Section: Germany
Putin and Poroshenko to meet in Milan
Kiev says the leaders of Ukraine and Russia are to meet next week in Italy and will discuss eastern Ukraine’s fragile ceasefire and gas supplies for winter. In eastern Ukraine a no-shooting period had been agreed. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Putin and Poroshenko to meet. No-shooting period agreed for Donetsk, Ukraine
Kiev says the leaders of Ukraine and Russia are to meet next week in Italy and will discuss eastern Ukraine’s fragile ceasefire and gas supplies for winter. In eastern Ukraine a no-shooting period had been agreed. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Steinmeier suggests drones for Ukraine border at OSCE
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has tentatively suggested to the OSCE that France and Germany could provide unarmed drones to monitor Ukraine’s border with Russia, after talks with his Kyiv counterpart. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Merkel pledges support to Poland on path to the eurozone
At a meeting with new Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has pledged to support Poland if it wants to enter the eurozone. Ukraine was also on the agenda of their talks. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Hundreds killed during Ukraine ceasefire, UN says
At least 331 people have been killed during a fragile ceasefire between Ukraine government troops and Russian-backed separatists, according to the UN. The truce is a little over a month old. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Drones for OSCE truce monitors arrive in Ukraine
The first drones have arrived in Kyiv to support to an international mission monitoring the shaky ceasefire in eastern Ukraine. Germany and France are considering sending troops to help observer efforts. …read more Source: Deutsche...
New NATO chief Stoltenberg visits Poland
NATO’s new head, Jens Stoltenberg, has reassured Poles during a visit to Warsaw that the Western alliance is ready to defend them. He was responding to Polish concerns over the Ukraine-Russia conflict. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Uneasy ceasefire in Ukraine sees fresh violence
The delicate truce between Kyiv and pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine was broken again on Sunday. New NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is optimistic that the situation can be resolved. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Germany ponders troops for Ukraine monitor mission
Germany is mulling the deployment of 200 soldiers to Ukraine to help and protect monitors overseeing a shaky truce in the east of the country. Despite the ceasefire, fighting has continued around Donetsk and Luhansk. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Ceasefire frays as fighting intensifies at Donetsk airport
Fighting between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian rebels is intensifying over the Donetsk airport, prompting dialogue between Moscow and Washington and straining a month-old ceasefire in Ukraine. …read more Source: Deutsche...
