Section: Stabroek News (Guyana)
Putin unveils Ukraine ceasefire plan
KIEV/ULAN BATOR, (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin outlined plans for a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine yesterday but Ukraine’s prime minister dismissed the proposal, while France expressed its disapproval of Moscow’s support for separatist forces by halting delivery of a warship. After speaking to Ukrainian President Petro...
Ukraine rebels say they are poised to recapture Donetsk airport
BRUSSELS/DONETSK, Ukraine, (Reuters) – EU officials proposed sanctions yesterday to starve Russian firms of cash as punishment for Moscow’s role in Ukraine, where rebels said they were storming Donetsk airport, potentially their biggest prize since turning the war’s tide last week. Western countries accuse Moscow of sending...
Putin comment on “taking Kiev in 2 weeks” taken out of context – aide
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – A reported comment by President Vladimir Putin that Russia could capture Ukraine’s capital Kiev within two weeks was taken out of context, Itar-Tass news agency quoted a Kremlin foreign policy aide as saying today. It quoted Yuri Ushakov as saying that whether or not those words were spoken, the quote “was taken […]...
Ukraine accuses Russia of ‘undisguised aggression’ as rebels advance
KIEV/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko accused Russia yesterday of “direct and undisguised aggression” which he said had radically changed the battlefield balance as Kiev’s forces suffered a further reverse in their war with pro-Moscow separatists. In the latest in a string of setbacks in the past week,...
Putin calls for talks on east Ukraine “statehood”; rebels fire on ship
MOSCOW/MARIUPOL, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin called yesterday for immediate talks on the “statehood” of southern and eastern Ukraine, although his spokesman said this did not mean Moscow now endorsed rebel calls for independence for territory they have seized. The Kremlin leader’s remarks, two days after a public...
Ukraine says Russian tanks flatten town; EU to threaten more sanctions
KIEV/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Ukraine said Russian tanks had flattened a small border town and pro-Russian rebels had made fresh gains in its east, as EU leaders signalled yesterday they would threaten more sanctions against Moscow over the crisis. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, attending an EU summit in Brussels, said he was hoping for a...
Ukraine seeks to join NATO; defiant Putin compares Kiev to Nazis
LAKE SELIGER, Russia/ KIEV, (Reuters) – Ukraine called yesterday for full membership in NATO, its strongest plea yet for Western military help, after accusing Russia of sending in armoured columns that have driven back its forces on behalf of pro-Moscow rebels. Russian President Vladimir Putin, defiant as ever, compared Kiev’s drive to...
U.S. openly accuses Russia of sending combat troops to Ukraine
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States openly accused Russia yesterday of sending combat forces into Ukraine and threatened to tighten economic sanctions, but Washington stopped short of calling Moscow’s intensified support for separatist forces an invasion. President Barack Obama again ruled out U.S. military action, saying there must...
Ukraine accuses Russia of bringing in troops
KIEV, (Reuters) – Ukraine accused Russia today of bringing troops into the southeast of the country in support of pro-Moscow separatist rebels. Ukraine’s security and defence council said the border town of Novoazovsk and other parts of Ukraine’s south-east had fallen under the control of Russian forces who together with rebels were...
Poroshenko to seek ceasefire after “very tough” talks with Putin
MINSK, (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko promised after late-night negotiations with Russia’s Vladimir Putin to work on an urgent ceasefire plan to defuse the separatist conflict in the east of his former Soviet republic. The first talks between the two leaders since June were described by Putin as positive, but he said it...
