Germans at the Crux of Crises, but Reluctantly
BERLIN — Germany has become Europe’s indispensable nation, at the center of crises over Ukraine and Greece. But a country uncomfortable with leadership, often labeled a reluctant hegemon, has had…
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BERLIN — Germany has become Europe’s indispensable nation, at the center of crises over Ukraine and Greece. But a country uncomfortable with leadership, often labeled a reluctant hegemon, has had…
Ukrainian and Russian-backed separatist forces drew back some heavy weapons from the front line in the east Friday in compliance with a cease-fire deal, although officials in Kiev accused rebels…
A row over natural gas supply flared Friday between Russia and Ukraine, even as a ceasefire between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine appeared to be taking hold….
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DONETSK, Ukraine — The main Russian-backed rebel organization in eastern Ukraine said it would begin moving heavy weaponry away from the front lines on Sunday, but the government said the…
Ukraine plans to begin pulling back heavy weaponry from the front lines of its fight with Russia-backed separatist rebels on Sunday, in accordance with a peace plan whose initial step…
ZHOLOBOK, Ukraine — Ukrainian military and separatist representatives exchanged dozens of prisoners under cover of darkness at a remote frontline location Saturday evening, kicking off a process intended to usher…
ZHOLOBOK, Ukraine — Ukrainian military and separatist representatives exchanged dozens of prisoners under cover of darkness at a remote frontline location Saturday evening, kicking off a process intended to usher…
Yuriy Biryukov, a presidential adviser and assistant to the defense minister, posted on Facebook that the soldiers had died in the Debaltseve area between January 18 and February 18, when…
DEBALTSEVE, Ukraine — While the Ukrainian government accused Russia of sending more tanks and troops into the country despite a cease-fire agreement, the few residents who remained in the fiercely…
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In driving snow and frigid temperatures, one Ukrainian fighter on a tank leaving the besieged town of Debaltseve described it as “a one-way street to the grave.” The surrounding roads…
MOSCOW — President Petro O. Poroshenko of Ukraine said on Wednesday that Ukrainian forces were withdrawing from the embattled town of Debaltseve, a strategically important transportation hub where intense fighting…
The two sides have been battling for weeks for control of Debaltseve, and the truce, which exists on paper, faltered soon after it apparently went into effect Sunday. Conflicting reports…
ARTEMIVSK, Ukraine — A battle for a railroad town in eastern Ukraine escalated sharply on Tuesday, with both the Ukrainian army and Russian-backed militants saying that their soldiers were engaging…
The news comes three days into a so-called ceasefire between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. – CNN’s Claudia Rebaza contributed to this report.
LUHANSKOYE, Ukraine — The Ukrainian military and Russian-backed separatists blamed each other on Sunday for violations of a cease-fire during the first day the accord took effect. Some lingering violence…
President Petro Poroshenko ordered the Ukrainian military to hold its fire against pro-Russian militants in the nation’s east. The separatist Donetsk People’s Republic also announced a truce. The ceasefire aims…
Artillery and rocket fire can be heard almost constantly in the village Talakovka, about 10 kilometers from the strategic port city of Mariupol in southern Ukraine. The Ukrainian army has…
The continued fighting comes after Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko warned Friday that the planned ceasefire between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists was in “big danger.” Poroshenko said that after the…
The United States accused Russia on Friday of massing artillery and rocket systems around a contested town in eastern Ukraine and joining pro-Russian rebels in attacking Ukrainian forces, calling such…
A deal aimed at imposing a ceasefire in Ukraine from this Sunday was concluded following talks between the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany. Yet despite 17 hours of…
WASHINGTON — The cease-fire accord announced in Minsk on Thursday was hailed by Secretary of State John Kerry and European leaders as a potential breakthrough that could finally bring the…
The deal replaces a separate $17 billion bailout agreed to last year by the IMF. Only $4.5 billion of those funds were distributed, bringing the IMF’s total commitment to $22…
KIEV, Ukraine — Viktor V. Medvedchuk often turns up in places where only buddies of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia get to go, like the V.I.P. section at a…
MOSCOW — Negotiators meeting in Minsk, Belarus, reached a tentative deal for a cease-fire in Ukraine on Tuesday night, setting the stage for a meeting of the leaders of Russia,…
Lyuba Sklyarova lay in her bed in Debaltseve, Ukraine, after recent shelling caused her to spill boiling borscht on herself, leaving her effectively bedridden from burns.rn An ambulance came and…
MUNICH — Differences within the Western alliance over whether to send defensive arms to Ukraine were thrust into the open on Saturday when Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, said she…
Pro-Russia rebels and the Ukrainian authorities agreed Friday on a humanitarian corridor to evacuate civilians from the epicenter of fighting in eastern Ukraine as German and French leaders prepared to…
KIEV, Ukraine — As the leaders of Germany and France prepared to travel to Moscow on Friday to press President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on a deal to end…