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Britain to Step Up Training of Ukrainian Armed Forces
Jun25

Britain to Step Up Training of Ukrainian Armed Forces

Britain said on Wednesday it would step up its training programme for Ukraine’s armed forces as they battle pro-Russian separatist fighters in the east of the country. …read more Source:...

NATO Says Won’t be Dragged Into Arms Race With Russia
Jun25

NATO Says Won’t be Dragged Into Arms Race With Russia

The head of NATO said on Wednesday the alliance would not be forced into a new arms race with Russia but said what he called Moscow’s aggression in Ukraine had compelled it to strengthen its defences. …read more Source:...

Nearly Half of MH17’s Wreckage Still in Ukraine
Jun24

Nearly Half of MH17’s Wreckage Still in Ukraine

A top pro-Russian rebel said today that nearly half the wreckage of the Malaysia Airline jet shot down over Ukraine last year remain strewn across fields controlled by the separatists. …read more Source:...

Russian President Vladimir Putin Extends Western Food Ban for 1 Year
Jun24

Russian President Vladimir Putin Extends Western Food Ban for 1 Year

Russian President Vladimir Putin today extended a ban against most Western food imports for a year after EU foreign ministers agreed to prolong sanctions against Moscow over the Ukraine conflict until… …read more Source:...

NATO retools for long-haul standoff with Russia
Jun24

NATO retools for long-haul standoff with Russia

Flags wave in front of soldiers who take positions with their army vehicles during the NATO Noble Jump exercise on a training range near Swietoszow Zagan, Poland. (Source: AP) From top-level decisions like how NATO orders its troops into action to the very granular, like repainting an airfield near the Baltic Sea coast, the US-led alliance is...

Ukraine rebels train child soldiers in the making
Jun24

Ukraine rebels train child soldiers in the making

He is only 14 but already knows how to assemble a Kalashnikov rifle. …read more Source: The Times of...

Russia Sees More Foreign Tourists Despite Ukraine Crisis: Official
Jun23

Russia Sees More Foreign Tourists Despite Ukraine Crisis: Official

The number of foreign tourists visiting Russia has grown by 16 per cent in the first quarter compared with a year earlier, helped by a devalued ruble amid Western sanctions, a tourism official told AF… …read more Source:...

US to spread military equipment in 7 European countries to counter Russia
Jun23

US to spread military equipment in 7 European countries to counter Russia

Defence Secretary Ash Carter on Tuesday announced that the US will spread about 250 tanks, armored vehicles and other military equipment across seven European nations to help reassure NATO allies facing an array of threats from Russia and terrorist groups. Each set of equipment would be enough to equip a military company or battalion, and would...

Ukraine crisis: NATO must face Russian aggression together, says US Defense Secretary
Jun22

Ukraine crisis: NATO must face Russian aggression together, says US Defense Secretary

Carter’s stop in Berlin is the first of several in Europe, where a key theme is how the United States, NATO and other partners can best deal with the Kremlin in the wake of Moscow’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region and its military backing of separatists battling Ukraine’s government on the eastern border. (Source:...

EU extends sanctions against Russia by 6 months
Jun22

EU extends sanctions against Russia by 6 months

The EU has extended economic sanctions against Russia until January to keep pressure on Moscow over the conflict in eastern Ukraine …read more Source: The...