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EU delays signing off on new Russia sanctions
Some governments want to discuss how to suspend the sanctions if a Ukraine cease-fire holds, diplomats say. …read more Source:...
Renewed shelling threatens Ukraine cease-fire
Shelling erupted in eastern Ukraine’s strategic port Mariupol and Donetsk overnight, threatening a cease-fire. …read more Source:...
Russia ‘will react’ if EU implements new sanctions
Russia’s Foreign Ministry vowed on Saturday to react if the EU implements new sanctions against Moscow over its role in the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source:...
Ukraine president orders army to observe cease-fire
Poroshenko says he has ordered the army to observe a cease-fire in its conflict with pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukraine and rebels to seek cease-fire Friday
Poroshenko says he will order a ceasefire on Friday for Ukraine’s armed forces, paving the way for a “stage-by-stage peace plan.” …read more Source:...
NATO: Russia ‘attacking’ Ukraine as rift widens
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, secretary-general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), said Russia is “attacking” neighboring Ukraine on Thursday. …read more Source:...
Stocks spike amid confusion over Ukraine cease-fire
Risk assets across Europe rose sharply on hopes that the presidents of both Ukraine and Russia were nearing a cease-fire agreement. …read more Source:...
Poroshenko’s office: Ceasefire reached with Russia
Ukraine’s President reaches agreement with Putin on a ‘permanent ceasefire’ in eastern Ukraine’s Donbass region. …read more Source:...
Ukraine may need bigger bailout: IMF
The IMF warned that Ukraine may need as much as $19 billion in additional financing from donors if its conflict continues. …read more Source:...
How Europe’s economic slump could doom Ukraine
Even Germany, whose economy powered the Europe’s tepid recovery, is slipping, and Ukraine could suffer, The Fiscal Times reports. …read more Source:...