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Russia cuts spending by 10%, defence ring-fenced
Russia’s military budget might shrink by about 10 percent in 2015, the chief executive of state-owned defence conglomerate Rostec said yesterday. ||| Stanley Carvalho Abu Dhabi RUSSIA’S military budget might shrink by about 10 percent in 2015, the chief executive of state-owned defence conglomerate Rostec said yesterday. The...
News24.com | No weapon exit till Russian rebels stand down
Ukraine won’t withdraw heavy weapons along the front line in the country’s east as long as the Russia-backed separatists there continue hostilities. …read more Source:...
Putin surveys the map as he ponders next move on Ukraine
What Russian President Vladimir Putin does next in Ukraine is key to the country’s future, as well as that of Europe and his own …read more Source: Business...
News24.com | Ukraine: Rebel attacks preventing weapons pullback
A Ukrainian military spokesperson says continuing attacks from rebels are delaying Ukrainian forces’ pullback of heavy weapons from the front line in the country’s east. …read more Source:...
Kiev says cannot withdraw heavy weapons as attacks persist
Ukraine’s military said on Monday it could not start withdrawing heavy weapons from the front line in the east as required under a tenuous ceasefir …read more Source: The New...
France to host ministerial meeting on Ukraine crisis
The foreign ministers of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine will meet on Tuesday in Paris in an effort to get a stalling peace deal between the centr …read more Source: The New...
Putin surveys the map as he ponders next move on Ukraine
In Russia, Vladimir Putin likes to portray himself as the saviour of the nation. In Europe and the United States he has come to be seen as a threat to …read more Source: The New...
Ukraine rebels eye another city
Pro-Russian forces massing near Ukraine’s port city of Mariupol tried to overrun a troop position overnight, Kiev said on Monday. …read more Source:...
Pro-Russian rebels set sights on Ukraine port city despite truce
Pro-Russian forces massing near Ukraine’s port city of Mariupol tried to overrun a troop position overnight, Kiev said, fuelling concerns for the fate of an internationally brokered ceasefire. …read more Source: The Sunday...
Rebel attacks prevent pullback – Ukraine
Continuing attacks from rebels are delaying Ukrainian forces who are preparing to pull heavy weapons from the front line. ||| Kiev – A Ukrainian military spokesman says continuing attacks from rebels are delaying Ukrainian forces’ pullback of heavy weapons from the front line in the country’s east.Under a peace agreement reached...
