Section: The Christian Science Monitor (USA)
Shelling in most of Ukraine has stopped amid cease-fire
Eighteen hours into a new cease-fire between Ukrainian government troops and Russian-backed separatists, shelling has continued in the strategic transit hub of Debaltseve, but gone quiet in the rest of the country. …read more Source: Christian Science...
Ukraine fighting continues ahead cease-fire deadline, killing at least 25
Clashes appeared only to have increased since a peace agreement with European leaders was sealed Thursday in Minsk. On Friday in eastern Ukraine Russian-backed separatists mounted a major, sustained offensive to capture a strategic railway hub, killing at least 25 people across region. …read more Source: Christian Science...
50 Russian tanks roll into Ukraine to aid rebels (+video)
As Putin held peace talks in Minsk, Belarus, tanks, missiles, and armored vehicles entered eastern Ukraine to bolster rebel forces. …read more Source: Christian Science...
50 Russian tanks roll into Ukraine to aid rebels
As Putin held peace talks in Minsk, Belarus, tanks, missiles, and armored vehicles entered eastern Ukraine to bolster rebel forces. …read more Source: Christian Science...
Kiev, rebels sign cease-fire, but Ukraine’s path to peace remains steep (+video)
The deal, backed by leaders from Russia, Ukraine, France, and Germany, includes a withdrawal of heavy weapons and a prisoner exchange. But it also retains the problems that led to the collapse of a similar deal in September. …read more Source: Christian Science...
Kiev, rebels sign cease-fire, but Ukraine’s path to peace remains steep
The deal, backed by leaders from Russia, Ukraine, France, and Germany, includes a withdrawal of heavy weapons and a prisoner exchange. But it also retains the problems that led to the collapse of a similar deal in September. …read more Source: Christian Science...
Marathon talks result in Ukraine peace deal
The deal, however, requires the Ukrainian parliament to give wide powers to the eastern regions as a condition for restoring Ukraine’s full control over the border. …read more Source: Christian Science...
Attack on Ukrainian bus station kills five, injures nine, ahead of peace talks (+video)
Fighting raged in eastern Ukraine Wednesday ahead of a four-way summit in Belarus with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, later in the day. …read more Source: Christian Science...
Attack on Ukrainian bus station kills five, injures nine, ahead of peace talks
Fighting raged in eastern Ukraine Wednesday, killing five people and wounding nine in a shelling attack on a bus station in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande confirmed that they would travel to Belarus, to attend a four-way summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin and...
Kiev, rebels both claim gains on eve of Ukraine peace talks
Russia-backed rebels say they have surrounded a key transportation hub, while government forces have opened a new front near the port of Mariupol. …read more Source: Christian Science...
