Ukraine announces December 9 truce
Ukraine’s president Petro Poroshenko has ordered a new cease-fire next week, as part of a push to end months of
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Russia’s Putin defends annexation of Crimea
Russian president Vladimir Putin has defended his country’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula and accused the West of using the
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Ukraine’s parliament approves new cabinet with three foreigners
Ukraine’s parliament approved the new Cabinet of Ministers at the December 2 evening session. For the first time in history,
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EU lends $186 million to reconstruct Ukraine’s major gas pipeline
The European Investment Bank, the European Union’s lending arm, is providing a $186 million loan to Ukraine’s government for modernising
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Immediate end to military action in Ukraine needed, Bulgaria tells Russia
A key condition to normalising the situation in Ukraine is an immediate end to all military action on Ukrainian territory,
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NATO chief: Russia violating Ukraine cease-fire
NATO says Russia is violating a truce in eastern Ukraine by sending in convoys with advanced weapons and personnel reinforcements
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NATO commander warns of Crimea ‘militarisation’
The top U.S. general in Europe said he is alarmed at the Russian militarization of the Black Sea peninsula of
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Ukraine’s lawmakers slow to agree on Cabinet a month after election
A month after the parliamentary election, Ukrainians are still watching the same political soap opera unravel in grinding coalition talks.
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France to send armoured unit to Poland
French defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in Warsaw on November 25 that France plans to send an armoured military unit
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