Section: The Gulf Today (United Arab Emirates)
MH17 remains arrive in Netherlands
Amsterdam: Six more coffins carrying body parts of victims from downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 arrived in the Netherlands from Ukraine on Friday, with nine victims of the July disaster still unidentified. A Dutch Air Force C-130 transport plane arrived at an airfield in the southern city of Eindhoven after leaving Kharkiv in eastern...
Nato ‘very concerned’ by Russian military build-up in Crimea
KIEV: Nato’s top military commander warned on Wednesday that Russia’s “militarisation” of the annexed Crimea region could be used by Moscow to exert control across the whole Black Sea region. “We are very concerned with the militarisation of Crimea,” US General Philip Breedlove told a press conference in Kiev. “The capabilities that...
France halts warship delivery to Russia
PARIS: France suspended the planned delivery of a warship to Russia on Tuesday, after months of growing speculation about what would be the biggest arms sale ever by a Nato country to the Kremlin. The French president’s office announced the suspension “until further notice” after growing pressure from allies to suspend the sale because of...
3 soldiers killed in east Ukraine
KIEV: Three Ukrainian soldiers were killed and 24 wounded in fighting between government forces and Kremlin-backed rebels in the war-torn east over the past day, the military said on Monday. Government positions at strategic flashpoints around the conflict zone came under attack 56 times, the military said. The mayor’s office in the...
Dutch complete MH17 wreckage recovery from site
Amsterdam: Dutch experts on Sunday completed the recovery of wreckage from the crash site of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine and have sent it to a government-controlled city en route for the Netherlands “(Transport of) the recovered wreckage from flight MH17 is under way towards Kharkiv,” by train, the Dutch Safety Board...
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...
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...
