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Sunday, 16 November 2014
David Cameron warns of "further sanctions" on Russia
UK Prime Minister David Cameron says Russian President Vladimir Putin "can see he is at a crossroads" over Ukraine.
"If he continues to destabilise Ukraine, there will be further sanctions, further measures and there will be a completely different relationship between European countries...
Read moreUkraine crisis preoccupies G-20 summit
Despite not being on the G-20 agenda the crisis in Ukraine hung heavy over the gathering of leaders from key developing and industrial countries Saturday.
With the meeting in its second and final day, President Obama talked Asia Pacific cooperation and Ukraine with the Australian...
Read moreSaturday, 1 November 2014
Pro-Russian rebels vote for leader in war-torn eastern Ukraine
Pro-Russian separatists will vote to set up a breakaway regional leadership in eastern Ukraine on Sunday aiming to take their war-torn region closer to Russia and defying Kiev and the West as the big guns still boom across the territory.
The United States and European Union...
Read moreThursday, 30 October 2014
Ukraine, Moscow clinch deal on Russian gas supply
Moscow and Kiev on Thursday clinched a deal that will guarantee that Russian gas exports flow into Ukraine and beyond to the European Union throughout the winter despite their intense rivalry over the fighting in eastern Ukraine.
"There is now no reason for people in Europe to stay...
Read moreFriday, 17 October 2014
Russia and Ukraine reach tentative gas deal in tough Milan talksLEA
(Reuters) - Russia and Ukraine made progress on Friday towards resolving a dispute over gas supplies in time for winter, but European leaders said Moscow still had to do much more to prop up a fragile ceasefire and end fighting in eastern Ukraine.
The mooted deal could re-open...
Read moreWednesday, 15 October 2014
Putin to focus on Ukraine during trip to Milan
(AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a series of meetings with Western leaders focusing on Ukraine during his trip to Italy, the Kremlin said Wednesday.
Attending this week's Europe-Asia summit in Milan offers Putin the first chance to discuss the Ukrainian crisis...
Read moreSunday, 12 October 2014
Putin orders Russian troop withdrawal from Ukrainian border
(Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian troops to withdraw to their permanent bases after military exercises in Rostov region near the border with Ukraine, the Kremlin said, in a sign of some tension easing before a key meeting next week.
The troop pullout...
Read moreWednesday, 8 October 2014
One killed, three wounded in shelling in east Ukraine
(Reuters) - At least one person was killed and three wounded when an artillery shell hit a shopping center in Donetsk, a city in east Ukraine controled by pro-Russian separatists where fighting goes on despite a ceasefire.
A Reuters cameraman in Donetsk saw at least one body...
Read moreSaturday, 4 October 2014
Ukraine says its forces killed 12 rebels at Donetsk airport
(Reuters) - Pro-Russian separatists have suffered their worst casualties since a ceasefire officially began on Sept.5, losing 12 men in attacks on buildings at Donetsk airport, Ukrainian military officials said on Saturday.
The ceasefire in eastern Ukraine has become increasingly...
Read moreThursday, 2 October 2014
Ukraine wary of fragile peace as patriotism surges
(AP) — Since Ukraine's conflict with Russia erupted, Oleksandr Federenko has gone from village kid to army cadet, trading computer games for knife-throwing classes and morning marches. He is only 13.
Federenko's shy laugh and wisp of upper lip hair seem at odds with his bulky...
Read moreMonday, 29 September 2014
Ukraine leader clings to European goal despite Putin
(Reuters) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has secured a temporary peace in the troubled east which he says gives him a chance to move Ukraine towards its dream of a place in Europe - but Russia's Vladimir Putin still holds cards that could thwart him.
And, a month away...
Read moreFriday, 26 September 2014
Russia, Ukraine In Talks On Gas As Winter Looms
(AP) — Russia and Ukraine are holding talks to solve their long-running gas dispute as pressure mounts for a solution to head off a winter supply crisis in Ukraine and beyond.
Friday's meeting in Berlin between the Russian and Ukrainian energy ministers, brokered by EU energy...
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