Section: South America
Russia sending aid convoy to Ukraine despite Western warnings of “invasion pretext”
BRUSSELS/DONETSK, (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said yesterday Russia is sending an aid convoy to eastern Ukraine despite urgent Western warnings against using humanitarian help as a pretext for an invasion. With Ukraine reporting Russia has massed 45,000 troops on its border, NATO said there was a “high probability” that...
Russia sends aid convoy to Ukraine despite ‘invasion pretext’ warnings from west
President Vladimir Putin said that Russia is sending an aid convoy to eastern Ukraine despite urgent Western warnings against using humanitarian help as a pretext for an invasion. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
Wall Street ends up for second day on hopes for Russia relief
US stocks ended higher today, extending the rally from Friday as investors hoped that Russia’s move to send humanitarian aid to Ukraine would ease tensions between the two countries. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
Global shares rebound on hopes that Ukraine tensions will ease
US shares rose modestly today, continuing a recovery from a brief correction that ended Friday as investors focused on hopes for easing tensions between Ukraine and Russia. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
Wall Street opens up as Ukraine tensions ease
US stocks opened higher, with major indexes extending Friday’s sharp rally as it appeared less likely that the tense situation between Russia and Ukraine would escalate. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
European shares rebound on investor optimism over Ukraine
European shares rebounded from a two-week drop after investors concluded Russia would not send troops into Ukraine anytime soon. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
Kiev closes in on rebel-held Donetsk as talks of ceasefire collapse
Artillery shells slammed into the outskirts of the Ukrainian city of Donetsk as government forces tightened the noose around the rebel-held redoubt and called on pro-Russian separatists to surrender. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
Ukrainian rebels say they ready for ceasefire
(Reuters) – Pro-Russian separatists said yesterday they were ready for a ceasefire with the Kiev government after increasing gains by Ukrainian forces against rebel forces. “We are ready for a ceasefire to prevent the proliferation of a humanitarian disaster in Donbass,” Alexander Zakharchenko, prime minister of the...
Wall Street rebounds, erases week’s losses with Russia news
The S&P and Dow both posted their best day since March today, with the market buoyed by news that Russia was ending military drills near the Ukrainian border, while investors overlooked US air strikes in Iraq. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
Russia escalates economic battle with U.S., EU with food import ban
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russia has escalated an economic battle set off by the crisis in Ukraine with a ban on all food imports from the United States and on fruit and vegetables from the European Union, dropping any pretence these might be for food safety reasons. The import ban, reported by state news agency Ria […] …read more...
