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NATO says Russian troops are pouring into Ukraine as Kiev readies for combat; MH17 remains found
NATO on Wednesday accused Russia of sending fresh columns of tanks, troops and military hardware into Ukraine as Kiev said it was preparing for a return to combat in the wartorn east. The claims come amid growing fears of a return to all-out conflict in the region despite a two-month cease-fire that has stopped much […] The post NATO says Russian...
World › For 26th time, U.N. has emergency meeting on Ukraine
The U.N. Security Council met for the 26th time in emergency session on Ukraine as the U.N. warned of a possible return to “full-scale fighting” in the rebel-held east. Wednesday’s meeting came hours after NATO’s top commander said new columns of Russian troops and tanks have rolled into eastern Ukraine,… …read more...
Russian bomber patrols to reach Gulf of Mexico
Russia’s long-range bombers will conduct regular patrol missions from the Arctic Ocean to the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico, the military said Wednesday, a show of muscle reflecting tensions with the West over Ukraine. A statement from Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu came as NATO’s chief commander accused Moscow of sending new...
Ukraine rebels: a disunited front run by ruthless warlords
They don’t call Nikolai Kozitsyn “Daddy” for nothing. In this rebel-held eastern Ukrainian town, the mustachioed Cossack lords it over the locals and pays little heed to the bosses of the breakaway movement. Patches of Ukraine’s depressed industrial basin in the east — in the throes of a pro-Russian separatist insurgency — have fallen...
World › Putin blames Ukraine for obstructing MH17 inquiry
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday accused Ukraine’s government of interfering with the investigation into the downing of a Malaysia Airlines jet in July that killed 298 people. Independent investigators have had little access to the wreckage of flight MH17 in territory in eastern Ukraine in the hands of pro-Russian… …read...
Fears grow of return to all-out fighting in Ukraine
New unidentified columns loaded with heavy weapons rumbled toward the pro-Moscow rebel stronghold in eastern Ukraine on Monday as fears grew of a return to all-out fighting in the war-torn region. The Netherlands meanwhile was set to hold an emotional ceremony Monday for the victims of Flight MH17, which was shot down over the separatist-held […]...
Ukraine central bank to tighten currency rules to support hryvnia – Gontareva
Ukrainian hryvnia banknotes are seen in a photo illustration shot in Kiev, August 6, 2014. Picture taken August 6, 2014. REUTERS/Konstantin Chernichkin … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Ukraine rebels bolster front as shelling rocks stronghold
Armored convoys headed to bolster rebel positions in east Ukraine Sunday as shelling rocked separatist stronghold Donetsk and fears mounted of a return to full-scale fighting. Reflecting growing concerns, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, said reports of military reinforcements in Ukraine’s separatist...
Ukraine’s east rocked by most intense fighting since signing of cease-fire
Artillery fire rocked eastern Ukraine’s rebel stronghold of Donetsk on Sunday as separatists appeared to be reinforcing front-line flash points and fears grew of a return to all-out fighting. The boom of shelling rumbled on midmorning on the edge of Donetsk, where government forces are facing off against insurgent fighters, but was less...
Gorbachev slams West, says world is on brink of new Cold War
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned in a speech in Berlin on Saturday that East-West tensions over the Ukraine crisis were threatening to push the world into a new Cold War, 25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Gorbachev, who is credited with forging a rapprochement with the West that led to the […] The post Gorbachev slams West,...
