Section: France 24 (France)
Ukraine confirms ‘significant’ rebel pullback
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Monday that pro-Russian rebels had withdrawn a “significant” amount of weaponry from the front-lines in eastern Ukraine in accordance with a three-week-old ceasefire deal. …read more Source: France...
Captured female pilot becomes symbol of Kiev’s resistance to Kremlin
Upon hearing that Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, held in a Moscow jail for nearly nine months, was ending a hunger strike that had threatened her life, the national parliament in Kiev broke into a spontaneous applause. …read more Source: France...
EU, Germany downplay sanctions option in Ukraine conflict
The European Union’s priority is to bolster the Ukraine conflict’s fragile ceasefire, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said on Friday, in remarks that downplayed the threat of fresh sanctions against Russia. …read more Source: France...
Deadly explosion strikes mine in eastern Ukraine
An early morning mine blast in the eastern Ukrainian rebel stronghold of Donetsk killed more than 30 people and injured 14, a local official said on Wednesday. …read more Source: France...
Kerry warns Russia against violating Ukraine ceasefire
US Secretary of State John Kerry met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Geneva on Monday, warning Moscow it could face more economic sanctions if pro-Russian forces in eastern Ukraine failed to comply with a ceasefire. …read more Source: France...
Kerry to meet with Russia’s Lavrov over Ukraine crisis
US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Geneva for talks on the Ukraine crisis Monday, less than a week after accusing Moscow of lying to his face over the conflict. …read more Source: France...
Estonia’s ruling, pro-NATO centre-right takes election lead
Estonia’s ruling centre-right party took the lead after an election on Sunday overshadowed by fears that neighbouring Russia might interfere in the small Baltic State after annexing Ukraine’s Crimea region last year. …read more Source: France...
Spanish combatants detained for ‘joining Ukraine rebels’
Police on Friday arrested eight Spaniards who they said had returned from fighting alongside pro-Russian forces in eastern Ukraine, sources close to the investigation said. …read more Source: France...
Security Council to hold emergency session on Ukraine
The UN Security Council will hold an emergency session to discuss the situation in Ukraine on Friday, exactly a year since Russian troops and pro-Moscow forces began seizing territory in the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea. …read more Source: France...
Video: Ukraine truce not holding in key areas, OSCE says
Monitors from the OSCE, which is monitoring the ceasefire between Kiev and separatist rebels in east Ukraine, told FRANCE 24 on Monday that the truce is not being respected in critical areas nor with regard to the withdrawal of heavy weapons. …read more Source: France...
