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Video raises concerns over Ukraine’s treatment of Russian prisoners
Release of footage of recently captured soldiers said to violate Geneva conventions. RFE/RL reportsA video showing the interrogation of alleged Russian servicemen captured in Ukraine has sparked concerns about the treatment of prisoners of war in the conflict. The footage of one of the two men captured in eastern Ukraine on Saturday appears to...
Ukraine could ask for missile defences amid Russia threat
Russia and Ukraine exchange hostile rheotric as Kiev does not rule out consulting on whether to ask for missile defences …read more Source: The...
After Ukraine crisis, EU appears to trim its eastern ambitions
War in Ukraine and Russia’s annexation of Crimea force Brussels to tread carefully …read more Source: Financial...
VIDEO: Poroshenko: Kiev ‘on alert for attack’
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said he believes pro-Russian rebels in the east of the country are preparing for an offensive, and warned that Kiev must be ready for any such attack. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Poroshenko: ‘I don’t trust Putin’
Ukraine’s president tells the BBC he does not trust Russian president Vladimir Putin and that Ukrainians should prepare for a major Russian offensive. …read more Source:...
Ukraine crisis: Regional chief claims four Ukrainian soldiers have been killed as fighting erupts again in the east of the country
Fighting has erupted between Ukrainian government forces and Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, with claims four Ukrainian servicemen have been killed. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine ‘in real war with Russia’
Ukraine’s president tells the BBC his country is now in a “real war” with Russia – and that Ukrainians should prepare for a new Russian offensive. …read more Source:...
Ukraine vote gives government power to suspend foreign debt payments
Parliament hands ministers powers to defend war-torn nation against ‘unscrupulous’ creditorsUkraine’s parliament on Tuesday handed ministers the power to suspend foreign debt payments to defend against “unscrupulous” creditors.The vote was the latest episode in an escalating row over a $25bn (£16bn) rescue package with the...
Battle erupts in eastern Ukraine, four Ukrainian soldiers killed: regional chief
KIEV (Reuters) – Fighting erupted between Ukrainian government forces and Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday and four Ukrainian servicemen were killed, the regional administration chief said. …read more Source:...
NATO’s Stoltenberg tells Russia’s Lavrov to pull out of Ukraine
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday he had told Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that Russia must withdraw all troops and heavy weapons from Ukraine and end its support for separatists. …read more Source:...
