Ukraine peace talks fail as violence flares in east
Talks between the Kyiv government and Russian-backed separatists in the east have failed to reach agreement over a ceasefire. The diplomatic breakdown came as violence flared Friday around the rebel stronghold Donetsk.
Urge Russia to release Nadiya Savchenko
We are writing to draw your attention to the urgent need for PACE reaction to the prosecution of Nadiya Savchenko, Ukrainian MP and PACE Delegate who is on hunger strike following 6 months held in Russian detention after being taken prisoner in Ukraine by pro-Russian militants.
Foreign ministers gather in Berlin to seek Ukraine progress
Germany’s foreign minister sounded a cautious note as he headed into a meeting Monday evening with his counterparts from Russia, Ukraine and France, saying he did not know whether the talks would produce the “needed progress” to calm the Ukrainian crisis.
Eight killed in Ukraine as peace talk prospects dim
Four Ukrainian soldiers and at least as many civilians died Friday in an upsurge of rocket attacks that came just as prospects for international peace talks on the nine-month crisis dimmed.
Ukraine's President to meet Russian, French, German leaders, rules out offensive
Ukraine's President said on Monday he would meet the leaders of Russia, France and Germany on Jan. 15 in an attempt to restore peace to Kiev's eastern territories and acknowledged Kiev lacked the resources to regain control by military means.
Russia accuses U.S. of destroying 'carcass of cooperation' with Ukraine bill
Russia’s Foreign Ministry has decried the US Senate-backed Ukrainian support bill as “anti-Russian” in a statement released on Friday evening
Russian Soldiers Said Injuring Themselves to Avoid Being Sent to Ukraine
As the Russian war in Ukraine continues, that trend will only continue as will both the combat losses Vasiliyeva has pointed to before and this kind of self-inflicted wounding.
Ukraine is now the most dangerous place in the world — Poroshenko
“Ukraine is now the most dangerous place in the world, even more dangerous than the threat of the Islamic state and everything that is now happening in the Middle East.
