Section: France
INTERVIEW: UKRAINE: US training Ukraine troops will anger Moscow, analyst
0 Some 290 US paratroopers are to start training Ukrainian troops next month, Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said on Monday. The move is likely to anger Russia, analyst Sarah Lain told RFI. …read more Source: Radio France...
France sees boom in Ukrainian asylum requests
The conflict in the Ukraine has pushed tens of thousands of Ukrainians to seek asylum across Europe, with France alone seeing a ten-fold increase in the number of applications. …read more Source: The Local...
Ukrainian officials arrested during televised government meeting
Two high-ranking Ukrainian officials have been arrested during a televised government meeting, on suspicion of corruption. The head of the state… …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s oligarchs clash, president wrests control of business interests from governor
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko has accepted the resignation of Ihor Kolomoiskiy, the oligarch governor of Dnipropetrovsk, a key region in the… …read more Source:...
US House of Reps. votes in favour of sending arms to Ukraine
The US House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved a resolution urging president Barack Obama to send weapons to Ukraine, to bolster Kyiv’s… …read more Source:...
Ukraine says it will stop buying Russian gas as of next month
Ukraine has announced that it intends temporarily to stop buying gas from Russia on April 1 as its current deal expires on that date. Although Kyiv… …read more Source:...
US House urges Obama to send arms to Ukraine
The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a resolution on Monday urging President Barack Obama to send lethal weapons to Ukraine to protect its sovereignty in its fight against Russian-backed rebels. …read more Source: France...
Both sides in Ukraine conflict accuse each other of breaking truce
Both sides in the Ukraine conflict have accused each other of violating the ceasefire brokered in Minsk last month. Two Ukrainian service men are… …read more Source:...
Ukraine peace deal: Moscow calls for pressure on Kiev
Moscow says France and Germany should put pressure on Kiev to make sure peace agreements are respected. It comes amid reports that two Ukrainian… …read more Source:...
EU leaders agree to keep sanctions against Russia
Economic sanctions imposed on Russia will remain in place until a Ukraine peace deal is fully implemented, EU leaders have agreed at a summit in… …read more Source:...
