Section: The Boston Globe (USA)
Hundreds Link Arms in Ukraine, Unite for Peace
Residents of Mariupol are linking arms and showing their solidarity with Kiev against fighting between pro-Russian separatists and government forces in the country’s east. Painted with the colors of the Ukrainian flag, they’re forming a human chain around the town center, and say they want the fighting to come to an end. …read...
Ukrainians in Eastern Village Endure Harsh Conditions as Truce Holds
The fighting in Ukraine nearly razed the town of Debaltseve… but a fragile ceasefire has brought an uneasy calm to these rebel positions in the east. Each side — pro-Russian rebels and the government forces they fought for ten months — expect the other to break the truce with fresh fighting. So fresh rebel fighters do military...
Is Prosperity Ukraine’s Best Defence?
A shaky ceasefire in Donetsk allows residents to queue for humanitarian aid. It’s much needed. So too is a new loan to Ukraine from the International Monetary Fund. Christine Lagarde is its Managing Director. …read more Source: The Boston...
‘Rifles and Grenades Still Echo’
Fergal Keane travels between the Ukrainian and rebel frontlines near Donetsk to meet the men and women fighting on each side. …read more Source: The Boston...
NATO Naval Drills Start in Black Sea
NATO’s Black Sea members Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey joined four other alliance states in a multinational naval exercise in the Black Sea off the Bulgarian coast on Tuesday (March 10). The exercise was held just across the water from the Crimean Peninsula, which was annexed by Russia from Ukraine in March 2014. The focus was on training...
Luxury Firms Feel Russia’s Recession
They’re the luxury brands Russia’s middle class shoppers love – normally that is. With Russia’s economy struggling due to sanctions over Ukraine and weaker oil prices even this fairly recession proof section of society is feeling the pinch. Europe’s luxury retail sector is certainly noticing. A new report by tax...
Ukraine Rebel Pullback ‘Significant’
The Ukrainian president confirms that pro-Russian rebels in the east have withdrawn a “significant” amount of heavy weapons under a ceasefire plan. …read more Source: The Boston...
Tensions Run High Along Ceasefire Line in Eastern Ukraine
The guns are silent in the rebel-controlled village of Molochnoye in eastern Ukraine… …but the atmosphere is tense. A shaky ceasefire holds with Ukrainian troops…some of whom sit just four kilometers away. Both sides regularly accuse each other of continued violence. But the local rebel commander insists his side has complied...
Ukraine’s Female Rebel Fighters Swap Uniforms for Evening Gowns
Ukraine’s female rebel fighters — from the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic — swap military clothing for evening gowns… …bringing a splash of color to International Women’s Day. …read more Source: The Boston...
Monitors Inspect Column of Heavy Weapons, as Ukraine Truce Holds
European monitors in east Ukraine inspect a column of multiple rocket launchers, in the town of Artevemisk. The Ukrainian military is withdrawing its rocket systems from the front-line, as required in a European-brokered ceasefire deal that seems to be finally working. The head of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe says the...
