Ukraine crisis: Rebels free 1200 captives - Poroshenko
Mr Poroshenko announced his arrival in a tweet: Mariupol is Ukraine. We will not surrender this land to anyone. Meanwhile, EU member states have agreed to impose a new package of sanctions against Moscow, to come into force in the coming days.
Putin Calls On Ukraine Rebels To Stop Advance
He discussed the plan with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, saying it should include the OSCE monitoring of a cease-fire, the withdrawal of foreign troops, a buffer zone on the border and the release of all Ukrainian prisoners held in Russia, according.
Kiev Ukraine News Blog: Ukraine Crisis: Putin-EU Talks.
Moscow denies this. The EU insists that sanctions it introduced against Russia over its involvement in the crisis will remain until Moscow takes action to defuse the crisis. Ukraine and the rebels agreed a truce in September, but. President Poroshenko met Ms Merkel ahead of Fridays talks, with both expressing regret that many points of the peace plan had not yet been implemented, German government sources were quoted as saying by the AFP news agency.
No breakthrough in Ukraine talks | OnlyDailyNews.com
The presidents of Russia and Ukraine have held talks with the EU, but there has been no apparent breakthrough on how to end the crisis in Ukraine. Vladimir Putin and Petro Poroshenko ��� who were joined by EU leaders in��.
Senior State Department official says Secretary Kerry told.
Senior State Department official says Secretary Kerry told Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov costs to Russia will only increase if attacks on Ukraine continue; pair also discussed Syria in phone call Sunday - @NBCNews.. Kremlin: Putin, Merkel, Hollande discussed increased violence in southeastern Ukraine in phone conversation - @Reuters... Pro-Russia rebel leader in east Ukraine says his troops are on the offensive, does not want truce talks - @BBCNews.
Ukraine crisis: Hollande and Merkel in key truce talks in Moscow
French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are due to hold talks in Moscow to try to end escalating fighting in east Ukraine. Their meeting with President Vladimir Putin follows urgent talks in Kiev, where a new peace plan.
Ukraine fighting: West warns Russia of sanctions
US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a press conference at NATO headquarters - 25 John Kerry. Chancellor Merkel and French President Francois Hollande spoke to Mr Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko for an hour on Wednesday.
Kiev, Pro-Russia Rebels Meet Permanent Ceasefire In.
Great news, especially for Merkel (and Hollande) who has already come out and noted that the cease-fire means EU could suspend sanctions (saving face and avoiding some further escalation).. As The BBC reports,. ���Ukrainian President says preliminary protocol to a ceasefire agreement has been signed in Minsk. Hope that ceasefire might start later���. GOVERNOR OF UKRAINES DONETSK REGION CONFIRMS UKRAINE PEACE PLAN SIGNED, AWAITING��.
Ukraine crisis: Poroshenko vows roadmap for peace
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says a roadmap will be prepared to end fighting between troops and pro-Russian separatists in the east. He was speaking after holding his first direct talks on the crisis with Russian President Vladimir Putin in.
Ukraine crisis: Children die in Donetsk shelling
Talks aimed at salvaging the truce took place in Donetsk on Wednesday, involving the rebels and military officials from Kiev and Moscow. An OSCE spokesman told AFP news agency that the level of confidence was very low but it was encouraging that they .
Poroshenko says ceasefire in Ukraine is now real
Sydney (AFP) - President Petro Poroshenko on Friday said a real ceasefire was in place in Ukraine after the first 24 hours in seven months without a military casualty, although he admitted the truce was fragile.. The two sides -- along with.
Ukraines choice
Tragically, Ukraine has finally passed the agreement at a moment of all-consuming crisis. Russia has seized Crimea and incited rebellion in the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk. The Kremlin has also cut off Ukraines gas, forcing the country to.
Putin Holds the Key to Peace in Eastern Ukraine | News.
The meeting led to talk of a cease-fire and Putin said Poroshenko had the right approach to the conflict. It proved a false start, though, as the cease-fire turned out to be only a truce by Ukrainian forces that lasted just 10 days.
NATO Plans a Special Force to Reassure Eastern Europe and Deter Russia
Ukraine Fighting Continues as Talks Stall.. The combination of crises ��� one on NATOs borders with a resurgent Russia and the other involving a possible new terrorism threat from radical Islam ��� represents the first major challenge to NATO in a.
Ukraine deal with pro-Russian rebels at Minsk talks
Ukraines government and pro-Russia rebels have agreed a memorandum on a peace plan for the eastern conflict. The nine-point deal includes setting up a 30km (19-mile) buffer zone, a ban on overflights of part of eastern Ukraine by military aircraft and.
Ukraine crisis: Russias Putin holds talks in Milan - BBC News
Ukraine crisis: Russias Putin holds talks in Milan - BBC News,artikel Asli dengan alamat http://goartikelasik.blogspot.com/2014/10/ukraine-crisis-russias-putin-holds.html,dengan judul Ukraine crisis: Russias Putin holds talks in Milan - BBC News.. talks he was more positive on prospects for a solution to the crisis. The West accuses Russia of arming separatist rebels and sending regular troops to Ukraine. Moscow denies this. Ukraine and the rebels agreed a truce��.
It is right to keep pressure on Russia
Russia continues to cause chaos. The situation in Ukraine ��� a conflict that has already cost around 4,000 lives ��� is deteriorating fast. Russia still obfuscates about the fate of Flight MH17. There has been Russian military activity around Natos borders.
Ukraine peace talks collapse, Kiev and separatists trade.
MINSK/KIEV (Reuters) - Peace talks on Ukraine collapsed yesterday after just over four hours with no tangible progress towards a new ceasefire but with Ukr.. Shortly before the Minsk talks broke up, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and Russias Vladimir Putin in a three-way phone call had expressed the hope the meeting would at least produce a ceasefire agreement. More than 5,000 people have died since the conflict��.
Donetsk bus hit by mortar as Ukrainian forces lose control of.
Ukraines president, Petro Poroshenko, told the World Economic Forum in Davos there were currently more than 9,000 Russian soldiers on the ground in east Ukraine, and said it was up to Moscow to end the conflict, which has so far cost at least 4,800 lives.. The meeting was planned to take place in the Kazakh capital of Astana last week, with the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, and the French president, Fran��ois Hollande, in attendance, but it was postponed.
Ukraine crisis: President Poroshenko extends truce for east
Separatists in the east held talks on Friday with mediators, including Ukraines former President Leonid Kuchma, Moscows ambassador in Ukraine and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). Pro-Russian militants in Donetsk, 27 .
NEWS: Ukraine peace talks collapse over ceasefire as.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel talked to each other by phone over the weekend, urging the warring factions to agree a truce in fighting that has left at.. BBC News - Ukraine crisis: Dozens killed in east as Minsk talks open.. The state leaders expressed their hopes that an immediate ceasefire and heavy artillery withdrawal will be key issues to be discussed at the contact group meeting.
2 Presidents, 2 Crises �� Keith E Rices Integrated.
A 4-way teleconference on Monday (30 June) between Poroshenko, Putin, French president Fran��ois Hollande and German chancellor Angela Merkel had raised hopes the fragile truce of the previous week could be renewed ��� but. As reported by BBC News (2014b), Ukraines Pavlo Klimkin, was all demands, including the release of hostages and security of its borders, and saying: ���The de-escalation of the situation will happen when the peace plan of the Ukrainian��.
State Department: No plans for US participation in proposed Jan. 15 talks on.
Editors note: For context: Verkhovna Rada, Ukraines parliament, just voted 303-8 in favor of dropping its non-aligned nation status, which prevents states from joining other military alliances. Ukraine adopted this neutral status in 2010 under.
Ukraine crisis: No breakthrough in Putin-EU talks
The presidents of Russia and Ukraine have held talks with the EU, but there has been no apparent breakthrough on how to end the crisis in Ukraine. Vladimir Putin and Petro Poroshenko - who were joined by EU leaders in Milan - described the talks as .
Ukraine crisis: Rebels free hundreds of soldiers
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that the truce was being observed in general. Meanwhile, Ukrainian defence ministry spokesman Andriy Lysenko said the situation in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions remained tense. He accused .
Ukraine Crisis: President Poroshenko Extends Truce For East
Separatists in the east held talks on Friday with mediators, including Ukraines former President Leonid Kuchma, Moscows ambassador in Ukraine and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). The leader of the. French President Francois Hollande said more measures would be taken if there was no progress after Sunday, when he and Mrs Merkel will speak to Mr Putin by phone.. Analysis: Steve Rosenberg, BBC News Moscow. There is��.
Ukraines energy minister says Ukraine has resumed.
Ukraines energy minister says Ukraine has resumed electricity supplies to Crimea - @Reuters.. More: Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine hand over 150 soldiers in exchange for at least 222 people held by government - @BBCNews �� Read more on www.bbc.com �� Alert my friends. 21 WHOA!.. President Putin to hold phone talks with President Hollande, Chancellor Merkel and President Poroshenko - @Reuters. End of alert. Alert my friends. 20 WHOA!
Ukraine crisis: No breakthrough in Putin-EU talks | GFM.
The presidents of Russia and Ukraine have held talks with the EU, but there has been no apparent breakthrough on how to end the crisis in Ukraine. Vladimir Putin and Petro Poroshenko ��� who were joined by EU leaders in��.
Ukraine crisis: Putin-EU talks positive but hard.
The West says Russia is arming separatist rebels and sending troops to eastern Ukraine. Moscow denies this. After a second round of talks, Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko said outlines of a deal to resolve a gas dispute��.
Ukraine president announces new ceasefire
The so-called day of silence in eastern Ukraine aims to secure a previous truce agreed in Minsk in September which only marginally reduced the fighting. AFP newsagency. Talks of ceasefire are of little comfort to residents of the eastern city of.
Ukraine crisis: deadly clashes shatter truce ��� Thursday 20.
Protesters first occupied the square in November, in protest of a Yanukovych government decision, under pressure from Moscow, not to pursue an agreement to strengthen ties with the European Union.. A grim scene via BBC correspondent Daniel Sandford:.. Although Hollande and Merkel have called for sanctions, Greece, Portugal, Spain, Britain, Italy and the Netherlands are cautious because of concern about breaking off dialogue with the Ukrainians. An early��.
State Department: No plans for US participation in proposed.
. in proposed Jan. 15 talks on Ukraine conflict with Poroshenko, Putin, Merkel and Hollande - @NBCNews.. Ukraine, Russia political crisis. Jan 18, 2015.. German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Russia must adhere to all points of Ukraine truce before EU sanctions can be lifted - @AFP �� Read more on. More: Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine hand over 150 soldiers in exchange for at least 222 people held by government - @BBCNews �� Read more on��.