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US, British Lawmakers Discuss Response to Russia’s Aggression
Published February 25, 2015 French and German leaders still hope to salvage the shaky truce between the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian separatists in the east. But officials in the United States and Britain are accusing Russia of working to further destabilize the region. Zlatica Hoke reports that lawmakers in both countries are discussing...
Ukraine rebels look to strategic south
The Ukrainian army and separatists are accusing each other of violating a truce, and now there is concern the rebels are moving their focus to Mariupol in the south. The city is strategically important because capturing the port would give the rebels access to the Azov Sea. Al Jazeera’s Paul Brennan reports from Mariupol. Source: Al Jazeera...
Kerry: Moscow lying ‘to my face’ over Ukraine
More to this story US Secretary of State John Kerry has accused Russian leaders of lying to him about Moscow’s involvement in the conflict in Ukraine. “Russia has engaged in a rather remarkable period of the most overt and extensive propaganda exercise that I’ve seen since the very height of the Cold War,” Kerry told...
Report: Kremlin Was Eying Ukraine Prior to Yanukovych Ouster
A Russian newspaper has published what it says is a strategy document calling for Russia to annex Crimea and absorb other parts of Ukraine that was presented to Kremlin leaders in early February 2014, shortly before Ukraine’s pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych was forced from power. The independent weekly Novaya Gazeta posted an...
Ukraine Rebels Say Weapons Pullback Under Way
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov leaves the French Foreign Affairs Ministry following… …read more Source:...
European Leaders to Discuss Shaky Ukraine Cease-fire
The foreign ministers of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France meet Tuesday to discuss the cease-fire in eastern Ukraine that has lessened but failed to stop hostilities between Kyiv and pro-Russian separatists. The truce, which was supposed to … …read more Source:...
Time to acknowledge that the Ukraine ceasefire is dead
Before the ink was even dry on the so-called Minsk II ceasefire agreement, Russian-backed separatists were attacking, killing, … …read more Source:...
Putin says Russia-Ukraine war unlikely
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said war with neighbouring Ukraine is unlikely, according to media reports. Asked in an interview with Russian state television if he thought the current situation could lead to war, Putin said on Monday: “I think that such an apocalyptic scenario is unlikely and I hope that it will never...
Ukraine crisis tops UN Security Council agenda
The violence in Ukraine was top of the agenda at the United Nations Security Council’s open debate on peace and security. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Ukrainian counterpart, Pavlo Klimkin were both in attendance. On the sidelines of the conference, Klimkin told Al Jazeera that he wants EU or UN monitors to be sent to...
Rebels Celebrate Victory Over Ukrainian Forces at Debaltseve
Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine celebrated their victory over Ukrainian forces at Debaltseve Monday with parades and a huge rally in the nearby city of Donetsk. The festivities in the Russian-speaking city came as the Kyiv government asked the United Nations Security Council to deploy peacekeepers to the war-torn region. The Donetsk rally...
