Section: France
Ukraine: Poroshenko orders troops to observe cease fire
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko ordered government forces to cease firing at midnight Sunday Ukrainian time, in line with a peace agreement… …read more Source:...
Ukraine ceasefire enters into force after day of fierce fighting
An uncertain ceasefire agreement signed in Minsk earlier this week between Ukraine’s government and pro-Russian separatist forces in the country’s east took effect at midnight on Saturday after a day of deadly violence. …read more Source: France...
Video: Volunteers risk their lives to help Ukrainian civilians
The ceasefire agreement due to take effect in eastern Ukraine from Sunday seems very far away for the residents of Svitlodarsk. FRANCE 24 reporters followed the volunteers who bring them supplies and evacuate those fleeing heavy shelling. …read more Source: France...
Ongoing violence in eastern Ukraine fuels ceasefire fears
As the hours tick down before the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine comes into force. There are real fears about whether combatants from both sides of… …read more Source:...
High stakes as Ukraine ceasefire countdown continues
What if the guns don’t fall silent at midnight local time in eastern Ukraine? The stakes could get higher with the United States considering whether… …read more Source:...
Ukraine: Fighting intensifies ahead of Sunday’s ceasefire
Video footage from Artemivsk in Ukraine’s Donetsk region on Friday showed local residents heading to a local bomb shelter as fierce fighting… …read more Source:...
Ceasefire deadline approaches amid ongoing fighting in Ukraine
Fighting has raged on in Ukraine, throwing doubts on a ceasefire deal due to take effect over the weekend, with the US saying Russia is still deploying heavy arms and Kiev warning that shelling of civilians had intensified. …read more Source: France...
Ukraine: President Petro Poroshenko questions if ceasefire will take effect
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko believes there are no guarantees the ceasefire deal agreed in the Belarus capital on Thursday will actually take… …read more Source:...
Ukrainian civilians near front lines don’t think truce will work
After 16 hours of negotiating, Putin, Poroshenko, Merkel and Hollande agreed on a truce for Ukraine, to start from 15th February. Given the region’s… …read more Source:...
Clashes in east of Ukraine as ceasefire deadline nears
Mobilised and caught in the conflict in what is supposed to be the countdown to the guns falling silent in the east of Ukraine. Government forces in… …read more Source:...
