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Woman killed by shelling as Ukraine ceasefire frays
A woman died and at least four people were wounded when fighting flared again in eastern Ukraine, jeopardising a ceasefire struck less than two days earlier between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
Artillery attack challenges ceasefire in east Ukraine
MARIUPOL, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukrainian government forces came under artillery fire late on Saturday near the strategic port of Mariupol in eastern Ukraine, in the first serious violation of a ceasefire declared only about 30 hours earlier. The presidents of Russia and Ukraine had earlier said the ceasefire, part of a peace road-map intended to...
Putin, Poroshenko say ceasefire holding, more steps needed
The presidents of Russia and Ukraine have said that a ceasefire between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists was holding up fairly well and they discussed urgent humanitarian aid for the shattered region. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
Putin, Poroshenko say Ukraine ceasefire holding, more steps needed
The presidents of Russia and Ukraine have said that a ceasefire between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists was holding up fairly well and they discussed urgent humanitarian aid for the shattered region. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
Exchange of POWs planned as Urkaine ceasefire holds
An uneasy calm prevailed in eastern Ukraine today after Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists signed a ceasefire as part of a drive to end a war that has triggered a deep crisis in relations between Russia and the West. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
Ukraine, pro-Russian rebels reach ceasefire deal
MINSK, (Reuters) – Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels reached a ceasefire agreement yesterday, the first step toward ending fighting in eastern Ukraine that has caused the worst standoff between Moscow and the West since the Cold War ended. The ceasefire deal was struck in the Belarussian capital Minsk along with a deal allowing for prisoner...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko orders army ceasefire
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko said he had ordered the army to observe a ceasefire from 1500 GMT on Friday in its conflict with pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine after envoys in Minsk agreed a peace plan for the region. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
Ukraine and rebels back peace plan, ceasefire from today
NEWPORT, Wales/DONETSK, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and the main pro-Russian rebel leader said they would both order ceasefires on Friday, provided that an agreement is signed on a new peace plan to end the five-month war in Ukraine’s east. The breakthrough came after a week in which the pro-Moscow...
Ukraine and rebels to seek peace plan, ceasefire tomorrow
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and the main pro-Russian rebel leader said they would both order ceasefires tomorrow, provided that an agreement is signed on a new peace plan to end the five month war in Ukraine’s east. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
NATO chief, at summit, says Russia attacking Ukraine
NEWPORT, Wales, (Reuters) – NATO’s top official accused Moscow outright today of attacking Ukraine as allied leaders gathered for a summit to buttress support for Kiev and bolster defences against a Russia they now see as hostile for the first time since the Cold War. U.S. President Barack Obama and his 27 allies meeting at […] …read...
