Section: South America
Lavrov Calls Attack on Civilians in Donetsk Crime Against Humanity
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov described Thursday’s mortar attack on a trolleybus stop that killed 13 people in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, as a “crime against humanity.” …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Ukraine’s Defense Council Secretary Survives Shelling
The Secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council (NSDC), Oleksandr Turchynov, survived an artillery attack that targeted his vehicle amid fighting between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian government forces. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Obama Calls Kazakh Counterpart to Advance Peaceful Solution to Ukraine
U.S. President Barack Obama made a late-night telephone call to his Kazakh counterpart, Nursultan Nazarbayev, to follow up on their joint efforts to find a solution to the conflict in Ukraine, the Kazakhstan presidential residence, Akorda, said Thursday. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Ukraine Denies Its Troops Have Abandoned Strategic Donetsk Airport
Ukrainian officials denied on Thursday a report that its troops had abandoned the airport in Donetsk to besieging pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Kiev, Moscow Reach Partial Accords That Could Break Dialogue Impasse
Kiev and Moscow on Wednesday reached two partial agreements that, if implemented, could contribute toward unblocking negotiations and getting the pacification process back on track in eastern Ukraine after a very violent week in the region. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Russia’s Lavrov Says United States Seeks to Dominate the World
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday that the United States is determined to maintain a course of confrontation and “wants to dominate the world,” denying Western charges that Russian troops are present in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Russia and Ukraine Agree to Withdraw Heavy Weapons
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Obama and Hollande Discuss Terrorism, Ukraine, Iran and Palestine Problem
U.S. President Barack Obama has spoken to his French counterpart, François Hollande, by telephone to discuss the progress of the investigation into the recent jihadist attack in Paris, the crisis in Ukraine, the instability in Nigeria, Iran and the Palestine-Israel relations. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Ukraine says forces come under attack from Russian troops
…read more Source: Buenos Aires...
Separatists renew attack on airport as Russia and Ukraine bicker
KIEV (Reuters) – Pro-Russian separatists renewed attacks on Ukrainian forces at an airport complex in the east yesterday after Kiev launched a mass operation to reclaim lost ground there that Russia called a “strategic mistake”. Ukrainian officials said three soldiers had been killed and 66 wounded over the past 24 hours, during which they said...
