Section: France
Little hope of progress as Putin and Poroshenko prepare to meet in Minsk
US National Security Advisor Susan Rice has accused Russia of escalating its military incursions into Ukraine with air defence systems and dozens of… …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko to meet Putin for crisis talks
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko will meet his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, for talks on Tuesday, just hours after it was announced that 10 Russian paratroopers had been captured on Ukrainian soil. …read more Source: France...
Ukrainian president calls snap vote, dissolves parliament
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko on Monday dissolved parliament, calling for early elections on October 26 as his country continues to grapple with a pro-Russia insurgency in the east. …read more Source: France...
Ukraine president dissolves parliament and names October election date
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed a decree on Monday to dissolve parliament, paving the way for a new election. He announced the move on… …read more Source:...
Ukraine: ‘armoured convoy from Russia’ crosses border
The Ukrainian military has said that its forces have been battling armoured vehicles that crossed into the south of the country from Russia.… …read more Source:...
Russian column ‘disguised as separatists’ enters Ukraine
Ukrainian troops are battling a Russian military column disguised as separatist fighters that had crossed into Ukraine and was heading towards the city of Mariupol, a Ukrainian military spokesman said Monday. Russia has denied the claims. …read more Source: France...
Russia announces plans for second aid convoy to Ukraine
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that Moscow wants to send a second humanitarian aid convoy to eastern Ukraine. “Yesterday we sent an… …read more Source:...
Captured Ukrainian soldiers marched through streets of Donetsk
Pro-Russian separatists have marched dozens of captured Ukrainian soldiers through the streets of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. Hundreds of people… …read more Source:...
Ukraine separatists parade POWs in Donetsk
Captured Ukrainian soldiers were marched through the rebel stronghold of Donetsk by pro-Russian separatists Sunday in a parade meant to counter celebrations of the country’s Independence Day in Kiev. …read more Source: France...
Poroshenko leads Ukraine’s Independence Day rally
For the first time since 2009 Kyiv has held a military parade to mark Independence Day. For 23 years, since the Soviet Union’s collapse, Ukraine has… …read more Source:...
