Tag: Ukraine
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Leave Taiwan alone
Ironically enough, Xi’s sweet-and-sour address has yielded Tsai a groundswell of support on Taiwan’s social media and in publications that are usually opposed to her.
January 13, 2019 -
Historic religious rift
The Ukrainian Orthodox church has been granted independence, and last Friday’s development is indubitably a significant blow to Moscow.
December 5, 2018 -
Ukraine bars Russian men aged 16-60 from entering country
Ukraine on Friday barred Russian men aged 16-60 from entering the country following the imposition of martial law amid fears in Kiev of a Moscow-backed land invasion.
November 30, 2018 -
Trump says may cancel Putin meet after Ukraine-Russia sea clash
The incident was the first major confrontation at sea in the long-running conflict pitting Ukraine against Moscow and Russian-backed separatists in the country's east.
November 28, 2018 -
Donald Trump arrives in Helsinki, to hold summit with Putin
The summit is scheduled to take place at the Presidential Palace, with a private meeting between Trump and Putin, accompanied by interpreters.
July 16, 2018 -
‘Minsk agreements irreplaceable in settlement of Ukrainian conflict’
There is no alternative to the implementation of the Minsk agreements signed in 2015 when it comes to a peaceful settlement of the Ukrainian conflict, the Kremlin has said. “Only the Minsk agreements…It is the only document we have that has been agreed upon (by parties involved in the conflict),” Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov …
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January 22, 2018 -
US asks Russia to reduce violence in Ukraine
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has asked Russia to ease violence in eastern Ukraine over a phone call with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, the US State Department has said. During their phone talk on Tuesday, Tillerson underscored the US concern with the rising violence in eastern Ukraine and asked Russia to lessen the …
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December 28, 2017 -
Ukraine, separatist rebels agree on major prisoner exchange
Ukrainian authorities and separatist rebels have agreed on a major prisoner exchange. Separatist leaders and a Ukrainian government representative said in televised comments today that they would exchange prisoners on Wednesday. They spoke after a meeting in Moscow mediated by the head of the Russian Orthodox Church. Kiev representative Viktor Medvedchuk says Ukraine is ready …
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December 25, 2017 -
Ukrainian Ambassador’s phone stolen in Delhi while taking selfie
Thieves in the national capital are getting bolder by the day with their latest victim being the Ambassador of Ukraine, whose cellphone was stolen from Red Fort while taking a selfie! According to reports, Igor Polikha, the Ukrainian ambassador to India, was near Red Fort in Delhi on Wednesday and while taking a selfie, his …
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September 22, 2017 -
Russia asks UN to set up mission for east Ukraine
Russia has asked the UN Security Council to authorise the deployment of a lightly-armed mission to protect OSCE observers dispatched to monitor the conflict in eastern Ukraine. A draft resolution called for setting up the new mission for a period of six months with a mandate to ensure the safety of the observers from the …
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September 6, 2017 -
Engine type used in N Korea missiles made for Russia: Ukraine
Ukraine’s space agency saidon Tuesday that an engine type reportedly used in North Korean missiles was made at a Ukrainian factory, but solely for use in space rockets supplied to Russia. The development came after an expert report published on Monday said Pyongyang’s recent rapid progress in developing a long-range missile appeared to have come …
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August 16, 2017 -
Germany, France, Russia, Ukraine vow to implement peace plan
The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine have vowed to go ahead with a peace plan for eastern Ukraine. France, Germany and Russia have mediated talks between the Ukrainian government and Russia-backed rebels who have been fighting since April 2014 in a conflict that has killed more than 10,000 people. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's …
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July 25, 2017 -
Ukrainian separatists proclaim a new state
Separatists in eastern Ukraine have proclaimed a new state on the territories they control. More than 10,000 people have died in fighting after Russia-backed rebels took control of parts of Ukraine's industrial heartland in April 2014. Ukraine signed a cease-fire deal with the separatists in 2015 which also provided for a gradual return of the …
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July 18, 2017 -
MH17 lawyer tells Putin to ‘make amends’ over crash
Russian President Vladimir Putin must "make amends" for those killed on a Malaysia Airlines jet shot down over Ukraine, the lawyer representing victims said on Wednesday ahead of the third anniversary of the disaster. The jet was downed in conflict-torn eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014, killing all 298 people on board, including 38 Australian citizens …
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July 12, 2017 -
NATO says it supports Ukraine against Russia’s ‘aggressive actions’
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Monday pledged the alliance's support for Ukraine as it faces a bloody insurgency by pro-Russian separatists in its eastern regions. More than 10,000 people have been killed since a Russian-backed rebellion against the pro-EU government in Kiev erupted in April 2014. Ukraine and the West accuse Moscow of smuggling weapons …
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July 10, 2017 -
Russia didn’t meddle in US election, Putin tells Trump
Russian President Vladimir Putin told his US counterpart Donald Trump that Moscow did not meddle in the US presidential election and Trump accepted it, claimed Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. After the two leaders emerged from a meeting in Hamburg on Friday, on the sidelines of G20 summit, that lasted over two hours — at …
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July 8, 2017 -
Global cyberattack seems intent on havoc, not extortion
A cyberattack that caused indiscriminate economic damage around the world was apparently designed to create maximum havoc in Russia's neighbour and adversary Ukraine, security researchers said. While the rogue software used in the attack was configured as extortionate “ransomware,” that may have just been a ruse. “It is clear that this was targeted indiscriminately at …
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June 30, 2017