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Kiev warns of ‘great war’ with Russia as its forces retreat
Ukrainian forces ceded a strategic eastern airport to pro-Russian insurgents on Monday as the government in Kiev accused Moscow of launching a “great war” that could claim tens of thousands of lives. The sense of foreboding in Kiev came as European-mediated talks over the fast-escalating crisis opened in the Belarussian capital Minsk behind...
As Ukraine troops retreat, separatists celebrate new surge in war-torn Donbass region
The town of Komsomolske, to the south east of the rebel stronghold of ukrainian army, has seen two rulers in the last three days. On Friday, it was in the hands of government forces. By Sunday, it had fallen to the rebels, like many other towns in the region, after the separatists launched a lightning […] The post As Ukraine troops retreat,...
World › Putin seeks ‘statehood’ talks on east Ukraine
Moscow and Kiev representatives will meet in Minsk Monday after Russian President Vladimir Putin raised the stakes in the Ukraine conflict by calling for statehood to be discussed for the restive east of the former Soviet state. Putin’s remarks on Sunday came just hours after the European Union gave Moscow… …read more Source: Japan...
Putin calls for talks on east Ukraine ‘statehood’; rebels fire on ship
Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Sunday for immediate talks on the “statehood” of southern and eastern Ukraine, although his spokesman said this did not mean Moscow now endorsed rebel calls for independence for territory they have seized. The Kremlin leader’s remarks, two days after a public appearance in which he compared the...
World › Ukraine rebels prepare attack as EU gives Russia one week
Pro-Russian separatists were preparing a fresh offensive on a key coastal location in eastern Ukraine on Sunday, as EU leaders gave Moscow one week to curb its support for the rebels or face new sanctions. A ragtag mix of volunteer battalions and local residents were bracing for a desperate defense… …read more Source: Japan...
U.S. lawmakers call for arming Ukraine government
U.S. Democratic and Republican lawmakers on Sunday urged Washington to arm the Ukrainian government, saying it needed help to repel what they called Russia’s invasion of the country. Sen. Robert Menendez, who heads the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told CNN the United States, European Union and NATO should work together to arm Kiev,...
Key city in Ukraine’s east girds for battle with pro-Russian separatists
With pro-Russian rebels poised to attack, fighters loyal to Kiev in Mariupol are having to face a hard truth: They will be unable to save this vital port city alone. “We’re the only ones here,” sighs “Botsman,” the leader of one unit in the volunteer Azov Battalion trying to hold out as pro-Russian rebel forces […] The post Key city in...
Russia takes page from Soviet era in missing troop saga
The last time Valeria Sokolova saw her husband, the 25-year-old paratrooper told her that he and his fellow soldiers were heading for military exercises in southern Russia, near the Ukrainian border. “He was vague in a way that was very unusual, and it was hard for all of them to say goodbye,” Sokolova said, recounting […] The post Russia takes...
Using loaded term ‘New Russia,’ Putin signals intent to carve pro-Moscow fiefdom out of Ukraine’s east
Russian strongman Vladimir Putin first used “Novorossiya” (New Russia) — the loaded Czarist-era name for what is now southern and eastern Ukraine — just after annexing Crimea from Ukraine in March, sparking outrage in Kiev. The Kremlin made a reference to the term again Friday when it released Putin’s address to Ukraine’s pro-Russian...
EU names Tusk, Mogherini to top jobs, readies Russian sanctions
European Union leaders on Saturday chose Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk to chair the European Council and named Italian Federica Mogherini to run the bloc’s foreign relations as it prepared to threaten Russia with new sanctions over Ukraine. A summit in Brussels shared the two coveted EU posts between a Kremlin critic from ex-communist...
