MOSCOW, Sept 23, 2014 (AFP) - The prime minister of the self-proclaimed People's Republic of Donetsk said Tuesday that rebels have removed artillery from frontline areas where Ukraine had also withdrawn, in line with a peace plan signed Saturday.
KIEV, Sept 13, 2014 (AFP) - Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk on Saturday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of wanting to wipe out Ukraine as an independent country despite a truce deal.
MOSCOW, September 8 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said he hopes the crisis in Ukraine's southeastern regions will be resolved but added that the goodwill and delicate work of all sides to preserve peace will be required.
RIGA, Sept 06, 2014 (AFP) - NATO continued military exercises in eastern Europe on Saturday aimed at delivering a "loud and clear" message to Russia that the alliance will defend its members.
MOSCOW, September 6 (RIA Novosti) - Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko on Saturday expressed hope that the country maintains its territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence.
AUCKLAND, Sept 02, 2014 (AFP) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned Western powers Tuesday "there is no military solution" to the Ukraine crisis, as NATO prepares to upgrade its combat readiness in eastern Europe.
PARIS, September 1 (Itar-Tass) - European Union has an acute deficit of balanced and unbiased information on events in Ukraine, believes Jean-Pierre Chevenement, a member of the French Senate and a veteran politician.
MOSCOW, Sept 01, 2014 (AFP) - Moscow and Kiev representatives will meet in Minsk Monday after Russian President Vladimir Putin raised the stakes in the Ukraine conflict by calling for statehood to be discussed for the restive east of the former Soviet state.
SINGAPORE, Aug 27, 2014 (AFP) - Oil prices rose in Asia Wednesday as dealers await the latest US stockpiles report for clues about demand in the world's top crude consumer, while buying was boosted by upbeat economic data out of Washington.
MOSCOW, August 26 (RIA Novosti) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko together with the top leaders of the European Union and the Eurasian Customs Union are to gather in Minsk on Tuesday to discuss the Ukrainian crisis and hold a number of bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the event.
BERLIN, Aug, 18 (Xinhua) -- German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said early Monday that some progress was made in the "difficult" quadrilateral talks here on the Ukraine crisis.
LONDON, August 16 (Itar-Tass) - Russia's ambassador in Britain Alexander Yakovenko was summoned to the Foreign Office on Friday for a meeting with Acting Permanent Under-Secretary Matthew Rycroft, the Russian embassy has told ITAR-TASS.
BERLIN, August 13 (Itar-Tass) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called to continue negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin despite Western sanctions on Russia to settle crisis in Ukraine, the Saechsische Zeitung newspaper said on Wednesday.
UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Friday said he is deeply concerned about the deteriorating humanitarian situation in parts of eastern Ukraine with intensifying fighting, mounting casualties and serious damage to infrastructure.
SIMFEROPOL, August 5 (Itar-Tass) - Russian mobile operator's subsidiary MTS Ukraine ceased services in some large cities in Crimea on Tuesday morning, Crimea's Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Polonsky told Itar-Tass.
LONDON (Reuters) - NATO is not prepared for the threat of a Russian attack on one of its members, British lawmakers said on Thursday, calling for more equipment and troops to be positioned in the Baltic States, which, they said, were particularly vulnerable.
The Central Spiritual Board of Muslims of Russia is outraged by shameless lies and double standards of politicians over developments in Ukraine, the head of the board, the country's Supreme Mufti Talgat Tadzhuddin said in a sermon marking the holiday of Eid al-Fitr on Monday.