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Fighting continues in Ukraine despite looming cease-fire
MOSCOW — Ukrainian soldiers and pro-Moscow rebel forces clashed Friday ahead of a cease-fire hammered out by European leaders desperate to halt the conflict in eastern Ukraine but also openly questioning whether the peace deal will stick.Read full article >> …read more Source: The Washington...
Nadiya Savchenko, the prisoner at the center of Ukraine’s cease-fire deal
After 15 hours of grueling, nonstop talks, world leaders gathered in Minsk, Belarus, announced a deal for a cease-fire in Ukraine on Thursday. “We have agreed on many things,” Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters. The exact details of the deal will no doubt be ironed out, debated and argued about in the coming days, but right now it...
Leaders reach cease-fire deal in Ukraine
MOSCOW —European leaders announced a cease-fire deal for eastern Ukraine on Thursday that includes the front-line withdrawal of heavy weapons, but powerful disagreements remain over the grinding conflict. Read full article >> …read more Source: The Washington...
As leaders gather to discuss Ukraine peace, war intensifies
MOSCOW — Pro-Moscow rebels and Ukrainian forces waged intense battles over strategic ground Wednesday as leaders gathered for high-stakes talks seeking to quell the escalating conflict and close rifts between Russia and the West.Read full article >> …read more Source: The Washington...
3 reasons why U.S. should not arm Ukraine
In Washington, there are growing bipartisan calls to arm Ukraine as it combats a resilient Russian-backed insurgency in the country’s east. The pro-Moscow separatists stepped up their offensives into government-held territory, adding impetus to the efforts of European diplomats who hoped to convene peace talks between Ukraine and Russia in...
Why it’s time to pay attention to Ukraine again, now.
This is a critical week for Ukraine, as the White House deliberates whether to send arms, European leaders push for last-ditch peace talks, and war rages on the ground. More than 5,300 people have died since the conflict started in April 2014, according to U.N. estimates, including hundreds in recent weeks. After months in which the […]...
4-way summit on Ukraine crisis could herald breakthrough on peace deal
MUNICH — A peace proposal for Ukraine edged toward a possible breakthrough as the leaders of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine agreed Sunday to a joint summit alongside representatives of the pro-Moscow separatists who have waged a bloody campaign in the Ukrainian east. Read full article >> …read more Source: The Washington...
Urgency increases from world leaders trying to broker Moscow-Ukraine cease-fire
MUNICH — The viability of a joint French and German proposal to halt fighting in eastern Ukraine faced significant hurdles Saturday, as European and American officials attending a security conference demanded Russia withdraw its troops while Russian officials blamed the United States for the escalating violence.Read full article >> …read...
A European-led bid to quell fighting in Ukraine shifted to Moscow on Friday with Russian leaders warning that any proposals could be crushed if Washington decides to arm Ukraine’s military.The parallel tracks from the West — a peace bid while also considering the addition of more firepower in the conflict — presented an increasingly...
ARTEMIVSK, Ukraine — As the minibus crammed with elderly evacuees idled at the gas station on the outskirts of town Tuesday, Olga Tarasenko, 65, broke down. For several weeks, Tarasenko was holed up in the basement of her apartment building 30 miles southeast in the city of Debaltseve, hiding from near-constant shelling that has turned the area...
