Section: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (USA)
World briefs: Cease-fire takes hold in Ukraine
MINSK, Belarus — A cease-fire between pro-Russian militants and the Ukrainian government quieted heavy fighting that engulfed the conflict zone even as both sides traded blame for sporadic attacks. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Ukraine truce deal appears shaky
ARTEMIVSK, Ukraine — A fragile, European-brokered cease-fire deal for Ukraine appeared at risk of unraveling, at least in part, when a rebel leader announced Saturday night that he would not be bound by the accord on a central battlefield of the war. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
EU stands by sanctions against Russia after Ukraine truce sealed
MINSK, Belarus — A last-gasp cease-fire to stem the conflict that has devastated eastern Ukraine failed to ease skepticism over the prospects for peace, as European leaders said the Moscow government will have to wait for relief from economic sanctions. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Cease-fire agreement reached for Ukraine
The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France agreed on a cease-fire today to stem the conflict that’s devastated eastern Ukraine and triggered the worst crisis in more than 20 years between Russia and its former Cold War foes. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
As leaders gather to discuss Ukraine peace, war intensifies
MOSCOW — European leaders met into the early hours of today in a grinding, last-ditch effort to forge a cease-fire in Ukraine’s increasingly violent year-old conflict, which has brought warfare not seen in years to Europe. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Ukraine cease-fire negotiations continue, as does the fighting
MOSCOW — Officials from Ukraine, Russia, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and pro-Russian separatists will continue negotiations in Belarus today on a cease-fire to stem 10 months of bloodshed. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Nine more Ukrainian soldiers killed
Nine Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and 26 wounded in fighting with Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine’s eastern regions in the past 24 hours, a Kiev military spokesman said today. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Obama: Russia’s aggression only reinforces Western unity
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel declared today that Russian aggression in Ukraine has only reinforced the unity of the U.S. and Europe, as they weighed the prospects of reviving an elusive peace plan to end the conflict. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Leaders scramble to avert dramatic spiral in Ukraine
MUNICH — The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France agreed to meet in Belarus on Wednesday to try to broker a peace deal for Ukraine amid escalating violence there and signs of cracks in the transatlantic consensus on confronting Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Iran presses for progress in nuclear negotiations
MUNICH — As consultations continued here on a possible new cease-fire arrangement with Russia and Ukraine, Iran’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, said Sunday that Tehran does not favor another extension of the talks on limiting its nuclear program and expects economic sanctions to be quickly lifted if an accord is reached....
