Section: Los Angeles Times (USA)
Putin says agreement reached on Ukraine cease-fire
Russian President Vladimir Putin says the warring parties in the Ukrainian conflict have agreed on a cease-fire beginning midnight Saturday and on a division line for withdrawing heavy weapons. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Death toll rises in Ukraine ahead of reported cease-fire talks
Shelling rocked a bus station in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk Wednesday as fighting continued to rage in eastern Ukraine ahead of crucial peace talks later in the day. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
U.S. faces quandary: Will sending arms to Ukraine help or do harm?
President Obama says he is weighing the growing calls for U.S. military aid to badly outgunned Ukraine in its nearly yearlong struggle against separatists armed and instigated by Russia. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Missiles strike eastern Ukrainian town, killing at least 15
A large-scale missile attack on the eastern Ukrainian town of Kramatorsk killed at least 15 people Tuesday, most of them civilians, and wounded many more, officials said. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Obama says he is considering arming Ukraine but appears reluctant
President Obama acknowledged Monday that he is considering arming Ukraine’s military if a diplomatic push fails to yield a cease-fire with Russia-backed separatists, but worried that such an approach could do more harm that good. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Leaders aim to hold Ukraine summit Wednesday
The leaders of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine aim to hold a summit in Minsk this week as they try to stem fighting in eastern Ukraine, officials said Sunday. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Ukraine troops, rebels halt fire to allow evacuation of besieged town
Ukrainian government troops and pro-Russia separatists halted fire briefly Friday to allow evacuation of hundreds of civilians trapped by fierce fighting over a strategic railway hub in the town of Debaltseve as European leaders took their latest peace initiative to Moscow. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Amid diplomatic flurry on Ukraine, Kerry warns Russia
Amid a flurry of Western diplomatic activity aimed at easing the crisis in Ukraine, Secretary of State John F. Kerry warned Thursday in Kiev that the Obama administration will not “close our eyes” to the latest Russian military thrust into the country’s east. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
French, German leaders head to Ukraine with peace initiative
The leaders of France and Germany were carrying a new peace initiative to the Ukrainian and Russian capitals Thursday, amid a flurry of high-level diplomacy to end what French President Francois Hollande called a war on Europe’s edge. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Cluster bombs reported in Ukraine conflict as U.S. rethinks lethal aid
European security officials appealed to the warring parties in Ukraine on Wednesday to hold their fire for three days so that thousands of civilians can be evacuated from a battleground where hundreds have died in recent days, including in reported cluster-bomb attacks. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
