Section: RTÉ News (Ireland)
Ukraine truce not even close – John Kerry
Russia and pro-Moscow rebels in Ukraine remain far from meeting the terms of a tattered ceasefire deal, US Secretary of State John Kerry said today. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Ukrainian rebels begin withdrawing heavy weapons
Pro-Russia separatists said this morning they have begun withdrawing heavy weapons from the frontline in east Ukraine under a ceasefire deal. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Ukraine yet to begin withdrawing artillery
Ukraine’s military has said it could not start withdrawing heavy weapons from the frontline in the east as required under a tenuous ceasefire because pro-Russian separatists were still attacking its positions. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Prisoner swap boosts ceasefire in eastern Ukraine
A Russian general involved in implementing the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine says rebel forces will today begin withdrawing heavy weapons from the front line. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Additional Russian sanctions being discussed
US Secretary of State John Kerry has said the US and its allies were not prepared to play games with Russia and were discussing additional sanctions against Moscow over its role in eastern Ukraine, undermining a European-brokered truce. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Ukraine remembers victims of Maidan 2014 clashes
As violence continues in eastern Ukraine, Kiev today marks a bittersweet first anniversary of the Maidan protest siege that brought an end to the regime of President Viktor Yanukovich. …read more Source: RTÉ...
EU ‘guilty of sleepwalking’ into Ukraine crisis
Britain and the European Union are guilty of “sleepwalking” into a crisis in Ukraine, a scathing report from a British parliamentary committee has said. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Russia criticises Ukraine’s peacekeeper call
Russia has said Ukraine’s call for peacekeepers to enforce a largely shattered ceasefire deal was aimed at destroying the agreement. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Ukrainian forces withdraw from key eastern town
Pro-government forces have begun to withdraw from the town of Debaltseve in eastern Ukraine, according to commanders of a local paramilitary unit. …read more Source: RTÉ...
‘Access agreed’ for OSCE monitors in Ukraine
The leaders of Russia, Germany and Ukraine have agreed on “concrete measures” to allow international monitors from the OSCE to observe the shaky ceasefire in Ukraine. …read more Source: RTÉ...
