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Russia wants charter reform, east Ukraine to stay with Kiev: Interfax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow wants a solution to the crisis in Ukraine envisaging a constitutional reform and the Russian-speaking eastern regions staying with Kiev, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told Interfax news agency in an interview published on Monday. …read more Source:...
Ukraine needs injection of tough love
The west should make its support dependent on corruption being ended, writes Victor Pinchuk …read more Source: Financial...
Around 1,300 killed in Ukraine since ceasefire: U.N.
KIEV (Reuters) – Around 1,300 people have been killed in Ukraine’s separatist conflict since a September ceasefire, according to a U.N. report that said many living in the country’s rebel-held east were struggling to survive. …read more Source:...
Russian military jet in ‘near miss’ with passenger plane
Credits: JOHAN NILSSON/AFP/Getty Alt Text: Scandinavian airliners operated by SAS Near collision over Baltic Sea is latest in rising tide of close encounters between Russia and the West One-Minute Read Monday, December 15, 2014 – 11:21am A Russian intelligence jet nearly collided with a passenger plane belonging to the Scandinavian airline...
Moscow shifts to tougher economic relationship with Ukraine: PM
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moving closer to the European Union offers no panacea for Ukraine’s financial problems and will mean big losses in economic ties with Moscow, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in an article published on Monday. …read more Source:...
Britain to treat Ukrainian soldiers in Birmingham hospital
Five soldiers injured while fighting in Ukraine are to be transferred to the UK for treatment …read more Source: The...
Paris, Berlin urge Poroshenko to press ahead with reforms
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande urged Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko on Sunday to press ahead with reforms to facilitate an economic recovery and access to foreign aid. …read more Source:...
Injured Ukrainian Soldier Treated In Britain
Up to five Ukrainian servicemen will be given reconstructive surgery at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham. …read more Source: Sky...
Russia denies military aircraft ‘near miss’ with Swedish passenger jet
Russia, which has increased its military presence in the Baltic Sea area following row with Nato over Ukraine, admits its aircraft was in area but denies planes nearly collided …read more Source: The...
Russia’s Bolshoi theatre hosts concert in aid of Ukraine
World’s most famous ballet theatre stages politically sensitive gala in support of young dancers in Kiev …read more Source: The...
