Section: United Arab Emirates
US, Ukraine kick off joint military exercise
YAVORIV: Troops from the United States and Ukraine kicked off joint training exercises on Monday intended to help bolster Ukraine’s defences against incursions from Russian-backed separatists in the east. Speaking under driving rain at a military base in the western region of Lviv, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said the...
Russian minister angers Norway with Arctic visit
HELSINKI: Norway said on Sunday it was angry that Russia’s deputy prime minister visited its Arctic Svalbard archipelago this weekend even though he is banned from Norwegian territory over Russia’s role in the Ukraine conflict. “We are not too happy about it,” Norwegian foreign ministry spokesman Rune Bjastad said. Dmitry Rogozin...
US army begins training Ukraine forces
MOSCOW: About 300 US Army paratroopers have arrived in Ukraine for training exercises with national guard units, a move criticised by the Kremlin and eastern Ukraine’s Russia-backed separatist rebels. The troops, from the Italy-based 173rd Airborne Brigade, are to spend several weeks training a total of about 900 Ukrainian national...
US troops arrive in Ukraine to train national guard units, a move criticized by Moscow
About 300 US Army paratroopers have arrived in Ukraine for training exercises with national guard units, a move More… …read more Source: Emirates...
300 U.S. troops in Ukraine to train Ukrainian forces: army
The troops from the 173rd Airborne Brigade arrived on Tuesday and Wednesday in Yavoriv, western Ukraine …read more Source: Al...
Putin decries US treatment of Russia, defends Iran arms deal
Ukraine situation ‘can be normalised’ when the West compromises. …read more Source: The...
Ukrainian serviceman killed in east
KIEV: One Ukrainian serviceman was killed and two were wounded in separatist eastern territories in the past 24 hours, Kiev’s military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said in a televised briefing on Wednesday. He said the situation remained unstable. Rebels “actively used guns, rocket-propelled grenades (and) yesterday the enemy twice opened tank...
Fighting in eastern Ukraine rages on overnight despite talks
The fighting had largely subsided in the east, but has now began once again. …read more Source: Al...
Six servicemen killed in east Ukraine
KIEV: Six soldiers were killed and 12 injured in separatist-held east Ukraine in the last 24 hours as a fresh flare-up of fighting rattles a shaky ceasefire, Kiev’s military said on Tuesday. The situation in the conflict zone “remains unstable,” with “armed provocations by the enemy continuing on almost all sides,” military spokesman Andriy...
Ukraine ceasefire under pressure as four-way talks resume
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who hosted the meeting, admitted the situation remained fragile. …read more Source: Khaleej...
