Tag: Ukrainian News

(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Nikolai Litovkin, RBTH – July 7, 2014) The confrontation in southeast Ukraine appears to be nearing its denouement. Last weekend government troops seized the rebel stronghold of Slavyansk as well as several nearby towns. Observers believe that the authorities in Kiev are now likely to ignore calls for a ceasefire and push on […]

Subject: Fake RAND memo Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2014 From: Hiday, Jeffrey <jhiday@rand.org> David, Saw that you carried a report on the supposed RAND Ukraine memo. [JRL #148]. We produced no such memo or study. I’ve alerted RT et al to that effect. Thanks. Jeff Jeffrey Hiday Director, Office of Media Relations RAND Corporation  

KIEV, July 4 (RIA Novosti) – At least two residents of Luhansk have been killed and eight others injured after the Ukrainian Army shelled a residential area of the city, local authorities reported Friday. Pro-Kiev forces shelled residential buildings on Thursday, according to the statement. The injured people were hospitalized. A local oncology center and a school were also damaged […]

(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Dmitry Agnin, special to RBTH – July 2, 2014) Prospects for peace in Ukraine have receded again after President Petro Poroshenko called an end to the ceasefire in the east of the country. Continuing hostilities, ongoing attempts to negotiate a political settlement and a growing stream of displaced citizens mean that the outcome […]

KYIV. July 3 (Interfax) – Only one in ten reservists in Kyiv has been mobilized voluntarily, said Volodymyr Kidon, the Ukrainian capital’s military commissar. Speaking at a Kyiv Council session on Thursday, Kidon said that a total of 1,558 conscripts and 342 officers have been mobilized, but only 10% of them “were called up on a voluntary basis.” These conscripts […]

MOSCOW, July 1 (RIA Novosti) – External influence pushed Kiev to decide against extending the ceasefire in southeast Ukraine, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement Tuesday. “There’s an impression that Kiev’s change in position, including its announcement late on June 30 on the non-extension of the ceasefire regime, happened regardless of the position of leading EU members,” the […]

(Interfax – June 26, 2014) The ceasefire agreement established between Kiev and East Ukraine’s self-proclaimed republics’ leaders is not being observed and there is no point in extending it, “Donetsk People’s Republic” government co-chairman Myroslav Rudenko (Miroslav Rudenko), was quoted as saying in a report by privately-owned Russian news agency Interfax on 26 June. “How can something that never happened […]

[“Ukraine Cease-Fire to End Friday Evening If Talks Fail; Heavy Fighting Rages Around Several Separatist Strongholds in East” – Wall Street Journal – Lukas I. Alpert – June 27, 2014] The Wall Street Journal reports on the planned expiration of a ceasefire between Ukraine and pro-Russia separatists in an eastern region of the country, and Russian calls for an extension. The […]

[“Russia’s Putin calls for long-term Ukraine ceasefire, peace talks” – Reuters – Maria Tsvetkova June 27, 2014] Reuters covers the expiration for Ukraine’s eastern region ceasefire and Russian calls for an extension. Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday a long-term ceasefire was needed in Ukraine to allow talks between the Kiev government and representatives of eastern regions where rebels are […]

(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Kateryna Choursina, Patrick Donahue – June 26, 2014) Ukraine isn’t “too optimistic” it will soon clinch a peace deal with separatist rebels in the east, a minister said, as the U.S. and the European Union raised pressure on Russia to ease violence that’s left hundreds dead. With Ukraine’s government saying the pro-Russian militants have repeatedly flouted […]

(opendemocracy.net – Sergii Leshchenko – June 25, 2014) Sergii Leshchenko is an investigative and political journalist. He is deputy-editor-in-chief of Ukrainska pravda, Ukraine’s leading independent online media. He was a 2012 Fellow of the John Smith Memorial Trust and a Reagan-Fascell Fellow from 2013-2014. All views expressed are made in a personal capacity. President Petro Poroshenko is not an ideal […]

(Business New Europe – bne.eu – RBS, Tim Ash, head of research – June 25, 2014) We assess positively the news that separatist leaders in eastern Ukraine have joined the ceasefire announced by Ukrainian President Poroshenko last week. We also observe growing signs that Russia is not interested in further escalation of fighting in eastern Ukraine, and is taking action […]

(Interfax – June 23, 2014) Interfax Former Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk, Leonid Kuchma and Viktor Yuschenko have written an open letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin urging to begin negotiating process. “We have signed an open letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin that it is necessary to stop aggression. Ukraine is ready for negotiations,” first Ukrainian President Kravchuk told reporters […]

KYIV. June 22 (Interfax) – The Ukrainian law enforcement units unswervingly abide by the president-ordered unilateral ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, but members of illegal armed formations continue armed attacks defying the truce, the Ukrainian foreign and defense ministries said in a joint statement on Sunday evening. “Demonstrating the determination to protect citizens and to safeguard national security, Ukrainian President and […]