Section: Africa&ME
‘US admits Kiev failed to honor Minsk Accords’
The United States has acknowledged for the first time that Kiev doesn’t comply with the Minsk agreements, Chairman of the State Duma International Affairs Committee Alexey Pushkov told reporters. He commented on the remarks by US Secretary of State John Kerry, which he made following talks in Sochi with Russian President Vladimir Putin and...
Ukraine Appoints US Senator McCain Presidential Aide
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has appointed John McCain, a hawkish US senator who has pressed Washington to send lethal weapons to war-torn Ukraine, as his advisor, his administration said. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
Ukraine Appoints US Senator McCain Presidential Aide
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has appointed John McCain, a hawkish US senator who has pressed Washington to send lethal weapons to war-torn Ukraine, as his advisor, his administration said. …read more Source: Al-Manar...
Lawmaker: US Admits Kiev Fails to Honor Minsk Accords
TEHRAN (FNA)- The United States has acknowledged for the first time that Kiev doesn’t comply with the Minsk agreements, Chairman of the State Duma International Affairs Committee Alexey Pushkov told reporters. …read more Source: Fars News...
Baltic military chiefs to call for permanent NATO presence
Baltic states Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia will seek a permanent presence of NATO troops on their territory to counter increased Russian air and naval activity, the Lithuanian army said on Thursday. The states, all with ethnic Russian minorities, fear they could become a target of Kremlin pressure after a pro-Moscow rebellion in eastern Ukraine...
Baltics to ask NATO for thousands of boots on ground
The Baltic states will formally ask NATO to deploy several thousand troops as a deterrent, Lithuania said, amid tensions with Russia over the conflict in eastern Ukraine …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia’s Crimea build-up vexes NATO
NATO alarmed by “wide-ranging” military build-up by Russia in Crimea, as well as talk that Moscow could install nuclear weapons on annexed Black Sea peninsula ||| Brussels – NATO on Wednesday expressed alarm over a “wide-ranging” military build-up by Russia in Crimea, as well as talk that Moscow could even install nuclear weapons on the...
Artillery shells damage schools, kindergarten in eastern Ukraine
Two school buildings and a kindergarten have been reportedly damaged in artillery attacks in the city of Gorlovka, in Ukraine’s restive east. …read more Source: Iran...
NATO warns Putin ‘critical’ to implement Ukraine truce
NATO leaders on Wednesday warned President Vladimir Putin to waste no time in implementing a fragile peace deal to end the fighting in Ukraine. …read more Source: Muscat...
Exclusive: Diaspora Ministry renews grant for Ukrainian Jews
“We are taking care of about 2,500 people that need help to stabilize their situation,” senior ministry source tells ‘Post.’ …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
