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Don’t trust Putin – Poroshenko
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko warned Monday he had no trust in Russia’s Vladimir Putin and urged the army to prepare “for the worst” despite a new truce in the separatist east. …read more Source:...
‘Europe’s last dictator’ wins 5th term
Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko won a fifth term in office by a landslide. ||| Minsk – Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko won a fifth term in office by a landslide on Sunday in an election that could see an easing of relations with the West and raise questions about his ties to Vladimir Putin’s Russia....
Russia’s Gazprom resumes gas supplies to Ukraine
Russian natural gas exporter Gazprom has resumed supplies to Ukraine, Chief Executive Alexei Miller said in a statement on Monday, after deliveries we …read more Source: The New...
Families brace for missile attack report
INTERNATIONAL investigators will release their final report into the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over war-torn Ukraine tomorrow. But the burning question of who was to blame will remain unresolved. All 298 people on board – most of them Dutch, including the 15 crew members – died when the flight between Amsterdam and Kuala...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko says vote needed in pro-Russia strongholds
Ukranian President Petro Poroshenko on Sunday stressed the need for legitimate elections in the country’s separatist regions in order to eventually …read more Source: The New...
Families brace for final MH17 air crash report
International investigators will on Tuesday release their final report into the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over war-torn Ukraine, …read more Source: The New...
NATO reads the riot act to Russia
Jens Stoltenberg said NATO was ready to show resolve in the face of Russia’s growing military involvement in the Syria conflict. ||| Russia’s determination to prop up the regime of Bashar al-Assad with bombing raids on Syrian rebels triggered a response from NATO members on Thursday as the alliance pledged to double the size of its...
‘Real truce’ has begun in Ukraine, says Poroshenko
President Petro Poroshenko said on Wednesday a “real truce” had begun in eastern Ukraine but a long-lasting peace with pro-Kremlin insurgents would st …read more Source: The New...
Russia backs major Syrian assault
Russia has showed off its military reach with a barrage of missiles fired against Syrian insurgents from the Caspian Sea. (VIDEO) ||| Beirut – Syrian troops and militia backed by Russian jets mounted what appeared to be their first major coordinated assaults on Syrian insurgents on Wednesday and Moscow said its warships fired a barrage of...
News24.com | Poroshenko says ‘real truce’ has begun in Ukraine
President Petro Poroshenko says a ‘real truce’ has begun in Ukraine but that a long-lasting peace with pro-Russian insurgents would still take some time. …read more Source:...
