Section: Germany
Russia ready to block UN Security Council vote for tribunal on MH17 Ukraine air crash
Russia looks set to veto next week’s UN Security Council vote for a tribunal to prosecute those suspected of downing the Malaysia passenger plane over Ukraine last year. All 298 people on board died. …read more Source: Deutsche...
A nonexistent frontier: Ukraine’s internal border
Ukraine is regulating passenger travel to and from rebel-held territories near Donetsk and Luhansk. The result: kilometer-long lines and frustrated citizens. Inna Kuprijanova reports from a border that should not exist. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Merkel participates in four-way Ukraine talks
The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine held talks Thursday over the conflict in east Ukraine, with all sides calling for the full implementation of a ceasefire deal, the French presidency said. …read more Source: The Local...
Ukraine agrees to 30-kilometer buffer zone
Ukrainan President Petro Poroshenko has announced plans to introduce a 30-kilometer demilitarized zone in Luhansk. The president has also instated a well-known volunteer as Kyiv’s governor of the war-torn region. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Gorbachev: Build up that trust!
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev urged Moscow and Berlin on Tuesday to “re-establish trust” amid fierce tension caused by the ongoing Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The Local...
Russia tries Ukrainian film director Sentsov on terror charges
A Ukrainian filmmaker has gone on trial on terror charges in Russia. Rights groups say the case against Oleg Sentsov was fabricated as payback for his vocal opposition to the annexation of Crimea. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Russia submits rival MH17 resolution draft
In a UN resolution proposal, Russia has called for “perpetrators” in the likely downing of MH17 over Ukraine to be brought to justice. The draft ignores the requests for an international tribunal. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Kremlin criticizes NATO over drills in Ukraine
Moscow has warned that a five-month-long truce could be derailed by the war games. The Russian military recently held its own exercises close to its border with Ukraine. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Ukraine rebels claim to withdraw heavy weapons
Pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine have started moving their remaining heavy weapons away from the front line, according to rebel sources. Kyiv and the rebels traded accusations for the latest shelling of civilians. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Donbass autonomy to test Ukrainian government
Ukraine is in a race against time to anchor a factual autonomy for the pro-Russian separatist region of Donbass into its constitution. The core of the Minsk Agreement is at stake, but resistance is growing in Kyiv. …read more Source: Deutsche...
