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OSCE watchdog slams Ukraine for extraditing blogger to Turkey
Ukrainian authorities confirm journalist and blogger Yusuf Inan had been handed to the Turkish authorities after Kiev received a request to extradite him last October
Russia's actions in Ukraine 'obstacle' to improved relations – U.S.
The phone call comes as the two leaders discussed the death on Sunday of an American monitor with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe who hit a landmine while on patrol in eastern Ukraine
Merkel tells Erdogan of concerns over Turkey freedom of expression
Merkel also passes on concerns over press freedom and the accreditation of German journalists in Turkey
Ukraine rebels withdraw from key frontline village
But separatists warn that unilateral demilitarization by their side may not be enough to establish a lasting peace
Ukraine vows to show off 'captured Russian soldiers'
The politically charged declaration comes as a tenuous February truce is broken by more violence that claimed the lives of at least 4 Ukrainian servicemen
'Grave concern' about Ukraine fighting at 4-way talks
Foreign ministers from Russia Ukraine France and Germany gather to assess progress in the truce deal agreed in February between the Ukraine government and pro Russian rebels
On anniversary of Ukraine war, shelling still shattering lives
It s hard for us to believe in this ceasefire The shooting has never really ceased here and in the last days it s become worse than usual
Ukraine, Moscow clash over rebel autonomy laws
The latest wrangling over the east Ukraine peace plan comes as Moscow celebrates the one year anniversary of the annexation of Ukraine s Crimea peninsula
West vows 'strong' response if Ukraine truce violated
Western leaders call for a strong reaction from the international community to any major violation of a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine
Russia and Ukraine strike gas delivery deal
The deal struck after tense talks in Brussels secures gas supplies to the European Union until the end of winter after they had been put at risk by a row over supplies to rebel held eastern Ukraine
Kerry meets Lavrov as Ukraine death toll soars
The meeting with Sergei Lavrov in Geneva came less than a week after Kerry accused Moscow of lying about its involvement in the conflict
Two killed as clashes threaten Ukraine truce
UPDATED The two warring sides both said they were continuing the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the front
Ukraine says pulling back arms as US, Russia trade barbs
The announcement of the pull back comes after a shaky truce that was meant to come into force February 15 finally took hold across the conflict zone in recent days
Fears for truce as attacking rebels mass near Ukraine port city
Continued hostilities meant a pull back of heavy weapons could not go ahead as agreed Ukrainian officials say
Arms pullback accord, prisoner swap bolster shaky Ukraine truce
UPDATED But ongoing breaches of a week old ceasefire have already prompted a threat from the United States of serious new sanctions against Moscow within days
Major prisoner swap bolsters shaky Ukraine truce
The rare glint of optimism comes on the heels of a pro Russian rebel offensive in the east capturing a major town from loyalists and drawing threats of new sanctions against Moscow
Ukraine calls for peacekeepers after rebels take key town
The loss is a bitter blow to the Ukrainian army and leaves a last ditch peace plan hammered out by the leaders of Ukraine Russia Germany and France hanging by a thread
Ukraine urges West to get 'tough' on Russia after rebels storm town
As EU and UN officials express concern at the violence in the town of Debaltseve Russian President Vladimir Putin urges Kiev to permit its beleaguered soldiers to surrender
Access agreed for OSCE monitors in Ukraine – Berlin
The agreement is aimed at allowing observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe OSCE to monitor the situation on the ground around the strategic railway hub of Debaltseve
'Stop shooting,' EU pleads as Ukraine ceasefire teeters
Fighting rages around a strategic railway hub and both sides say conditions are not met to start withdrawing heavy weapons from the frontline
Ukraine truce largely observed – except around flashpoint town
UPDATED Ukraine s military says that across the entire conflict zone its soldiers positions had come under fire from the rebels 60 times on Sunday with Debaltseve the main hotspot
Marathon Ukraine peace summit agrees ceasefire
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he German Chancellor Angela Merkel French President Francois Hollande and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko agree on the main points
Ukraine peace summit drags on as leaders wrangle
The crunch 4 way meeting is the climax of a frantic European diplomatic drive aimed at stopping the worst East West crisis since the end of the Cold War from escalating
EU suspends new sanctions pending Ukraine summit
EU foreign ministers postpone new sanctions against Russia for a week to boost the chances of success at a 4 way Ukraine peace summit Wednesday
4-way emergency Ukraine summit planned February 11
The leaders of Ukraine Germany and France are pushing for a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a frantic bid to halt escalating bloodshed in eastern Ukraine
West presses Putin to back 'last-chance' Ukraine peace bid
While Western leaders are united in condemning Russia for supporting rebels they differ on whether to back Ukraine s beleaguered army with weapons
Hollande floats Ukraine peace plan as leaders flock to Kiev
As the European leaders set out on the biggest peace push so far to end the near 10 month conflict at least 19 people were killed in fresh clashes
Hospital shelled in east Ukraine as calls mount for truce
The latest deaths come as international pressure grows for an immediate halt to surging violence which has seen hundreds of civilians killed in recent weeks
Ukraine separatists vow to mobilize 100,000 fighters
The pledge to dramatically escalate a 9 month conflict comes as the rebels battled to encircle the beleaguered transport hub of Debaltseve
Fierce fighting rages for key Ukraine town
Intense artillery fire thunders around the Kiev controlled town of Debaltseve where insurgent fighters are trying to encircle Ukrainian troops
Obama ramps up pressure on Russia after deadly Ukraine blitz
Obama says he will now look at all options – short of military intervention – to restrain Russian President Vladimir Putin s alleged proxy war aimed at stripping Ukraine s pro Western leaders of their vital eastern industrial base
More than 9 months of bloodshed in Ukraine
Here are key dates in the conflict since pro Moscow separatists launched an uprising that the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe OSCE estimates has killed more than 5 000 people since April 2014
Ukraine, pro-Russian rebels resume peace talks
A successful round of preliminary negotiations in the Belarussian capital Minsk could pave the way for a second meeting
International monitors shot at in east Ukraine – OSCE
The OSCE says a uniformed man on the back of a flat bed cargo truck fires two shots in the direction of their vehicles as they were driving
Monitors fear rising violence in eastern Ukraine
Meanwhile Dutch investigators hoping to recover debris from a doomed airliner leave the MH17 crash site with little progress
Fears of all-out Ukraine war grow as MH17 families mourn
New columns of tanks trucks and heavy artillery rumble towards the pro Moscow rebel stronghold of Donetsk as fears grew of a return to all out fighting in war torn eastern Ukraine
Intense artillery fire in Ukraine's rebel bastion Donetsk
The last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warns that the conflict between the Western backers of Ukraine and Russia could lead to a new Cold War
Ukraine peace plan hangs by a thread
Artillery explosions can be heard early Wednesday around the airport in Donetsk where Ukrainian soldiers have been holding out for weeks against surrounding separatist forces
Ukraine to 're-examine' peace plan with rebels
Poroshenko says he and security chiefs will re examine Kiev s commitments to the ceasefire deal including abolition of a key element that offered separatists autonomy within Ukraine s existing borders
Dutch officials return to MH17 crash site as search resumes
The Dutch are part of an Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe OSCE team that has brokered a return to the place where the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 crashed in rebel held territory on July 17
US welcomes Poroshenko for symbolic visit
Poroshenko sat side by side with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office and drew multiple standing ovations from lawmakers in a ceremonial joint meeting of both chambers of Congress
Merkel urges Ukraine truce as Russia convoy returns home
UPDATED In Kiev Merkel calls for a bilateral ceasefire and effective border controls to help stop four months of brutal fighting between pro Russian rebels and government troops
'Some progress' in difficult Ukraine, Russia talks – Germany
Germany s Steinmeier: Difficult talks but I think and I hope that we have made some progress on certain points
OSCE says 'several' remains, belongings found at MH17 site
I think we all agree that today was the biggest day ever in terms of the process of disaster victim recovery an OSCE spokesman says
EU to impose new Russia sanctions as fighting blocks MH17 probe
UPDATED The tougher sanctions are intended to be particularly painful for Russia which is already flirting with recession as tensions over the crisis have hurt growth and sent investors fleeing
Dutch, Australians ready MH17 troops amid Ukraine deadly fighting
This is a humanitarian mission with a clear and simple objective: to bring them home says Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott All we want to do is to claim our dead and to bring them home
Forensics experts to reach MH17 crash site Monday – Dutch PM
Prime Minister Mark Rutte says that the Dutch will be coordinating the task of identifying the 298 dead from Thursday s July 17 Malaysia Airways crash
Rebels agree to security zone at MH17 crash site
More investigators arrived overnight from the Netherlands and Malaysia amid calls for access to the scene as Kiev accused the rebels of trying to destroy crash evidence with Russian support
Malaysia team in Kiev as anger mounts over MH17
UPDATED Concerns have also emerged after international observers were blocked or given only partial access by armed rebels
Ukraine vows to strike back after rebels kill 23 troops
Not a single terrorist will avoid responsibility Every single one of them will get their just desserts says Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko
