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Lithuanian diplomat killed in Ukraine
Lithuania has revealed that one of its diplomats has been murdered in eastern Ukraine. Linas Linkevicius, Lithuania’s foreign minister, sent out a tweet saying that “Mykola Zelenec was kidnapped and brutally killed by terrorists there [the embattled city of Luhansk]“. Zelenec was Lithuania’s honorary consul in the city. The...
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[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:...
Russia aid convoy moves into Ukraine
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has accused Russia of a “flagrant violation of international law” after a convoy of aid lorries crossed the border. Poroshenko said that more than 100 Russian lorries had entered Ukraine without any customs clearance or Red Cross escort. They are heading toward the embattled city of Luhansk, and reports...
[Ticker] Putin’s aid convoy crosses into Ukraine
The first of some 270 trucks in a Russian aid convoy have cleared customs at a rebel-held border point in east Ukraine in order to deliver what Moscow says are humanitarian supplies to civilians. Ukraine fears the convoy could be used to supply military equipment to the rebels. …read more Source:...
Ukraine's calls movement of the Russian aid convoy a "direct invasion"
Author(s): Associated Press ukraine_convoy_invasion.jpg KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s Security Service chief calls movement of the Russian aid convoy a “direct invasion” …read more Source: New...
[Ticker] Ukrainian parliament to ratify EU deal in September
Ukraine’s parliament will ratify the Association Agreement with the EU in September, President Petro Poroshenko said on Wednesday, according to ITAR-TASS. He will meet Russian president Putin in Belarus’ capital Minsk on 26 August and is invited to meet EU leaders at an EU summit in Brussels on 30 August. …read more Source:...
Barroso condemns Ukraine convoy attack
José Manuel Barroso, the president of the European Commission, spoke with Petro Poroshenko, the president of Ukraine, on 18-19 August, and condemned the shelling of a convoy of refugees in eastern Ukraine that has claimed dozens of lives. In a statement, Barroso called for an inquiry into the attack on the convoy in the Luhansk area on Monday (18...
