Section: France
Further talks on Ukraine ceasefire take place in Minsk
Pro-Russian separatists, representatives from Kyiv and Moscow, and the EU security watchdog, the OSCE, met in the Belarus capital Minsk on Saturday… …read more Source:...
Negociators agree to form buffer zone in east Ukraine
Negotiators in Ukrainian peace talks agreed early Saturday to create a buffer zone to separate government troops and pro-Russian militants and withdraw heavy weapons and foreign fighters in order to ensure a stable truce in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: France...
Obama meets Poroshenko in Washington pledging more support for Ukraine
The Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko has met with US President Barack Obama at the White House. Obama pledged his support, saying: “as you saw… …read more Source:...
US and Ukraine, history of ups and downs
When Ukraine signed the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1994, one of Ukraine’s conditions was that fellow signatories Russia and the United… …read more Source:...
US to send $46 million in non-lethal aid to Ukraine
The US will send $46 million in military assistance to Ukraine’s military but declined a request from President Petro Poroshenko (left) to send lethal aid to help in the battle against Russian-backed separatists in east Ukraine. …read more Source: France...
‘We cannot win the war with blankets’ – Poroshenko asks US for more military aid
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has asked the US Congress for more lethal military aid for fighting in the east of Ukraine. He told US senators… …read more Source:...
Shelling continues around Donetsk airport as Ukraine truce holds, just
Sporadic shelling between pro-Russian separatists and the Ukranian army continues around the government held airport in Donetsk. Despite the… …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko secures financial aid from Canada
In an address to Canada’s parliament, he thanked the country for promising to provide Kyiv with bullet-proof vests and helmets: military safety… …read more Source:...
Ukraine starts civil service purge in bid for quick path to EU membership
Reactions have been mixed in Ukraine and elsewhere to the government’s ratification of its association deal with the EU. Some are saying too high a… …read more Source:...
Russia warns Ukraine over ‘historic deal’ with the EU
Russia has warned of serious consequences following Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s signing of a deal with European Parliament President… …read more Source:...
