsk at this meeting the fate of the world and Europe is being decided,” Poroshenko told press, AFP reports. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Putin says EU-Ukraine trade pact will cost him €2bn
Russian leader Putin said at a summit in Minsk Tuesday the EU-Ukraine trade deal will cost Russia €2bn in lost business with Ukraine. He repeated threats to cancel preferential tariffs for Ukraine but said he advocates “closer co-operation” between the EU and his Eurasian Union, to be launched in 2015. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] EU summit to discuss Ukraine
Ukraine leader Poroshenko told EU Council chief Van Rompuy by phone Monday of his concern that Russian armoured vehicles keep entering Ukraine and that Russia plans to send a second, unilateral “aid” convoy to rebels. Poroshenko is to attend an EU summit in Brussels on Saturday “to discuss the situation”. …read more...
[Ticker] Ukraine to hold parliament elections on 26 October
Ukraine president Poroshenko said Monday he plans to hold parliamentary elections on 26 October despite the ongoing conflict in east Ukraine. The vote is designed to sweep away MPs dating from the pre-revolutionary period of former leader Yanukovych. Poroshenko also promised to ratify an EU free trade deal in mid-September. …read more...
Merkel: Ukraine can go to Eurasian Union
Merkel has indicated she is willing to make concessions on EU-Ukraine relations ahead of peace talks in Minsk. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Captured soldiers on parade in Donetsk
Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine have marched dozens of captured government soldiers through the city of Donetsk, reports the BBC. The incident came ahead of a military parade in Kiev to mark Independence Day and as Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko announced extra military spending of €2.5 billion. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Merkel pledges €500mn for east Ukraine
German chancellor Angela Merkel in Kiev on Saturday pledged €500mn to help rebuild the Donbass region in east Ukraine after the conflict ends. She said she supports “decentralisation” of power in Ukraine, but not federalisation. She also indicated that Germany does not support extra sanctions against Russia at this stage. …read...
[Ticker] Merkel is ‘good friend’ of Ukraine
Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko said after meeting German chancellor Angela Merkel in Kiev on Saturday that she is “a good friend and a strong advocate of Ukraine”. He described as “symbolic” the fact her visit came on the eve of Ukraine’s Independence Day on Sunday. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Lithuanian diplomat murdered in east Ukraine
Mykola Zelenec, Lithuania’s honorary consul in east Ukraine, was Friday “kidnapped and brutally killed by terrorists”, Lithuanian foreign minister Linas Linkevicius has said. He voiced “deep sorrow” over the killing. Ukraine’s foreign minister Pavlo Klimkin said the EU should declare the rebel groups...
Lithuanian FM: Ukraine will not attack Russian convoy
Lithuania’s foreign minister has said Ukraine will not attack Russia’s “aid” convoy, despite its “illegal” and “provocative” nature. …read more Source:...
