Section: France 24 (France)
Ukraine halts Russian gas imports over price dispute
Kiev suspended natural gas imports from Russia on Wednesday after talks to agree on third-quarter pricing collapsed a day earlier, Ukraine’s transport monopoly Ukrtransgaz said. Russian supplies to Europe via Ukraine were unaffected. …read more Source: France...
NATO: Russian ‘aggression’ in Ukraine must be countered
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday the alliance will not get dragged into an arms race with Russia but must counter Moscow’s “aggressive actions” in Ukraine. …read more Source: France...
EU extends Russia sanctions over Ukraine crisis
The European Union on Monday extended economic sanctions on Russia by another six months to keep up the pressure on Moscow over the conflict in east Ukraine, prompting a warning from Russia of a retaliatory ban on EU agricultural imports. …read more Source: France...
Pope urges Putin to make ‘sincere’ effort for Ukraine peace
Pope Francis urged Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday to commit himself to a “sincere and great effort” to achieve peace in Ukraine, the Vatican said. …read more Source: France...
G7 warns Russia of more sanctions over Ukraine ‘aggression’
Leaders of the G7 economic powers on Monday warned Russia it would face stepped-up sanctions for its role in the Ukrainian crisis as they wrapped up a summit in Germany that also pledged strong action to fight climate change. …read more Source: France...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko warns of ‘full-scale’ Russian invasion
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday there were 9,000 Russian servicemen on Ukrainian territory and warned of the threat of a “full-scale invasion” by Russia along the whole joint border. …read more Source: France...
Fighting flares in Ukraine as Kiev blames rebels
Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists on Wednesday fought their first serious battles in months and Ukraine’s defence minister said an attempt by rebels to take the eastern town of Maryinka had been thwarted. …read more Source: France...
Moscow ‘blacklists’ dozens of EU officials from entering Russia
Moscow has released a blacklist of European Union politicians barred from Russia in response to EU sanctions over Crimea and Ukraine, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Friday. …read more Source: France...
Ukraine bans Soviet-era symbols
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Friday enacted laws banning Soviet symbols and communist-era propaganda, his office said, after the measures drew strong Russian criticism when they were approved by parliament last month. …read more Source: France...
‘We are already at war,’ Ukrainian PM tells FRANCE 24
In an interview with FRANCE 24 on Wednesday, Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk discussed granting more autonomy to east Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s fight “against the Western world” and said that Ukraine was “already at war”. …read more Source: France...
