Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)
Russia could cut off gas to Ukraine by ‘end of week’
Following a bruising dispute over prices and debt that raised fears of supply disruptions in Europe, Russia and Ukraine signed a deal in October requiring Kiev to pay in advance for gas shipments. …read more Source: San Francisco...
Think tank: Some NATO countries cutting defense spending
BRUSSELS (AP) — Despite stern talk and solemn pledges from NATO, a British-based think tank says some alliance member nations are cutting their spending on defense. “Despite Russian aggression in Ukraine and much rhetoric from NATO leaders that this has been a game-changer in European security, all the evidence suggests there is a...
Russian FM: Ukraine’s demand of full cease-fire ‘ridiculous’
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s foreign minister is sharply criticizing Ukraine’s insistence that it won’t begin pulling back heavy weapons in its fight against separatists in the east until the rebels fully observe a cease-fire. Ukrainian military spokesman Lt. Col. Anatoliy Stelmakh on Thursday said cease-fire violations during...
Kremlin advised to annex Crimea before Ukrainian president’s fall
MOSCOW — The Kremlin was advised to annex Crimea and a large swath of southeastern Ukraine weeks before the Ukrainian government fell, a Russian newspaper reported on Wednesday, citing what it said was a memo that was presumably presented to the presidential administration. Russia has long contended that it acted without premeditation in Crimea,...
Russian court refuses to release Ukrainian prisoner
Savchenko, a Ukrainian military officer captured by Russia-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine in June and put in custody in Russia, has been on a hunger strike since Dec. 13. Savchenko was elected to the Ukrainian parliament while in jail and named a delegate to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. …read more Source: San...
Ukrainian military: attacks down, but not yet a cease-fire
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s military says rebel violations of a cease-fire in the country’s east are persisting, but have fallen off in recent days. Military spokesman Lt. Col. Anatoliy Stelmakh told a briefing Wednesday that Russian-backed rebels shelled the village of Popasna twice during the night and also continued trying to...
AP PHOTOS: Top pictures from Europe and Africa
LONDON (AP) — Scattered attacks in eastern Ukraine threatened a peace deal brokered by France and Germany that called on government forces and pro-Russia rebels to pull back heavy weapons. In Rome, hundreds of marauding Dutch soccer fans rampaged through the city’s historic center and damaged a just-renovated 400-year-old Bernini...
Ukraine rebels claim weapons pullback begins
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine say they have begun a large-scale pullback of heavy weapons in line with an international peace plan that aims to form a wide buffer zone between separatists’ and Ukrainian forces’ artillery. …read more Source: San Francisco...
Ukraine delays heavy weapons withdrawal, blames rebel attacks
KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine delayed a promised pullback of heavy weapons from the front line Monday, blaming continuing attacks from separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine. Under a peace agreement reached Feb. 12, both sides are to withdraw their heavy weapons 16 to 44 miles back to create a buffer zone. […] military spokesman Lt. Col. Anatoliy...
Ukraine: rebel attacks prevent weapons pullback
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian military spokesman says continuing attacks from rebels are delaying Ukrainian forces’ pullback of heavy weapons from the front line in the country’s east. …read more Source: San Francisco...
