Section: Latvia
Rinkevics and the OSCE Secretary General discuss the security situation in the eastern Ukraine
On 17 February, Edgars Rinkevics ,the Minister of Foreign Affairs, in a telephone conversation with the Secretary General of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Lamberto Zannier, discussed the security situation in eastern Ukraine, and the developments in the town of Debaltseve in particular, informs LETA. …read...
War in Ukraine: Defenders of Debaltseve in desperate need of reinforcements
In Ukraine’s east, despite a ceasefire being in force, government forces are under intense attack in the strategic hub on Debaltseve. Ukrainian forces on Tuesday, February 17, repeatedly demanded for reinforcements to be brought in the town to avoid hundreds of Ukrainian troops being surrounded and killed. …read more Source: Baltic...
War in Ukraine: Sides do not meet ceasefire deal deadline for withdrawing weapons
Pro-Kremlin separatist and Ukrainian forces have both failed to start pulling out heavy weapons from the front line in eastern Ukraine, thus surpassing a deadline of Monday, February 16, which was agreed upon as part of the Minsk agreement of February 12. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Dead Latvian radical was jailbird in Russia
The citizen of Latvia who was reported to have been killed while fighting for Russian-backed separatist forces in eastern Ukraine is likely to have made the contacts which led him to join the fight there while serving time in Russian prison years ago, reported Latvian Public Television (LTV) investigative news program De Facto Sunday. …read...
Dead Latvian fighter was jailbird in Russia
The citizen of Latvia who was reported to have been killed while fighting for Russian-backed separatist forces in eastern Ukraine is likely to have made the contacts which led him to join the fight there while serving time in Russian prison years ago, reported Latvian Public Television (LTV) investigative news program De Facto Sunday. …read...
EU expands sanctions on Russia
The European Union (EU) has expanded sanctions against Russia, adding 19 individuals and nine legal entities to its blacklist, according to the EU Official Journal published on Monday, cites LETA/TASS. …read more Source: The Baltic...
War in Ukraine: Debaltseve shelled over first day of ceasefire
In eastern Ukraine, the first day of ceasefire agreed in Minsk on February 12 has passed with pro-Kremlin separatists continuing the shelling of nearly surrounded Debaltseve town in Donetsk oblast. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Lithuanian company got under fire in Artemivsk, Ukraine
Despite agreements reached in Minsk, on February 13th afternoon the city of Artemivsk in the Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine was fired by Russian-backed militants. The heating system of Artemivsk is served by the company Artemivsk Energy, part of the Lithuanian holding E Energija, reports LETA/ELTA. …read more Source: The Baltic...
EU Council: there are no changes regarding decisions on imposing the sanctions against Russia
At the European Council meeting held in Brussels, the Heads of State and Government of the European Union states mainly focused on the settlement of the military conflict in Ukraine and the results of the Minsk negotiations. Petro Poroshenko, President of Ukraine was also invited to the European Council meeting, and he informed the members of the...
Lithuanian president: long way to peace in Ukraine
After her arrival to Brussels to take part in an informal meeting of the European Council, Lithuania’s leader Dalia Grybauskaite says that the latest agreement reached in Minsk on early Thursday is only partial and it is not clear yet if it is going to be implemented, reports LETA/ELTA. …read more Source: The Baltic...
