Government and rebel forces continue to exchange fire on Tuesday in the eastern Ukrainian city of Ilovaysk as the Ukrainian and Russian leaders met for talks in Minsk, Belarus. Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, says although peace in Ukraine is an internal matter, Russia will 'contribute to the creation of an atmosphere of trust' Continue reading... ...
Putin denies discussion of 'peace plan', saying Ukraine is 'not our business'; Russians demand to know are we at war? Ukraine has accused Russia of new military incursions into its territory, a day after hours of talks between the two countries' presidents appeared to yield little in the way of concrete results . Vladimir Putin and Petro Poroshenko had met in Minsk on Tuesday, speaking privately for...
Nine Russian servicemen say they mistakenly crossed over into Ukraine, after they were captured by Ukrainian security officials almost a week ago. The men tell reporters they were taking part in a military drill and did not know they had entered Ukrainian territory until their arrest. It cannot be confirmed whether the soldiers made statements under duress Continue reading... ...
"The enemy's losses are: three tanks, one armoured combat vehicle, two BM-21 Grads, four mortar launchers, one truck and one 9A52 Smerch system. Also have destroyed 225 terrorists. All this was destroyed by artillery fire attack on a swarm of illegal armed bands not far from the population centres Horlivka and Ilovaisk. One mortar detachment with a mortar launcher was destroyed by artillery fire in...
The highest arrears on wages as at August 1 were recorded in Donetsk Region (UAH 155.999 million), Kyiv Region (UAH 131.779 million), and Kharkiv Region (UAH 116.397 million). ...
"The meetings in Minsk led to certain results," Poroshenko is quoted as saying. ...
For the west of Ukraine, they forecast cloudy weather with clearings, intermittent rain at night, no precipitations in the daytime, west wind of 7-12 m/s. Air temperature at night will stand at 8... 13 degrees, and in the daytime at 14... 19 degrees. ...
"The situation at the foreign exchange market is connected with the war and the Russian Federation's military aggression," he said. ...
By the same decree early parliamentary election is scheduled for October 26. ...
As of August 27 the situation in Luhansk remains the same: the city is being constantly shelled. ...
He stressed this country's image had never been as high as today. ...
The press service of the Ukrainian Football Federation announced this in a statement. ...
According to Lysenko, he had a telephone conversation with a Ukrainian military in Ilovaisk at 17:00 who confirmed the leg-up given. ...
A tale of intrigue, whispers, red carpets and bad blood China is itching to regain its place in the world. How should America respond? asks a special edition of this weeks Economist. There is also discussion of Chinese motives and ambitions in the Oldie magazine , where the new media columnist Stephen Glover poses an intriguing question: do the Chinese have it in for our royal family? Chinese websites...
WHO official Glenn Thomas, one of ten Britons killed in crash, was travelling to Australia to attend international Aids conference A British man who died when flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine has been formally identified as Glenn Thomas, a World Health Organisation (WHO) official. The 49-year-old, who was a former BBC journalist, had been travelling to Australia to attend the international Aids...
Meeting with Russian president will focus on solving conflict but two leaders seem to have little common ground in Minsk talks The Ukraine president Petro Poroshenko said "the fate of Europe" was being decided at a meeting with Vladimir Putin in Minsk on Tuesday, but after several hours of talks it was unclear if any progress had been made on ending the bloodshed in the east. Putin said that...
The meeting of the Ukrainian and Russian presidents in Minsk offers an opportunity to move away from fighting to talking: will it be taken? The newspaper picture shows a young woman lying dead , her mother weeping beside her. A few feet from the pair, the probable explanation of what put them in harms way, loaves and groceries spilled out on the pavement: this is how a shopping expedition can end in...
WPP's Sir Martin Sorrell warns that votes on independence and EU membership could harm businesses already affected by Ukraine and Middle East worries WPP boss Sir Martin Sorrell has warned that the prospect of Scotland voting for independence and Britain leaving the European Union could weaken the UK economy, adding to worries over heightened geopolitical tensions in Ukraine and the Middle East . The...
According to the Central Election Commission, Verkhovna Rada independent deputy Anatolii Hrytsenko was backed by 5.52%; Verkhovna Rada independent deputy Serhii Tihipko - 4.97%; Party of Regions candidate and former Kharkiv regional state administration head Mykhailo Dobkin - 3.31% of voters. ...
According to the Central Election Commission, Verkhovna Rada independent deputy Anatolii Hrytsenko was backed by 5.48%; Verkhovna Rada independent deputy Serhii Tihipko - 5.18%; Party of Regions candidate and former Kharkiv regional state administration head Mykhailo Dobkin - 3.4% of voters; businessman Vadym Rabinovich - 2.26%; doctor and public person Olha Bohomolets - 1.89%. ...