Section: The Christian Science Monitor (USA)
Moscow, Kiev locked into another gas dispute – who pays rebels’ bills
Russia is threatening to turn off the taps, claiming that Kiev needs to pay for the gas that Russia’s Gazprom is directing to rebel-held eastern Ukraine. Europe’s own gas supplies could be affected if a shutdown occurs. …read more Source: Christian Science...
With Ukraine cease-fire at stake, eyes turn to Mariupol (+video)
Kiev claims the Ukrainian port is next on the list of targets for Russia-backed rebels, who argue they have no plans to attack the city. Mariupol’s fate could determine whether the country’s tenuous cease-fire holds. …read more Source: Christian Science...
With Ukraine cease-fire at stake, eyes turn to Mariupol
Kiev claims the Ukrainian port is next on the list of targets for Russia-backed rebels, who argue they have no plans to attack the city. Mariupol’s fate could determine whether the country’s tenuous cease-fire holds. …read more Source: Christian Science...
Ukraine says pro-Russian separatist forces shell southeastern villages (+video)
The Kiev government says it can’t withdraw heavy weaponry from the front line while its troops are under attack. …read more Source: Christian Science...
Ukraine says pro-Russian separatist forces shell southeastern villages
The Kiev government says it can’t withdraw heavy weaponry from the front line while its troops are under attack. …read more Source: Christian Science...
How Russia forces its soldiers to fight against Ukraine
Human rights groups have received dozens of complaints in the past month from Russian conscripts, who say they have been strong-armed into signing contracts to become professional soldiers and sent to fight in Ukraine …read more Source: Christian Science...
Ukraine forces and EU diplomacy take heavy blow as rebels seize key town (+video)
A newly forged cease-fire all but collapsed as government troops withdrew from the transit hub of Debaltseve in what appears to be another implicit victory for Russia’s Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: Christian Science...
Ukraine forces and EU diplomacy take heavy blow as rebels seize key town
A newly forged cease-fire all but collapsed as government troops withdrew from the transit hub of Debaltseve in what appears to be another implicit victory for Russia’s Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: Christian Science...
Poroshenko condemns rebels actions in east Ukraine town
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday called a push by pro-Russian rebels to take control of the town of Debaltseve in east Ukraine a ‘cynical attack’ on the ceasefire peace deal. …read more Source: Christian Science...
Battle for Debaltseve threatens fragile cease-fire in Ukraine
An internationally brokered cease-fire took effect Sunday. But fighting between Army forces and rebels raged in the strategic rail hub, with both sides refusing to withdraw heavy weaponry. …read more Source: Christian Science...
