Section: The Guardian (The United Kingdom)
Ukraine president in crisis talks with security chiefs over electoral farce
Petro Poroshenko vows to deal with only legitimately elected self-government bodies, not bandits who crown themselvesUkraines president, Petro Poroshenko, is to meet with his security chiefs on Tuesday after pro-Russian rebels held elections that proved they would never again be ruled by Kiev.Separatist leaders in Luhansk and Donetsk claimed...
Ukraine rebel elections illegitimate, says new EU foreign policy chief
In first newspaper interview in office, Federica Mogherini questions whether sanctions would force Russian policy shiftThe illegal and illegitimate elections in breakaway eastern Ukraine on Sunday may have killed off all prospects of a political and diplomatic settlement of the Ukraine crisis, the European Unions new foreign policy chief warned...
Germany urges Russia to respect unity of Ukraine after Donetsk elections
Berlin makes warning after Moscow endorses victory for Ukraines pro-Russia rebel leadership in electionsThe German foreign minister has called on Russia to respect the unity of Ukraine after a controversial vote in the rebel-held east of the country gave victory to pro-Russia rebels.Frank-Walter Steinmeier said the elections had gone against the...
Ukraine: Donetsk votes for new reality in country that does not exist
The election for the regions prime minister has given hope to older generations that they will never again be part of UkraineWith armed men in the polling station, no voter lists, and international observers coming from an organisation concocted the night before the vote, these were no normal elections.But then the Donetsk Peoples Republic is no...
Eyewitness: Lviv, Ukraine
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Pro-Russia separatists hold leadership elections in two Ukraine enclaves
Kiev and western powers refuse to recognise votes in Donetsk and Lugansk Peoples Republics, held amid continuing fightingPro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine hold controversial leadership elections on Sunday which Kiev and the west have refused to recognise and which threaten to deepen the international crisis over the conflict.Fighting...
MH17: more human remains found at crash site, says Dutch PM
Mark Rutte says lull in fighting allowed investigators to re-enter eastern Ukraine site where Malaysia Airlines plane came down A Dutch team took advantage of a pause in fighting between government forces and pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine on Friday to recover human remains from the Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash site, the Dutch prime...
Russian gas supplies to Ukraine could resume next week
Moscow say that delivery would depend on how soon debts are paid and pre-payments madeRussia could resume natural gas deliveries to Ukraine as soon as next week if Kiev pays $2.2 billion in debt and pre-payments, gas exporter Gazprom said on Friday, under a deal that also safeguards winter deliveries to Europe.Moscow, Kiev and the European Union...
Russia could resume gas supply to Ukraine by next week
Deliveries to start once Kiev pays $2.2bn in debt and pre-payments after agreement reached by Moscow, Kiev and EURussia could resume natural gas deliveries to Ukraine as soon as next week if Kiev pays $2.2bn (£1.4bn) in debt and pre-payments, gas exporter Gazprom said on Friday, under a deal that also safeguards winter deliveries to...
Russian gas set to flow to Ukraine again after new supply deal agreed
EU steps in as guarantor for Kiev in three-way agreement, with sanctions against Russia in place as Ukraine conflict continuesUkraine, Russia and the European Union signed a deal on Thursday on the resumption of Russian natural gas supplies to Ukraine for winter after several months of delay during the conflict in Ukraine.European commission...
