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Ukraine to have border battle on hands
Rebel border guards have poured scorn on Kiev regaining control of the border with Russia, as part of a new deal. …read more Source:...
National Security and Defense Council: Ukrainian Armed Forces eliminate Russian T-72 tank with crew
Kyiv, February 13, 2015 – Most intense fighting continues in Debaltseve. Pro-Russian militants stormed the Ukrainian Armed Forces strongholds and base camps several times near the town of Luhanske, Kamjanka village, Chornukhyne and Debaltseve itself. Insurgents used the artillery, mortars, multiple rocket launchers and small arms fire....
McCain says that there is no reason to believe the result of new Minsk agreement
John McCain, the senior United States Senator from Arizona, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, criticised the Minsk agreement on his official website: “The agreement reached in Minsk freezes the conflict at a time of separatist advantage, solidifies the gains of Russian aggression, and leaves Ukraine’s border with Russia firmly...
Ukraine’s Other War: Parliament Advances Anti-Corruption Fight
Lawmakers Vote to End Their Immunity from Prosecution Members of Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, overwhelmingly passed a bill to end their own legal immunity from prosecution, one of the main laws that for years helped Ukraine to the top of Europe’s corruption charts. Article 80 of Ukraine’s constitution protects all...
The Other War: Ukraine Wins a First Big Battle Against Corruption
Parliament Votes in Landslide to Remove its Own Immunity from Prosecution Members of Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, overwhelmingly passed a bill to end their own legal immunity from prosecution, one of the main laws that for years helped Ukraine to the top of Europe’s corruption charts. Article 80 of Ukraine’s...
Shelling in Ukraine despite truce
At least 15 people have been killed in east Ukraine in new shelling despite the signing of a peace deal to end the 10-month conflict. ||| Kiev/ Donetsk – At least 15 people have been killed in east Ukraine in new shelling despite the signing of a peace deal to end the 10-month conflict.Pro-Moscow rebels and government officials said on...
Making Ukraine’s ‘Glimmer of Hope’ Sustainable
If Russia Permits, the Minsk Accord Could Be a Start for Stabilizing Donbas The ceasefire agreement signed by Russia and Ukraine on in Minsk on 12 February offers what German Chancellor Angela Merkel calls “a glimmer of hope, no more no less” for constricting, and eventually ending, the war in southeast Ukraine’s Donbas region. Whether that...
HK shares follow global markets higher
Hong Kong shares on Friday took a cue from buoyant global markets in the wake of a ceasefire accord in Ukraine. ||| Hong Kong – Hong Kong shares rose on Friday, taking a cue from buoyant global markets in the wake of a ceasefire accord in Ukraine and Sweden’s surprise move to cut its main rate into negative territory. The rise came...
Russia’s Military Advance in Ukraine Wins It Advantages in New Truce Deal
‘Minsk II’ Accord Will Let Moscow Keep Pumping Arms, Fighters into Ukraine War With thousands of Ukrainian troops nearly surrounded in Donbas by the freshly armed, Kremlin-directed rebel militias, Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko accepted the Minsk II agreement February 12. The new accord is clearly less advantageous to Kyiv than...
Asian shares jump on Ukraine news
Asian shares gained on Friday after the news of a Ukraine pact and a rally in Europe. ||| Tokyo – Asian shares gained on Friday on news of a ceasefire accord in Ukraine, while Sweden’s surprise move to cut its main rate into negative territory and hopes of a resolution between debt-strapped Greece and its creditors burnished risk...