Section: US & Canada
New Ukraine Foreign Minister Seen Bringing Sober Style To Kyiv Diplomacy
Ukraine’s new foreign minister, Pavlo Klimkin, has a reputation as a skilled negotiator, a consummate professional, and a man capable of navigating the difficult diplomacy of both EU integration and Kyiv’s shattered relations with Moscow. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Casualties Reported as Ukraine Seeks a Cease-Fire
The leaders of Ukraine and Russia spoke for a second time this week, as skirmishes continued north of Donetsk. …read more Source: The New York...
Ukraine’s President to Unveil Peace Plan; Clashes Continue
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko is set to unveil a 14-point peace plan Friday that is designed to end a deadly pro-Russian separatist insurgency in the country’s east. The plan calls for a unilateral cease-fire that would give rebels a chance to disarm or leave the country. Poroshenko outlined the provisions in a Thursday phone...
Heaving Fighting Reported In Eastern Ukraine
Heavy fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists has been reported in east Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Anger, Threats in Ukraine’s Capital Over Ceasefire Proposal
Separatists in Ukraine’s restive east have rejected the government’s offer of a unilateral ceasefire, and angry citizens in the streets of Kyiv have also given the idea a thumbs down. Many in the capital say they didn’t stand for weeks in the bitter cold earlier this year to topple the former, Russia-friendly president –...
IIF: Ukraine, Creditors in Talks on Possible Debt Restructuring
Ukraine is holding talks with creditors on restructuring its foreign currency debts, an official from an international finance association said on Thursday following recent meetings with Ukrainian officials. Lubomir Mitov, an economist with the Institute of International Finance, said that while Ukraine’s finances were precarious, it was...
Ukraine Rebels Cite Heavy Losses Battling Kyiv Troops
Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists were locked in fierce fighting in the east of Ukraine on Thursday and a rebel commander acknowledged big losses among separatists heavily outgunned by government forces. Even as President Petro Poroshenko and his team prepared to unveil their blueprint for ending more than two months of rebellion,...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko to Sign EU Agreement on June 27
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday he would sign an association agreement with the European Union on June 27 and also would send his new foreign minister to Luxembourg next week to lay out a peace plan for the east to EU ministers. Poroshenko made his comments after presenting Pavlo Klimkin, who was earlier endorsed as foreign...
NATO chief: Russian troop buildup seen
NATO has seen a “new Russian military buildup” near the border with Ukraine, NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Thursday, a development that may alarm Kiev and the West. …read more Source:...
Russia’s “regrettable step backward” on Ukraine
As tensions in eastern Ukraine mount, NATO chief says Moscow has sent about 3,000 soldiers back to border area …read more Source:...
