Section: France
‘Possible’ Russian missile fragments found at MH17 crash site
Investigators probing the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 said Tuesday they had identified pieces that “possibly” come from a Russian-made BUK missile from eastern Ukraine, where the plane crashed. …read more Source: France...
Debris from MH17 crash belongs to ‘Russian-made missile system’
Dutch prosecutors from a joint international criminal investigation into the 2014 downing of flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine say some of the debris… …read more Source:...
Ukraine: claim and counter-claim as the shelling continues
*Ukraine has accused pro-Russian rebels in the east of carrying out the heaviest military attacks on government positions in six months. * Officials… …read more Source:...
OSCE monitoring mission vehicles torched in eastern Ukraine
Four armoured vehicles belonging to the OSCE monitoring mission in Ukraine’s eastern conflict zone have been torched in an apparent arson attack.… …read more Source:...
France agrees to repay Russia for warships
The French Presidency announced on Wednesday that Russia would be “fully reimbursed” for the cost of two warships, which Paris has refused to deliver due to the ongoing Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The Local...
Hollande, Putin agree compensation for cancelled Mistral deal
President François Hollande’s office announced Wednesday that a deal had been reached with President Vladimir Putin to pay Russia compensation for cancelling the delivery of two French Mistral warships over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: France...
Ukraine puts top Russian general Gerasimov on ‘most wanted’ list
Russia’s top general Valery Gerasimov has been accused of ‘organising an armed conflict’ in Ukraine which is making plans to put him on… …read more Source:...
Talks on Ukraine take place despite escalation in fighting
The Ukrainian military said on Monday that four of its soldiers were killed and 15 wounded in fighting with pro-Russian rebels in the previous 24… …read more Source:...
Ukrainians protest against a planned “buffer zone”.
Hundreds of people gathered in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol on Sunday in protest at plans to create a demilitarised buffer zone between Kiev… …read more Source:...
Hundreds of Crimean Tatar groups gather for world congress in Ankara
Hundreds of ethnic Crimean Tatar groups from around a dozen countries are attending a major world congress this weekend. Those gathered in the… …read more Source:...
