Section: Ireland
Separatists hand over prisoners of war to Ukraine
Pro-Russian separatists have so far handed over about 1,200 prisoners-of-war to the Ukrainian side under the terms of a ceasefire agreement, President Petro Poroshenko said today …read more Source: RTÉ...
Fears over ceasefire after shelling in Donetsk
Prolonged shelling has been heard in an area north of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine’s largest city. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Ceasefire still in effect in Ukraine
The ceasefire in Eastern Ukraine appears to be holding with no reports of significant fighting between government troops and pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source: RTÉ...
President Poroshenko ready to order ceasefire
President Petro Poroshenko says he is ready to order a ceasefire to end five-month conflict in Ukraine. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Cameron says pressure to build on Russia
British Prime Minister David Cameron has said pressure would ramp up on Russia if it did not curtail its actions in Ukraine, which he described as unacceptable. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Ukraine says ‘permanent ceasefire’ agreed
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko has reached agreement with Russia’s Vladimir Putin on a “permanent ceasefire” in eastern Ukraine’s Donbass region, Mr Poroshenko’s press office has said. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Ukraine accuses Russia of starting ‘a great war’
Ukraine’s Defence Minister has accused Russia of starting a ‘great war’ that could claim tens of thousands of lives. …read more Source: RTÉ...
EU warning to Russia over troops in Ukraine
Taoiseach Enda Kenny said that a new list of sanctions against Russia would be ready “within seven” days if Moscow did not withdraw troops and heavy weapons from eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: RTÉ...
EU prepared to toughen sanctions against Russia
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has said the EU is prepared to toughen sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis but also that it wanted a political deal to end the confrontation. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Russia demands for MH17 data to be published
Russia is demanding to know why international investigators have yet to publish the black box data from a Malaysian airliner that crashed in eastern Ukraine in July. …read more Source: RTÉ...
