Section: United Arab Emirates
Graphic: Ukraine’s strategic coastline
Ukrainian troops and local residents were reinforcing the port of Mariupol on Sunday, the next big city in the path of pro-Russian fighters who pushed back government forces along the Azov Sea this past week in an offensive on a new front. …read more Source: The...
Lawmaker probing Russian soldier deaths in Ukraine attacked: party
Shlosberg says attack was politically motivated …read more Source: Gulf...
Ukraine says Russian tanks flatten town; EU ready to prepare sanctions on Moscow
Kiev says Russia pursuing ‘direct military aggression’ …read more Source: Gulf...
Ukraine plane with 7 on board crashes in Sahara: Algeria agency
A Ukrainian plane with seven people on board crashed in the Algerian Sahara in the early hours of Saturday, the Algeria Press Service reported …read more Source: Gulf...
Kiev calls for ‘full’ Nato membership
Ukraine called yesterday for full membership in Nato, its strongest plea yet for Western military help. …read more Source: Gulf...
Ban alarmed by ‘dangerous escalation’ in Ukraine crisis; Security Council holds emergency talks
New York, 29th Aug. 2014 (WAM) – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he is alarmed by what seems to be a “dangerous escalation” in the crisis in Ukraine with reports of intensified fighting in the country south-east near the border with Russia, as the Security Council held emergency talks on the latest developments. …read more...
UN chief ‘gravely concerned’ by Ukraine crisis
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday expressed grave concerns about the intensifying conflict in Ukraine after Kiev and the West said Russian troops were actively involved …read more Source: Gulf...
Nato confirms Russian military incursion into Ukraine
“The hand from behind is becoming more overt,” says top Nato commander. …read more Source: The...
Armoured column seen in south Russia near border with Ukraine
A Reuters reporter saw on Thursday a column of armoured vehicles and dust-covered troops, one of them with an injured face, driving through the Russian steppe …read more Source: Gulf...
Armoured column seen in south Russia near border with Ukraine
A Reuters reporter saw on Thursday a column of armoured vehicles and dust-covered troops, one of them with an injured face, driving through the Russian steppe …read more Source: Gulf...
