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Ukraine to spend five percent of 2015 budget on defence and security
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine plans to spend five percent of its budget or 86 billion hryvnia (3.5 billion pounds) on the army and on law enforcement in 2015 and to reintroduce compulsory military service, a top security official said on Saturday. …read more Source: The...
Putin says Russia won't be intimidated over Crimea
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will not be intimidated over its actions in Ukraine and Crimea, President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday as his foreign ministry warned that it was preparing to retaliate against fresh Western sanctions. …read more Source: The...
Russia brands new sanctions roadblock to Ukraine peace
KIEV: Russia accused the West on Saturday of fuelling unrest in Ukraine by adopting anti-Kremlin sanctions that further erode the prospects of peace talks to end the separatist war. …read more Source: New Straits...
Russia calls new sanctions on Crimea "collective punishment"
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian Foreign Ministry denounced new Western sanctions against Ukraine’s Crimea region on Saturday as a “collective punishment” on local residents who voted in a referendum last March to join Russia. …read more Source: The...
Putin urges Russia's secret services to tackle "modern challenges"
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Saturday for improvement of Moscow’s secret services to tackle “modern challenges and threats” amid his country’s standoff with the West over the Ukrainian crisis. …read more Source: The...
Long road to recovery for injured in east Ukraine
Sitting up with difficulty in her hospital bed, Raisa Bulda says that despite months of treatment she still feels like she is only just beginning her recovery. It was back in August that a shell tore through her home on the edge of rebel bastion Donetsk in eastern Ukraine and left her screaming for help in a pool of blood. But it was last…...
Obama to block exports of goods, technology, services to Crimea
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Friday said he would ban exports of goods, technology or services to Ukraine’s Crimea region, and called on Russia to end its annexation of the region. …read more Source: The...
U.S. prohibits investment in Crimea among slew of sanctions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Friday prohibited investment in Crimea and slapped sanctions on 24 Ukrainians and Russians and several companies it determined were contributing to destabilizing Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
EU leaders prepare for long confrontation with Russia
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders warned Moscow they are ready to flex their combined muscle and “stay the course” in a long confrontation with Russia if President Vladimir Putin refuses to pull back from Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Russia says deeply disappointed Obama signed new sanctions bill
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Foreign ministry said on Friday it was deeply disappointed U.S. President Barack Obama had signed into law a new bill on sanctions against Moscow over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The...
