Section: US & Canada
Gazprom seeks Ukrainian gas payments
Daniel J. GraeberMOSCOW, Feb. 12 (UPI) — With a $17.5 billion agreement from the International Monetary Fund in hand, Russian gas company Gazprom said Thursday it was time Ukraine settled its debt. …read more Source: United Press...
As Part of Ukraine Deal, Russia to Free Imprisoned Ukraine Pilot
Nadiya V. Savchenko, a former lieutenant in the Ukrainian military, has been charged by Russia in connection with the killings of two Russian journalists who died in Ukraine. …read more Source: The New York...
Greek PM Tsipras in Brussels as Clock Ticks on EU Bailout
Greece’s radical new prime minister Alexis Tsipras was in Brussels on Thursday to lay out his case for more financial help to fellow EU leaders following finance ministers’ failure to narrow differences overnight. The summit chairman, conservative former Polish premier Donald Tusk, confessed to anxiety about Greece after the newly...
After marathon talks, a peace deal to end the 10-month war in eastern Ukraine — but will it take hold?
The accord calls for a cease-fire beginning on midnight Saturday, the establishment of a buffer zone and withdrawal of heavy weapons …read more Source: Vancouver...
European markets are on fire
European markets are on fire Thursday, on the news of a peace deal to end fighting in Ukraine. Here’s how the major indices were performing today at 12 p.m GMT (6 a.m. ET): The ceasefire agreement, hashed out late Wednesday by leaders of Russia, Germany, France, and Ukraine, follows an announcement from the International Monetary Fund that...
Marathon Ukraine talks end with peace deal
MINSK, Belarus – Guns will fall silent, heavy weapons will pull back from the front, and Ukraine will trade a broad autonomy for the east for control of the Russian border by the end of the year under a peace deal hammered out Thursday in all-night negotiations between Russia, Ukraine, France and GermanyThe deal was full of potential...
Putin: leaders agree deal for Ukraine cease-fire
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday emerged from marathon Ukraine peace talks by announcing a new cease-fire deal, but questions remained whether Ukraine and the pro-Russian rebels have agreed on its terms. (Feb. 12) Video provided by AP …read more Source: USA...
How long will THIS Ukraine cease-fire deal last?
A cease-fire agreement between Russia and Ukraine was agreed Thursday but analysts fear the deal will fail. …read more Source:...
New peace deal reached for eastern Ukraine
Guns will fall silent, heavy weapons will pull back from the front, and Ukraine will trade a broad autonomy for the east for control of the Russian border by the end of the year under a peace deal hammered out Thursday in all-night negotiations between Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany. …read more Source: CTV...
Beneath Ukraine’s Front Lines
Half a mile below the battlefield in eastern Ukraine, the team of coal miners didn’t hear the impact of the mortar that nearly killed them on Nov. 22. The projectile struck the shed that houses the mine’s electrical circuits, shutting down the ventilation system and the elevator in the mine’s deepest shaft. … …read more...
