Section: The Epoch Times (USA)
New Ukraine Peace Deal Met With Shelling and Suspicion
The Ukraine ceasefire agreement struck in Minsk will come as a relief to the increasingly desperate residents who live along the front lines in the Ukrainian Donbas. But even though the document was signed by Aleksandr Zakharchenko, prime minster of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR), the Russian-backed rebels in the east are taking a dim...
Russia Earthquake: Official Says There was None Near Border with Ukraine, Belarus
The U.S. Geological Survey on Friday retracted a post that said there was 6.8-magnitude earthquake near the Russia-Ukraine border. Reuters reported: “USGS Geophysicist Paul Caruso said the agency’s sensors mislocated an earthquake that was taking place elsewhere. “The Russia earthquake appeared on the USGS website while a series of strong...
Ukraine Battles Persists Ahead of Cease-Fire
LUHANSKE, Ukraine— Fierce fighting raged on Friday in east Ukraine between government troops and Russian-backed separatists as the warring sides attempted to bolster their positions ahead of a weekend cease-fire deadline. Combat persisted in the first hours after the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France signed a peace deal Thursday in...
Ukraine Gets New Bailout Deal From IMF
BRUSSELS—The International Monetary Fund has agreed to give Ukraine a new bailout deal worth 15.5 billion euro ($17.5 billion) that could climb to around $40 billion over four years with help from other lenders like Europe and the U.S. Ukraine has so far received $4.6 billion as part of an earlier $17 billion aid package the IMF agreed on last...
Ukraine Ceasefire Doesn’t Look Too Good
You’ve heard it all before: Western powers agree to a ceasefire in a war-torn region, only to have it be broken days or weeks later. And while marathon peace talks in Belarus resulted in a ceasefire in Ukraine that would start Sunday, the conflict looks far from over. If the ceasefire holds up, it would end a 10-month-long conflict between...
Arming Ukraine With Lethal Weapons Has Risks
Video Transcript Paul Floyd: Hi. I’m Paul Floyd, a military analyst here at Stratfor, and I’m joined by Sim Tack, another military analyst here at Stratfor. Today we’re going to discuss a lot of the noise that we’ve been hearing about both the U.S. and or NATO arming the Ukrainian military to do duel with conflict...
Marathon Talks Produce Ukraine Peace Deal; Cease-Fire Sunday
MINSK, Belarus— Guns will fall silent, heavy weapons will pull back from the front, and Ukraine will trade a broad autonomy for the east to get back control of its Russian border by the end of this year under a peace deal hammered out Thursday in all-night negotiations between Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany. The deal was full of potential...
Peace Possible: Russia, Ukraine Reach Deal
MINSK, Belarus—Guns will fall silent, heavy weapons will pull back from the front, and Ukraine will trade a broad autonomy for the east for control of the Russian border by the end of the year under a peace deal hammered out Thursday in all-night negotiations between Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany The deal was full of potential pitfalls,...
US Army to Start Training Ukrainian Troops, Commander Says
WARSAW, Poland—The U.S. military plans in March to start training Ukrainian soldiers who are battling Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, a top U.S. military commander in Europe said Wednesday. U.S. Army Europe Commander Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges said a battalion of U.S. soldiers would train three battalions of Ukrainians from the Interior...
Leaders Arrive for Crucial Ukraine Peace Talks
MINSK, Belarus—The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine have arrived for crucial peace talks in the Belarusian capital. The talks, brokered by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande, aim to negotiate a deal to end hostilities in eastern Ukraine, where more than 5,300 people have been killed in fighting...
