Section: France
US to send more non-lethal aid to Ukraine
The US is to send more non-lethal aid to Ukraine, including unarmed drones and Humvee military vehicles, according to Washington officials quoted… …read more Source:...
FRANCE – POLAND: Valls in Poland to push arms deals as Ukraine crisis drags on
0 French President Manuel Valls began a two-day tour of Poland on Wednesday to reinforce symbolic and economic links between the two countries under the shadow of points of divergence concerning the crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio France...
Ukraine: ‘Dogs ate bodies’ as locals struggled to bury the dead in Debaltseve
The agreement struck in Minsk for a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine did little to stop the fierce fighting in Debaltseve. Situated on a railway… …read more Source:...
Arms withdrawal on both sides nearly complete, Kiev says
Both Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed rebels have pulled back most of their heavy artillery from the front line in accordance with a February ceasefire deal, Ukraine’s president said late Monday, amid reports of fresh clashes in the east. …read more Source: France...
Ukraine: Poroshenko confirms ‘significant’ heavy weapon pullback by pro-Russia rebels
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko says he accepts that pro-Russian rebels have withdrawn a “significant” amount of heavy weaponry from the… …read more Source:...
Obama urges robust monitoring of Ukraine ceasefire
US President Barack Obama has called for effective international monitoring of the ceasefire in Ukraine. During a visit by EU Council President… …read more Source:...
Ukraine confirms ‘significant’ rebel pullback
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Monday that pro-Russian rebels had withdrawn a “significant” amount of weaponry from the front-lines in eastern Ukraine in accordance with a three-week-old ceasefire deal. …read more Source: France...
Annexation of Crimea: One year one
Celebrations have begun in Crimea, almost a year on from Russia’s annexation of the peninsula. Following a referendum on March 16, 2014, “Crimea was… …read more Source:...
Putin’s secret plan to seize Crimea
President Vladimir Putin has revealed what went on behind the Kremlin’s closed doors in the vital hours before last year’s annexation of Crimea. In… …read more Source:...
Captured female pilot becomes symbol of Kiev’s resistance to Kremlin
Upon hearing that Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, held in a Moscow jail for nearly nine months, was ending a hunger strike that had threatened her life, the national parliament in Kiev broke into a spontaneous applause. …read more Source: France...
