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EU Says No Further Delay on Ukraine Trade Deal
The EU said Thursday it would not bow to Russian demands to delay further the planned January 2016 implementation of a free trade deal with Ukraine which is bitterly opposed by Moscow. …read more Source:...
Ukraine Seeks EU Help as Shelling Blazes in East
Ukraine pressed European leaders Monday to send peacekeepers to stabilize the war-torn east, as monitors reported a surge in shelling near a strategic government-held city. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s President Says Martial Law Ready if Troops Attacked
President Petro Poroshenko said he’s ready to place Ukraine under martial law if his army is attacked in the embattled eastern part of the country. …read more Source:...
US Starts Training Ukraine Govt Forces to Fight Pro-Russia Rebels
US paratroopers launched a training mission Monday for Ukrainian government forces who will fight pro-Russian separatists in the east, angering Moscow as the deadly conflict rumbles on.President Petro Poroshenko welcomed troops from the U.S. 173rd Airborne Brigade for… …read more Source:...
Russia Defends Visit to Norwegian Island Despite Sanctions
Russia said on Monday its deputy prime minister had every right to visit a Norwegian island despite travel restrictions imposed on him over Ukraine, dismissing Oslo’s condemnation of the trip. …read more Source:...
US Troops Arrive in Ukraine for Training Exercises
About 300 U.S. Army paratroopers have arrived in Ukraine for training exercises with national guard units, a move criticized by the Kremlin and eastern Ukraine’s Russia-backed separatist rebels. …read more Source:...
UN: Death Toll in Ukraine Fighting Now Tops 6,100
The United Nations says the number of people killed in a year of fighting in Ukraine has now passed 6,100, and says it’s increasingly worried that breaches in a cease-fire will further worsen the human rights situation in parts of the country’s east. …read more Source:...
U.S. Troops in Ukraine to Train Forces Fighting Pro-Russia Rebels
Hundreds of U.S. paratroopers have arrived in Ukraine to train its forces fighting pro-Russian rebels in the east, the U.S. Army confirmed Friday, a move Moscow warned could “destabilize” the war-torn former Soviet country. …read more Source:...
US Military Trainers May ‘Destablize’ Ukraine, Putin Warns
Moscow on Friday warned that the presence of foreign military personnel could destabilize the situation in Ukraine, following deployment of 300 U.S. training experts there this week. …read more Source:...
Russia Says US Overstepped Bounds in Ukraine, Forced Response
The U.S. is seeking to bring Ukraine into its orbit, forcing Russia to respond, according to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. …read more Source:...
