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Russia to lose some $40 bn a year due to sanctions
Russia is set to lose around $40 billion (32 billion euros) per year due to Western sanctions over the Ukraine conflict … …read more Source: Gulf...
Putin says Russia not isolated over Ukraine
Blames West for frosty ties, says Moscow will not allow itself to become internationally isolated behind another ‘Iron Curtain’ …read more Source: Gulf...
Kiev says Russia has 7,500 troops in Ukraine
KIEV: Ukraine said Russia has thousands of troops in its conflict-ravaged east and vowed to boost its own military capacity, ratcheting up tensions on Saturday after Kiev’s new coalition pledged to make joining Nato a priority. The latest declarations from Ukraine’s defence minister threaten to provoke fresh Russian anger as the...
Kiev says Russia has 7,500 troops in Ukraine
Latest declarations from Ukraine’s defence minister threaten to provoke fresh Russian anger …read more Source: Gulf...
Biden warns Russia over Ukraine
KIEV: US Vice President Joe Biden told Russia on Friday it faced paying an ever-higher price over Ukraine as tensions ratcheted up on the first anniversary of mass protests which unleashed a year of turmoil. Biden described as “unacceptable” the Kremlin’s role in the crisis in eastern Ukraine, where Moscow denies giving military assistance...
Nearly 1,000 killed during Ukraine ceasefire: UN
KIEV: Almost 1,000 people have been killed in Ukraine since a ceasefire came into effect in September, an average of 13 people a day, the United Nations said on Thursday, as the conflict in the east drags on. As the report was published, international monitors from the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) mission in the...
Ukraine rules out direct talks with separatists
KIEV: Russia urged Ukraine’s leaders on Wednesday to talk directly to separatists to end the conflict in the east, but Kiev rejected the call and told Moscow to stop “playing games” aimed at legitimising “terrorists.” Kiev and the West accuse Russia of destabilising Ukraine by providing the rebels with money, arms and reinforcements. The...
Nato warns Russia over troops
BRUSSELS: Nato warned on Tuesday of a “very serious” build-up of Russian soldiers and weapons inside Ukraine and on its border as Germany’s foreign minister urged Kiev and Moscow to respect a tattered peace plan. The West is keeping up pressure on Russia over Ukraine following a bad-tempered G20 summit in Australia at the weekend, which...
New MH17 video shows aftermath of horror crash
Two-minute amateur clip shows aircraft in flames after crash in rebel-held eastern Ukraine …read more Source: Gulf...
New video shows the aftermath of the MH17 crash
2-minute amateur clip shows aircraft in flames after crash in rebel-held eastern Ukraine …read more Source: Gulf...
