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Two Ukrainian soldiers killed in rebel attacks in past 24 hours: Kiev military
KIEV (Reuters) – Two Ukrainian servicemen were killed in rebel attacks in the separatist-minded east of Ukraine in the 24 hours up to Saturday morning despite an agreed ceasefire, the Kiev military said. …read more Source:...
Russia urges Germany, France to safeguard peace in Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia appealed to Germany and France on Saturday to ensure Kiev does not try to incite violence in east Ukraine to encourage the United States to send Ukrainian forces lethal weapons. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian oligarch under fire after night raid on state oil firm
KIEV (Reuters) – A raid by a group of armed men in combat fatigues on a state-owned oil company in the Ukrainian capital Kiev caused uproar in parliament on Friday and thrust banking billionaire Ihor Kolomoisky into the spotlight. …read more Source:...
Fifa’s Sepp Blatter: 2018 World Cup in Russia will bring peace to region
• Progress made on treatment of migrant workers in Qatar says Blatter• Fifa raises three-fold amount of money paid to European Club AssociationThe Fifa president, Sepp Blatter, has rounded on those calling for a boycott of the 2018 World Cup in Russia and claimed holding the tournament there will bring peace to the region.This week the Ukrainian...
Former MI6 head: Putin could get more dangerous
Putin attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow. © Pavel Golovkin/AP/Press Association Images Richard Dearlove, the former head of the Secret Intelligence Service MI6, has said that the West is failing to put sufficient pressure on Vladimir Putin over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In comments made...
Sanctions on Russia ‘to last until the end of the year’
The EU suggests it will only lift sanctions on Russia when the Minsk peace agreement is fully implemented …read more Source: The...
Energy and Crimean Tatars top agenda as Turkey’s Erdogan visits Ukraine
ANKARA (Reuters) – Energy ties and the fate of Crimean Tatars will top the agenda when Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan meets his Ukrainian counterpart in Kiev on Friday, but concrete deals are unlikely as he seeks to avoid straining relations with Moscow. …read more Source:...
Russia says sanctions ‘destructive’, will act in own interests
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia described “sanctions rhetoric” as destructive on Friday and said it would do what is in its national interests after European Union leaders kept economic sanctions in place over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Ukraine ceasefire being violated
Fighting is continuing around the government-controlled town of Peski in eastern Ukraine despite the ceasefire. …read more Source:...
Russians count cost a year after Crimea
Russians count the cost a year after Crimea annexation …read more Source:...
