Section: France 24 (France)
Nearly 1,000 killed in Ukraine since start of ceasefire, UN says
Fighting in eastern Ukraine has claimed the lives of nearly 1,000 people since the signing of a fragile ceasefire agreement in September, the United Nations said on Thursday. …read more Source: France...
Work begins to remove MH17 plane wreckage in east Ukraine
Work began Sunday to remove the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 from rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine, four months after it was shot down claiming 298 lives. …read more Source: France...
Kiev suspends state services in rebel-held east
Ukraine’s president has approved measures to suspend the provision of government services to eastern territories controlled by pro-Russian separatist forces. …read more Source: France...
Russian troops crossing into Ukraine, NATO says
Ukraine said on Wednesday it was redeploying troops in the east because of fears separatists will launch a new military offensive, despite Russia’s denials it has sent troops to reinforce the rebels. …read more Source: France...
Heavy artillery fire in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk
Intense artillery fire broke out in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk early on Sunday, in what was the worst fighting the region has seen since a fragile ceasefire agreement came into effect in September. …read more Source: France...
Ukraine peace plan crumbles as fighting continues in rebel-held east
The ceasefire in Ukraine hung by a thread Wednesday after President Petro Poroshenko accused pro-Russian rebels of endangering the peace process and ordered troop reinforcements to eastern cities. …read more Source: France...
Ukraine to ‘re-examine’ peace plan with rebels
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko threatened to tear up a peace plan with pro-Russian separatist rebels Monday after they defied Kiev and held elections intended to demonstrate their independence. …read more Source: France...
Ukraine rebels elect leader in vote dubbed a ‘farce’ by Kiev
Pro-Russian rebels elected a separatist leadership in eastern Ukraine on Sunday in a vote President Petro Poroshenko called “a farce”. …read more Source: France...
Ukraine’s rebel strongholds prepare for controversial vote
Rebel-held territories in eastern Ukraine prepared Saturday to elect legislators and executives in a vote that has been roundly condemned by the international community but backed by Russia. …read more Source: France...
Russia, EU and Ukraine agree ‘breakthrough’ gas deal
Russia agreed to resume gas deliveries to war-torn Ukraine through the winter in an EU-brokered, multi-billion dollar deal signed by the three parties in Brussels on Thursday. …read more Source: France...
