Section: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (USA)
Pro-Russian rebels reject peace deal, launch new offensive
DONETSK, Ukraine — Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine rejected a previously signed peace deal Friday and launched a new multi-pronged offensive against Ukrainian government troops, upending recent European attempts to mediate an end to the fighting. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Pro-Russian rebels reject peace deal, launch new offensive
DONETSK, Ukraine — Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine rejected a previously signed peace deal Friday and launched a new multi-pronged offensive against Ukrainian government troops, upending recent European attempts to mediate an end to the fighting. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Russia, Ukraine agree pullback line for heavy arms
BERLIN — Diplomats from Russia and Ukraine agreed Wednesday on a dividing line from where both sides should pull back their heavy weapons, just hours after separatist forces deployed more arms and manpower to an emerging flashpoint in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Ukraine, Russian-backed rebels both claim to control Donetsk airport
DONETSK, Ukraine — Russian-backed rebels and Ukrainian government troops fought pitched battles Monday for control of Donetsk airport, while residential areas nearby were caught in intensive crossfire. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
More clashes near Donetsk airport, three Ukrainian soldiers killed
KIEV (Reuters) – Pro-Russian separatists and government forces clashed near the main airport in Donetsk today after a counter-offensive on Sunday by Ukrainian troops to reclaim lost ground and the Kiev military said three Ukrainian soldiers had been killed. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
World Briefs: Germany’s official sites are hacked
BERLIN — German government websites, including Chancellor Angela Merkel’s page, were hacked Wednesday in an attack claimed by a group demanding Berlin end support for the Ukrainian government, shortly before their leaders were to meet. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Ukraine weighs future of reforms
ANALYSIS …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
World briefs: Putin touts annexation of Crimea
MOSCOW — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin used his New Year’s address to hail the March annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region as “the most important milestone in the country’s history.” …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
World briefs: Ukraine, rebels swap prisoners
KIEV, Ukraine — Ukrainian authorities and separatists exchanged dozens of prisoners of war on Friday, a spokesman for President Petro Poroshenko said, part of a 12-point plan aimed at ending the pro-Russian uprising in the east of the country. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Ukraine cuts power to Crimea amid dispute with Russia
MOSCOW — Ukraine on Wednesday briefly severed electricity to the Crimean peninsula, nine months after it was annexed by Russia, in a pointed reminder of the territory’s reliance on Ukrainian energy sources. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
