Section: International Business Times (USA)
Russia Delays Mistral Legal Action Against France Until February
Russia has delayed legal action against France for its failure to deliver the Vladivostok helicopter-landing ship until February, according to a Wednesday report from the RIA Novosti news agency. The ship, which is the first of two contracted to be built by French defense company DCNS for the Russian navy, was delayed amid escalating...
East Ukraine War To Intensify After Peace Talks With Russia Suspended
Diplomatic hopes of a breakthrough over the war in Ukraine were dealt a fresh blow after a summit planned to bring lasting peace to the region was suspended. The failure to make progress leaves eastern Ukraine in a state of flux and raises questions about how the collapse will translate to the war on the front lines. …read more Source:...
Pro-Russian Forces About To Take Donetsk Airport As Ukraine Peace Talks Called Off
The air traffic control tower at Donetsk Airport has been destroyed by pro-Russian forces surging from two sides against a depleted Ukrainian military. Separatist forces had offered a 5 p.m., local time, deadline (10 a.m. …read more Source: International Business...
Former Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych Now Wanted By Interpol
The former president of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych has been added to Interpol’s wanted list Monday, almost 11 months after he was ousted from power. Yanukovych fled the country in February following the Euromaidan demonstrations in Kyiv, and was last seen in Russia in February, according to various media reports. …read more Source:...
No Ukraine Summit Without Progress On Peace Plan, Merkel Tells Putin
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone on Saturday that a four-way summit to discuss the situation in eastern Ukraine would not take place until there was real progress on the Minsk peace plan. German government spokesman Steffen Seibert said in a statement after the phone call...
Russia Says Ukraine Violated Terms Of $3B Loan, May Demand Early Repayment
It is “likely” that Russia will demand an early repayment of a $3 billion loan it gave to Ukraine as the latter violated “a number of parameters” that were preconditions for the loan, a government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told state-owned news agency Sputnik. The report comes even as Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov...
US Calls On Moscow To Release Jailed Ukrainian Pilot
(Reuters) – The United States on Friday called on Moscow to immediately release a jailed Ukrainian military pilot who has been moved to solitary confinement. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said there were concerns about the health of the pilot, who is on a hunger strike. …read more Source: International Business...
As Merkel Says Sanctions May Be Lifted, Russia Moves To Disentangle From Ukraine
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that EU sanctions against Russia could be lifted only if Moscow would respect the Minsk Agreement, the ceasefire deal signed last year between Russia, Ukraine, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the separatist entities in East Ukraine. …read more Source: International...
Soros Urges Giving Ukraine $50B Of Aid To Foil Russia
(Reuters) – Billionaire financier George Soros has urged the West to step up aid to Ukraine, outlining steps towards a $50 billion financing package that he said should be viewed as a bulwark against an increasingly aggressive Russia. Writing in the New York Review of Books, Soros said Europe and the United States needed to balance...
Three Ukrainian Soldiers Killed On Eastern Orthodox Christmas Day
As both Ukrainian and Russian Orthodox Christians celebrate the Eastern Orthodox Christmas on Wednesday, three Ukrainian soldiers have been killed over the last 24 hours, according to Kiev’s military. The deaths are the latest violation of a ceasefire that has regularly been ignored since it was signed in September. It also comes just one...
