Section: Africa&ME
Europe’s Russia problem
When Russian, Ukrainian, German and French leaders reconvene in Minsk to seek a lasting ceasefire for Eastern Ukraine, the difficult truth they will face is this; Ukraine is only the beginning. Europe and Russia have been on a geopolitical collision course for years. And the only way for Europe to survive this standoff is to change Russia itself....
News24.com | Ukraine fighting kills 45 ahead of peace summit
Fighting in Ukraine has killed at least 45 people in the last 24 hours, Kiev officials and rebel authorities say, ahead of a four-way summit in Minsk to thrash out a peace deal. …read more Source:...
Ukraine ready to introduce martial law if crisis grows
Ukraine was prepared to defend itself militarily if needed. …read more Source: World...
World leaders hope to secure Ukrainian peace deal
The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine hope to strike a peace deal and end 10 months of fighting in which at least 5 300 people have died. …read more Source: Mail &...
Deadly violence hits eastern Ukraine ahead of talks
More to this story More than 20 people were reported killed in separate attacks in eastern Ukraine, as leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France prepared for peace talks in Minsk. Shelling rocked a bus station in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk as fighting continued to rage in the country’s east ahead of the talks… …read...
Deadly violence hits eastern Ukraine ahead of talks
At least 20 people killed as leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France prepare for peace talks in Minsk. …read more Source: AL...
Fighting in Ukraine continues ahead of peace talks
A woman walks past a destroyed bus in Donetsk after shelling hit the central bus station on February 11, 2015. (AFP Photo/Vasily Maximov) Donetsk, AP—Shelling rocked a bus station in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk Wednesday as fighting continued to rage in eastern Ukraine ahead of crucial peace talks later in the day. Rebel officials said that...
Britain says Putin acting like ‘tyrant’ over Ukraine
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond spoke out strongly in favour of renewing European Union economic sanctions on Russia. …read more Source: Khaleej...
Is climate change fuelling war?
For years, scientists and security analysts have warned that global warming looms as a potential source of war and unrest.Storms, droughts, floods, and spells of extreme heat or exceptional cold: all can destroy wealth, ravage harvests, force people off land, exacerbate ancient rivalries and unleash a fight for resources, they say.These factors...
Jewish woman killed in Ukraine; rocket hits near synagogue
Dovid Mondshine of the Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS has expressed interest in evacuating the Jewish community of Donetsk to the nearby Russian city of Rostov. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
