Section: Argentina
Ukraine’s Poroshenko says it’s agreed interim gas price with Russia
Ukraine’s and Russia’s leaders have reached a preliminary agreement on a price for gas supplies this winter but Kiev may need international help to pay, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said today. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
Ukraine president accepts embattled defence minister’s resignation
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has accepted the resignation of his defence minister who has been under fire over a rout of government forces in the east which led to Kiev calling a ceasefire with pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
Putin orders Russian troop withdrawal from Ukrainian border
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian troops to withdraw to their permanent bases after military exercises in Rostov region near the border with Ukraine, the Kremlin said, in a sign of some tension easing before a key meeting next week. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
Ukraine says its forces killed 12 rebels at Donetsk airport
Pro-Russian separatists have suffered their worst casualties since a ceasefire officially began on September 5, losing 12 men in attacks on buildings at Donetsk airport, Ukrainian military officials have said. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
Swiss Red Cross worker killed by shell in Ukraine’s Donetsk
A Swiss Red Cross worker was killed by a shell that landed near the international organisation’s office in Ukraine’s separatist-held city of Donetsk, a Red Cross spokeswoman said. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
At least 10 people killed in shelling on and near school in east Ukraine
At least 10 people were killed today when shells hit a school playground and a mini-van in a nearby street in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, city authorities and witnesses said. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
Ukraine prime minister Yatseniuk says Russians ‘want us to freeze’
The prime minister of the Kiev government accused Russia of attempting to freeze Ukraine in the coming winter by using natural gas as a weapon to subjugate the former Soviet Republic. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
Russians protest against war in Ukraine
Thousands of Russians marched in protest against the armed conflict in Ukraine in the first major anti-war rally since the start of the standoff between Kiev and pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
Kiev, rebels agree to extra measures to ensure Ukraine ceasefire
Pro-Russian separatists and representatives from Kiev and Moscow agreed today on further measures to ensure a cease-fire between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
Ukraine PM tells army to be on full battle alert
Ukraine’s prime minister has told government forces to remain on full battle alert as fighting in the rebel-held eastern city of Donetsk killed at least two civilians and further strained a ceasefire with Russian-backed separatists. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
