Section: Germany
Ministers agree Ukraine weapons reductions
The foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine, Sergei Lavrov and Pavel Klimkin, agreed at a meeting in Berlin on Wednesday evening that heavy weapons would be withdrawn from front lines in eastern Ukraine . …read more Source: The Local...
Ukraine, Russia agree on demarcation line for heavy artillery pull-back
High-level talks in Berlin have yielded progress toward a ceasefire in Ukraine. Representatives from Kyiv and Moscow have to pull back heavy arms from the front lines in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Poroshenko condemns Russian ‘terror’ in Davos speech
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has condemned ‘Russian terror’ in a speech at the Davos World Economic Forum. He claimed that Russian military forces were in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Deadly clashes rock Ukraine ahead of high-stakes peace talks
Renewed clashes in eastern Ukraine have led to at least five civilian deaths. Kyiv has accused Russia’s military of direct involvement in the region. A meeting in Berlin will seek to calm tensions. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Donetsk airport: Strategic rubble of high symbolic value
Donetsk airport is the most fiercely embattled area in eastern Ukraine. Pro-Russian separatists have been trying to seize what is believed to be the key to the city since April 2014. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Kremlin accuses Poroshenko of rejecting peace proposal
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko rejected a ceasefire offer sent last week by Vladimir Putin, according to a Moscow spokesman. On Sunday, Poroshenko vowed to retake captured Ukrainian land. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Poroshenko rejected Putin peace proposal: spokesman
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has rejected a ceasefire offer sent last week by Russia’s Vladimir Putin, according to a Moscow spokesman. On Sunday, Poroshenko vowed to retake captured Ukrainian land from rebels. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Ukraine peace talks fail as violence flares in east
Talks between the Kyiv government and Russian-backed separatists in the east have failed to reach agreement over a ceasefire. The diplomatic breakdown came as violence flared Friday around the rebel stronghold Donetsk. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Russia’s Lavrov: Ukraine troop mobilization won’t help peace
Russia’s foreign minister has criticized the Kyiv government’s plans to refresh its front-line forces in eastern Ukraine and resume partial conscription, saying that any military actions will not help the peace process. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Steinmeier: Ukraine conflict ‘nowhere near contained’
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has warned that the conflict in Ukraine and its ramifications for Europe remain serious. He told a German paper that there can be no military solution. …read more Source: Deutsche...
