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Ukrainian soldiers turn former classrooms into military barracks for rest
Battle-weary Ukrainian soldiers have converted a school into a military barracks where they are sent to catch up on their R&R before being shipped back to the front line. …read more Source: Daily...
Ukraine confirms rebel arms pullback
The Ukrainian president confirms that pro-Russian rebels in the east have withdrawn a “significant” amount of heavy weapons under a ceasefire plan. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko says rebels have withdrawn significant amount of heavy weapons
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Monday pro-Russian rebels had withdrawn a significant amount of weaponry from the front-lines in eastern Ukraine in accordance with a three-week-old ceasefire deal. …read more Source:...
Exclusive: IMF assumes Ukraine to get $15.4 billion from creditor talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund’s bailout program for Ukraine assumes Kiev will be able to get $15.4 billion from talks with its creditors, according to four sources familiar with the IMF’s documents. …read more Source:...
Nato, Ukraine and the EU army plan | Letters
The EU was founded to bring peace and prosperity to the peoples of western Europe after a century of catastrophic wars, by co-operation, pooling of sovereignty and free trade. Its first objective, as stated in the Lisbon treaty, is “to promote peace, its values and the well-being of its peoples”. On the global stage its role should be to promote...
Putin reveals the moment he ordered the plot to take control of Crimea
Vladimir Putin has revealed the moment that he ordered his security officials to start work on a plot to annex Crimea from Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Putin: Plans to take control of Crimea began before referendum
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Putin says plan to take Crimea hatched before referendum
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he ordered officials to start work on taking control of Crimea weeks before a referendum which, the Kremlin has asserted until now, prompted the region’s annexation from Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Mine director arrested over blast in east Ukraine: rebel media
DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – A director of a mine in a rebel-held part of east Ukraine has been arrested over a blast that killed 34 miners last week, separatist press service DAN reported on Monday, quoting prosecutors. …read more Source:...
German foreign minister sees reduction of violence in east Ukraine
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Violence in eastern Ukraine has reduced significantly since a ceasefire deal was agreed in Minsk, Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Monday during a visit to Romania. …read more Source:...
