Section: South America
Already fragile ceasefire under strain in east Ukraine
Fighting flared near an airport in eastern Ukraine in breach of a fragile eight-day ceasefire as the prime minister accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of planning to destroy his country. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
Putin trying to destroy Ukraine, says its PM
KIEV, (Reuters) – Ukraine’s prime minister said today Russian President Vladimir Putin aimed to destroy Ukraine as an independent country and said only NATO could defend the ex-Soviet republic from external aggression. Kiev and its Western backers accuse Moscow of sending troops and tanks into eastern Ukraine in support of pro-Russian...
US intensifies sanctions on Russia over Ukraine
The United States hit Russia’s largest bank, a major arms maker and arctic, deepwater and shale exploration by its biggest oil companies with new sanctions to punish Moscow for its intervention in Ukraine. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
China’s Xi repeats calls for political solution for Ukraine
BEIJING, (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping has repeated a call for the crisis in Ukraine to be resolved politically via an inclusive dialogue, during talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, China’s Foreign Ministry said. “China stands for resolving the Ukraine crisis through political means, and calls on all parties in...
Russia faces new sanctions over Ukraine crisis
European Union governments agreed to begin their new sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis on Friday but could lift them next month if Moscow abides by a fragile truce, while the United States prepared its own fresh sanctions. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
International Analysis: The Temptations and Risks of Supporting Extremism
Op-Ed by Shahram Chubin — The Mark News — In an era of fluid and contested borders and indirect and proxy conflicts (e.g. Ukraine ) the temptation for states to use radical groups for their own policy purposes is substantial. The US and its allies in Afghanistan, Israel in supporting Hamas at its inception, Iran in sponsoring various bodies named...
Gov’t defends plan to increase exports to Russia
Cabinet chief Jorge Capitanich defended Argentina’s efforts to increase food exports to Russia, amid accusations from the European Union (EU) that Buenos Aires is taking advantage of the bloc’s sanctions against Moscow over the Ukrainian conflict. …read more...
Ukraine president visits frontline city amid ‘shaky’ ceasefire
MARIUPOL/DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko visited the eastern port of Mariupol yesterday and promised to deal a “crushing defeat” to pro-Russian rebels massed on the edge of town if they tried to advance in violation of a ceasefire agreement. “I have ordered (the military) to secure the defence of Mariupol with...
Ukraine says rebels have handed over 1,200 prisoners of war so far
Pro-Russian separatists have so far handed over about 1,200 prisoners-of-war to the Ukrainian side under the terms of a ceasefire agreement, President Petro Poroshenko said. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
Ceasefire in east Ukraine frays, woman killed by shelling
DONETSK/MARIUPOL, Ukraine, (Reuters) – A woman died and at least four people were wounded when fighting flared again in eastern Ukraine overnight into yesterday, jeopardising a ceasefire struck less than two days earlier between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists. The accord, brokered by envoys from Ukraine, the...
