- At Council of Europe meeting in Vienna, European countries and Russia debated about the format of Ukrainian peace talks while Ukraine still continued with its onslaught against the protesters killing many rebels.
- European countries, particularly Germany, now want an end to the bloodshed which is inching Ukraine closer to a military confrontation, by virtue of the action of those groups which are heeding neither Russia’s nor Ukraine’s words.
- Russia said that any follow up of Geneva talks would be useless unless the representatives of the protesters are also brought to the table.
- Ukraine refused a proposal to hold a referendum on decentralization of power to the regions, but is planning to conduct a non-binding survey which will coincide with the Presidential elections.
- In a symbol of hope, a newly born Dolphin which was born on May 1st in eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, has been named Mir – Russian and Ukrainian word for ‘Peace’.
- Read at:http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-international/a-symbol-of-hope-in-donetsk/article5984228.ece
- http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-international/russia-west-wrangle-over-talks-format/article5984127.ece
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