Ukraine president presses for quick cease-fire
Ukraine’s president pushed Saturday for a quick cease-fire in his country’s troubled east, insisting that the conflict must be resolved and not “frozen,” and pressed Kiev’s case to be supplied…
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Obama: US must resist urge to ‘overreach” abroad
By JULIE PACE President Barack Obama, outlining a new national security blueprint for his last two years in office, warned against American “overreach” abroad Friday, even as he cast the…
French, German leaders push new peace plan for east Ukraine
By MATTHEW LEE and SYLVIE CORBET Carrying a peace plan that reportedly incorporates proposals from Russia, the leaders of Germany and France met Thursday with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in…
France says EU to move to increase sanctions on Russia
By RAF CASERT and LORNE COOK France says European Union sanctions against separatists in eastern Ukraine and their Russian backers will be reinforced in an attempt to force all sides…
Ukraine: Phone calls prove rebels attacked city, killed 30
Ukraine’s leader says intercepted radio and telephone conversations prove that Russian-backed separatists were responsible for firing the rockets that pounded the southeastern city of Mariupol and killed at least 30…
Rockets kill 21 in Ukraine city as rebel offensive begins
By PETER LEONARD Indiscriminate rocket fire slammed into a market, schools and homes Saturday in the eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, killing at least 21 people, authorities said. Ukraine’s top…
Merkel urges Putin, Poroshenko to implement peace plan
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER German Chancellor Angela Merkel told the leaders of Russia and Ukraine that she’s not ready to take part in a four-way summit over the Ukraine conflict unless…
Ukraine drops nonaligned status
By DMYTRO VLASOV The Ukrainian president on Monday signed a bill dropping his country’s nonaligned status but signaled that he will hold a referendum before seeking NATO membership. The bill,…