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Ukraine says arrested a man reportedly planning attack in France
The United States on Tuesday warned its citizens of possible further attacks in Europe …read more Source: Al...
Ukrainian pilot released in prisoner-swap warns ‘nothing is forgotten or forgiven’
Kiev // She was strong, she was strident, she was not to be cowed. In an emotionally-charged first appearance before the Ukrainian parliament on Tuesday, Nadiya Savchenko, the pilot released in exchange for two Russians strode to the podium draped in the Ukrainian flag and sang the national anthem. She also tore down a banner bearing her name and...
Ukrainian pilot released in prisoner-swap warns Kiev parliament :nothing is forgotten or forgiven
Kiev // She was strong, she was strident, she was not to be cowed. In an emotionally-charged first appearance before the Ukrainian parliament on Tuesday, Nadiya Savchenko, the pilot released in exchange for two Russians strode to the podium draped in the Ukrainian flag and sang the national anthem. She also tore down a banner bearing her name and...
Book review: Black Wind, White Snow examines the ideological excuses for Putin’s territorial ambitions
How do you solve a problem like Russia? That is the question on the lips of EU heads of state when they meet later this month to decide whether to renew sanctions imposed in 2014 following Moscow’s annexation of the Crimea. Two years on, the punitive measures have done nothing to dent Russia’s resolve to hold on to the tiny sliver of...
5 Ukrainian soldiers, 2 rebels killed in fresh clashes
Kiev: Five Ukrainian soldiers and two rebel fighters have been killed in fresh clashes between government forces and pro-Russian separatists in the country’s east, the military said on Sunday. “Unfortunately, over the past 24 hours, five Ukrainian soldiers have died and four more have been wounded,” military spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk...
17 die in fire at home for elderly near Kiev
Kiev: Seventeen people died when a makeshift home for elderly people outside the Ukrainian capital Kiev caught fire in the early hours of Sunday, the latest tragedy to shake the conflict-riven country. The fire tore through the two-storey shelter for the elderly which is in the village of Litochky, located some 50 kilometres north of Kiev. “The...
At least 16 die in fire at Ukraine home for elderly
At least 16 people died when a makeshift home for elderly people outside the Ukrainian capital Kiev caught fire in the More… …read more Source: Emirates...
Germany seeks to reduce Russia curbs ‘step by step’
TALLINN: German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Friday floated the possibility of a “step by step” reduction of EU sanctions against Russia if there is progress on ending the conflict in Ukraine. “I hope that by the end of June there will be progress and then we can see if we can reduce the sanctions step by step, or if we stay with...
Savchenko ready to negotiate with pro-Moscow rebels
KIEV: Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, freed from a Russian jail this week, on Friday said she is ready to negotiate with pro-Russian separatists on releasing prisoners. “I am ready to talk to the devil himself to get every one of our people back,” she said at her first news conference since her dramatic release, part of a prisoner swap with...
EU to unveil military ties plan after Brexit vote
BRUSSELS: The European Union (EU) said on Friday it will unveil plans for closer military cooperation after Britain’s referendum on whether to the bloc, but denied they were secret proposals for an EU army. EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini last year began drawing up a “global strategy” for foreign and security policy in the wake...
