There is no reason to lift the European Union's sanctions against Russia as Moscow has not fulfilled all of its commitments under the Minsk peace plan, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in an interview published on Friday.
Mr Paul Manafort, the smooth-talking, sharply dressed 67-year-old campaign chairman for Mr Donald Trump, who was thrust into the headlines this week in connection with a Ukrainian corruption probe, is a formidable Republican strategist who spent years as a lobbyist.
Ukraine has put its forces near Crimea and in eastern Ukraine on high alert, as Russia accused it of provocation in Crimea and vowed to take additional measures.
The leaders of Russia and Ukraine discussed with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the French President preparations to hold elections in an eastern Ukrainian area hit by a pro-Russian insurrection, according to the german government.
BuzzFeed News has learned the Ukranian politician in charge of his country’s tax policy is at today’s anti-corruption summit in London, despite facing a criminal investigation into his own financial affairs.
The Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine on Friday reached an agreement in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, to observe a ceasefire in Donbas, eastern Ukraine, as soon as the Easter and the May holidays begin.
U.S. President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discussed Syria and Ukraine in a phone call on Monday, the White House said.
The European Union here on Thursday said it believed the appointment of a new government in Ukraine would provide new momentum to the implementation of the Minsk agreements.
Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop announced on Friday that her government has signed a Nuclear Cooperation Agreement with Ukraine, enabling Australia to export uranium to Ukraine.
Over three million civilians living in conflict-affected areas in eastern Ukraine are facing growing despair and isolation, a UN human rights report revealed Thursday.
At least three people were killed and eight others wounded in eastern Ukraine in the past day amid escalation of violence, reports from the conflicting parties showed Tuesday.
As the annual Munich Security Conference (MSC) enters its third day on Sunday, the United States and Russia continue to exchange strong words and accusations over the world's major predicaments that are posing a grave threat to global security.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday made a phone call with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to discuss the Ukraine crisis, Syria peace talks and the recent nuclear test by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
Several hundreds of miners from across Ukraine rallied in central Kiev early Wednesday, demanding authorities to take actions against a crisis that gripped the country's coal mining industry.
Russia intends to continue trade talks with the European Union and Ukraine in spite of the failure of the latest trilateral ministerial meeting in Brussels, Belgium, Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday.
Moscow is about to toughen economic restrictions against Ukraine by banning food imports from the neighbor starting from next year, when Kiev's free trade regime with the European Union (EU) becomes effective.
It is not an exaggeration to say that the global political landscape in 2015 was shaped by two civil conflicts in two not-too-big countries -- Ukraine in East Europe and Syria in the Middle East.
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