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European Union Threatens New Russia Sanctions over Ukraine Violence
Jan28

European Union Threatens New Russia Sanctions over Ukraine Violence

European Union leaders on Tuesday threatened new sanctions against Russia over a bloody offensive by pro-Kremlin Ukrainian rebels, backing, the latest bid to pressure a defiant Russian President Vladi… …read more Source:...

EU leaders threaten more anti-Russian sanctions over Ukraine
Jan27

EU leaders threaten more anti-Russian sanctions over Ukraine

Brussels: European Union leaders are threatening fresh sanctions against Russia because of what it sees as “growing support” of Moscow for separatists in eastern Ukraine during intensified fighting over the past days.In Tuesday’s rare joint declaration outside the.. …read more Source: India...

UN Says Ukraine Attack ‘Targeted Civilians’ as Vladimir Putin Defiant
Jan27

UN Says Ukraine Attack ‘Targeted Civilians’ as Vladimir Putin Defiant

The UN said Monday that a rocket attack that killed 30 people in a city in eastern Ukraine deliberately targeted civilians, as Russian President Vladimir Putin spurned Western calls to rein in a pro-M… …read more Source:...

Russia defiant after more threats from West over Ukraine
Jan27

Russia defiant after more threats from West over Ukraine

A defiant President Vladimir Putin on Monday called the Ukrainian army a “Nato foreign legion,” reflecting his readiness to stand up to the West regardless of rising economic costs, as Standard & Poor’s rating agency downgraded Russia’s credit rating to junk. …read more Source: The Times of...

Russia raids TV channel in Crimea
Jan27

Russia raids TV channel in Crimea

Russian law enforcement officials on Monday raided the premises of Tatar television station ATR in Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula Moscow annexed from Ukraine last March, triggering criticism from the OSCE, the European rights watchdog. …read more Source: The Times of...

Deadly Attack on Ukraine City Could Be War Crime: UN
Jan27

Deadly Attack on Ukraine City Could Be War Crime: UN

The UN political chief says deadly rocket attacks on the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol this weekend that “knowingly targeted civilians” violated international humanitarian law and could amount to wa… …read more Source:...

Ukraine Army a NATO Proxy: Russian President Vladimir Putin
Jan27

Ukraine Army a NATO Proxy: Russian President Vladimir Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday ridiculed the Ukrainian army as NATO’s “foreign legion”, ignoring Western pressure on the Kremlin to rein in a pro-Russian insurgency that has gone on the of… …read more Source:...

UN Security Council to Meet on Ukraine Crisis After Deadly Clashes
Jan26

UN Security Council to Meet on Ukraine Crisis After Deadly Clashes

The UN Security Council will hold a special meeting Monday on the violence in eastern Ukraine after a rocket barrage blamed on Kremlin-backed rebels killed 30 and threatened to open up a new front in … …read more Source:...

Ukraine: Phone calls prove rebels attacked city, killed 30
Jan26

Ukraine: Phone calls prove rebels attacked city, killed 30

Ukraine’s president said Sunday that intercepted radio and telephone conversations prove that Russia-backed separatists were responsible for firing the rockets that pounded the southeastern city of Mariupol and killed at least 30 people. …read more Source: The Times of...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Blames Kiev Troops for Ukraine Fighting
Jan26

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Blames Kiev Troops for Ukraine Fighting

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, speaking to his US counterpart John Kerry on Sunday, blamed the upsurge in fighting in eastern Ukraine on government forces he said were “constantly” shelling t… …read more Source:...