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Russian fury at minister’s Putin jibe
President Poroshenko of Ukraine was urged to sack his foreign minister yesterday for calling President Putin a “dickhead” during a… …read more Source: The...
Kiev accuses Russia of cutting gas supplies
Talks in Kiev break down over gas supply, with the move to prepayment by the Russian energy giant making a reduction of supplies to Ukraine more likely …read more Source: Financial...
Ukraine fighting threatens water supply to four million: OSCE
KIEV (Reuters) – Fighting in eastern Ukraine threatens water supplies to the city of Donetsk and could have serious consequences for 4 million people, monitors for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said on Monday. …read more Source:...
Russia’s Gazprom reduces gas to Ukraine after deadline passes
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian natural gas exporter Gazprom reduced supplies to Ukraine on Monday after Kiev failed to meet a deadline to pay off its gas debts in a dispute that could disrupt supplies to the rest of Europe. …read more Source:...
Russia cuts off gas supply to Ukraine as deadline passes
Ukraine and Russia fail to agree compromise deal over gas prices and unpaid bills but EC hopes accord can still be reachedRussia has cut off gas supplies to Ukraine after a payment deadline passed and negotiators failed to reach a deal with Russia on gas prices and unpaid bills.Gazprom’s spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov said that since Ukraine...
Ukraine minister’s abusive remarks about Putin spark diplomatic row
Andriy Deshchytsia caught swearing about Russian president while trying to placate protesters outside embassy in KievUkraine’s foreign minister has become embroiled in an unusual diplomatic row after he was caught on camera making abusive remarks about Vladimir Putin outside the Russian embassy in Kiev on Saturday evening.As the conflict in...
Kerry warns Russia the US will ‘raise the costs’ as Ukraine crisis intensifies
Secretary of state speaks with counterpart Sergei Lavrov Kerry also calls Kiev after jet downed and embassy attackedSecretary of State John Kerry on Saturday warned Russia that the US and its G7 partners would raise the costs Moscow could face, unless it curbed weapons flowing into Ukraine and cut ties with pro-Russia separatists. In Ukraine on...
Russia and Ukraine’s mystery tanks
Jonathan explains what the images of tanks released by Nato may tell us about Russia’s involvement in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Bloodiest day in Ukraine conflict as rebel missiles bring down military jet
Il-76 transport plane destroyed at Luhansk airport, killing 40 paratroopers and nine crewPro-Russian rebels have shot down a military transport plane in Luhansk in the bloodiest single day of fighting in eastern Ukraine since the conflict began in April, setting back Kiev’s efforts to end the crisis and establish control of the region.The...
The 20 photographs of the week
The World Cup in Brazil, the taking of Mosul in Iraq, protests in Athens and Barcelona – the best photography in news, culture and sport from around the world this week … …read more Source: The...
