Section: Macedonia
Kerry warns Russia against violating Ukraine ceasefire
US Secretary of State John Kerry met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Geneva on Monday, warning Moscow it could face more economic sanctions if pro-Russian forces in eastern Ukraine failed to comply with a ceasefire. …read more Source: Macedonian Information...
Kerry, Lavrov meet in Geneva
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met Monday with his Russian counterpart in what appeared to be less than amicable talks amid continuing tensions over Ukraine and American calls for a full probe into the murder of a prominent opposition figure in Moscow, AP reports. …read more Source: Macedonian Information...
Investigator: Several motives in Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov shooting death
Russian investigators said they were examining motives in the shooting death of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov that include the Ukraine conflict, Islamic extremism, or a plan to destabilize the country. …read more Source: Macedonian Information...
EU’s Mogherini discusses gas supply, Ukraine with Russia’s Lavrov
European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini discussed gas supply problems and the implementation of a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine in a 20-minute phone call with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday, Reuters reports. …read more Source: Macedonian Information...
Russia says many in Kiev want Ukraine peace deal to fail
Russia is concerned that many people in Kiev and outside Ukraine want a peace deal in the east of the country to fail, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday, Reuters reports. …read more Source: Macedonian Information...
Gazprom threatens to stop gas supplies to Ukraine, affecting Europe
Russia threatens to cut off gas supplies to Ukraine, if the Government in Kiev doesn’t pay its debt in two days. Russian gas giant Gazprom announced that this development could also put gas supplies to Europe at risk, given that most Russian gas transits Ukraine. …read more Source: Macedonian Information...
Russia’s humanitarian convoy on its way to east Ukraine
The 16th convoy of the Russian Emergencies Ministry carrying humanitarian aid for Donbas citizens has departed for Ukraine, the ministry’s press service said on Tuesday, TASS reports. …read more Source: Macedonian Information...
Kiev says cannot withdraw heavy weapons as attacks persist
Ukraine’s military said on Monday it could not start withdrawing heavy weapons from the front line in the east as required under a tenuous ceasefire because pro-Russian separatists who advanced last week were still attacking its positions, Reuters reports. …read more Source: Macedonian Information...
At least three killed in pro-Maidan rally in Ukraine’s city of Kharkiv
At least three were killed and 10 injured when a bomb blast tore through a crowd gathered for a pro-Ukrainian rally in the city of Kharkiv, in the Russian east. The rally was called in front of the Palace of sports in the city, which many fear could be part of the plans of pro-Russian separatists, who took over Donetsk and Luhansk. Russian TASS...
U.S. refrain from delivering weapons to Ukraine
The United States have not altered their stance on military assistance for the Ukraine, delivering only non-lethal military equipment, not weapons, said Pentagon press secretary John Kirby. …read more Source: Macedonian Information...
