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Nato unites to keep pressure on Russia
Members agree at a summit in Warsaw to bolster its eastern flank after Moscow’s annexation of Crimea and the Ukraine conflict …read more Source: Gulf...
NATO’s Stoltenberg tells Russia to stop backing rebels in east Ukraine
…read more Source: The Jerusalem...
NATO’s Stoltenberg tells Russia to stop backing rebels in east Ukraine
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Saturday called on Russia to end its “political, military and financial support for separatists” fighting Kiev troops in east Ukraine. …read more Source: The Daily...
NATO leaders keep pressure on Russia over Ukraine
NATO leaders on Saturday kept up the pressure on Russia over Ukraine, stressing the need for unity and a no-nonsense dialogue in dealing with Moscow. …read more Source: Iran...
NATO to keep pressure on Russia over Ukraine
President Petro Poroshenko will meet with U.S. President Barack Obama and leaders of the United Kingdom, Germany, France and Italy as part of the NATO-Ukraine Commission. …read more Source: World...
NATO agrees to reinforce eastern Poland, Baltic states against Russia
NATO leaders agreed on Friday to deploy military forces to the Baltic states and eastern Poland for the first time and increase air and sea patrols to reassure allies who were once part of the Soviet bloc following Russia’s seizure of Crimea from Ukraine.The 28-nation Western defense alliance decided to move four battalions totaling 3,000...
Four Nato battalions to serve as deterrents in eastern Europe
Warsaw // The United States will deploy 1,000 troops to Poland as part of broader Nato efforts to reassure former Communist eastern member states fearful of a more assertive Russia.The troops will serve “shoulder to shoulder” with Polish forces, US president Barack Obama told a summit of Nato leaders in the Polish capital on...
Ukraine minister held over alleged bribery scheme
Kiev: Ukraine’s security service said on Friday it had arrested the deputy health minister for allegedly running a bribery scheme that saw patients pay extra money for operations and other essential treatment. Deputy Health Minister Roman Vasylyshyn becomes the most prominent figure detained since the appointment of a new government in...
Echoes of Cold War as Nato leaders pledge to boost strength
The spectre of a new Cold War between the West and Russia loomed on Friday as Nato leaders agreed at a summit in Warsaw to mobilise thousands of troops at the borders of eastern European countries that were formerly part of the Soviet bloc.The Kremlin bitterly denounced “anti-Russian hysteria” after the US president Barack Obama,...
Putin, Merkel, Hollande discuss political solution to Ukraine crisis: Kremlin
NNA – Russian President Vladimir Putin, his French counterpart Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed the Ukraine crisis Friday, stressing the need for a political solution to …read more Source: National News...
