Section: Africa&ME
Ukraine puts army on combat alert along border with Crimea
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has put the army on combat alert along the border with Crimea and the line of contact with Russia in the east. This follows Russian accusations of Ukrainian incursions in Crimea. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian president puts troops on alert near Crimea, in Donbass amid Kiev-Moscow tensions
The Ukrainian president puts troops near Crimea on the highest level of alert amid growing tensions with Russia. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s president seeks talks with Putin, Western leaders amid tensions
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Thursday he wanted to speak directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin and several Western leaders amid a spike in tensions between Kiev and Moscow. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine puts troops along Crimean border on combat alert
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says he has ordered the army to be put on combat alert on the de-facto border with Crimea and the line of contact in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukrainian president orders troops onto highest alert in Donbass
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday he had instructed all military units near Crimea and in the easterly Donbass region to be at the highest level of combat readiness, following Russian allegations of a Ukrainian incursion into Crimea. …read more Source: The Daily...
Putin Reviews Crimea Security after Ukraine Raids Accusations
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday called for security to be ramped up on the annexed Crimea peninsula after accusing Ukraine of attempting armed incursions into the disputed region. …read more Source: Al-Manar...
1.5 million Captagon amphetamine tablets seized in Kuwait
Kuwaiti authorities: drugs concealed inside hardwood charcoal sacks shipped from Ukraine …read more Source: Gulf...
Aim of alleged Ukrainian Crimea incursion was to destroy tourism – Russian newspaper
Russia’s Kommersant newspaper cited unnamed security sources on Thursday as saying a group of men Russia has arrested for planning attacks in Crimea had confessed and said their aim was to destroy the tourist industry there. Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine on Wednesday of using terrorist tactics to try to provoke a new conflict and...
Putin accuses Ukraine of trying to provoke a new conflict over Crimea
Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine on Wednesday of using terrorist tactics to try to provoke a new conflict and destabilize annexed Crimea after Russia said it had thwarted two armed Ukrainian attempts to get saboteurs into the contested peninsula.Russia’s FSB security service said two people were killed in clashes and its forces had dismantled...
Putin reviews Crimea security after alleged Ukraine raids
Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday called for security to be ramped up on the annexed Crimea peninsula after accusing Ukraine of attempting armed incursions into the disputed region …read more Source: The Daily...
