Section: Buenos Aires Herald (Argentina)
Ukraine: Rebels continue attacks into New Year
Ukrainian separatists carried out sporadic attacks on government forces as the New Year began, wounding three soldiers, the Kiev military said, as President Petro Poroshenko told the nation to brace for a year that would “not be easy”. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
Russia’s Putin praises Crimea’s ‘return home’
Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a televised New Year’s address today that the “return home” of Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula to Moscow’s control would remain a very important epoch in Russia’s history. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
Ukraine’s parliament approves austerity laws needed for draft budget
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‘NATO turning Ukraine into front line of confrontation’
Russia has said NATO was turning Ukraine into a “frontline of confrontation” and threatened to sever remaining ties with the Atlantic military alliance if Ukraine’s hopes of joining it were realized. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
Russia blasts Western ‘collective punishment’ sanctions on Crimea
The Russian Foreign Ministry denounced new Western sanctions against Ukraine’s Crimea region as a “collective punishment” on local residents who voted in a referendum to join Russia. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
Kerry urges Russia to rebuild its int’l credibility, support Ukraine’s sovereignty
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Climate change, growth and Russia top on the G20 agenda
Leaders from the G20 group of nations agreed to boost flagging global growth, tackle climate change and crack down on tax avoidance but ties between the West and Russia plummeted to a new low over the crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
Russian delegation member says Putin might leave G20 earlier
Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to leave the G20 summit early, a member of his delegation said, after Western leaders blasted Moscow today for the crisis in Ukraine and threatened more sanctions. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
Worst east Ukraine shelling for month as ceasefire looks in doubt
East Ukraine’s rebel stronghold Donetsk was pummelled by the heaviest shelling in a month, and the OSCE said it spotted an armoured column of troops without insignia in rebel territory that Kiev said proved Moscow had sent reinforcements. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
Kiev reports tanks cross from Russia into Ukraine
A column of 32 tanks, 16 howitzer artillery systems and trucks ammunition and fighters has crossed into eastern Ukraine from Russia, Kiev said. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
