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NATO head says alliance to more than double size of rapid response force
BRUSSELS: Nato head Jens Stoltenberg said Monday the alliance will approve plans this week to more than double the size of its rapid response force, having already created a special spearhead unit in the fallout from the Ukraine crisis. “Nato defence ministers … (will) take a decision to further increase the strength and capacity of...
EU prolongs Russian economic sanctions for six months
EU foreign ministers formally agreed today to prolong to January 2016 damaging economic sanctions against Russia to ensure it fully implements Ukraine peace accords, officials said. “EU has extended economic sanctions against Russia until 31 January 2016, with a view to complete implementation of (the) Minsk agreement,” an EU...
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:...
Moscow powerless to stop Russians from fighting in Ukraine: Security chief
MOSCOW: The secretary of Russia’s security council said Monday it is impossible to stop Russians from going to fight in Ukraine because they are guided by “emotions.” Nikolai Patrushev, the hawkish former chief of the federal security service (FSB) who currently sits at the helm of President Vladimir Putin’s group of...
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...
EU prolongs Russian economic sanctions for six months
LUXEMBOURG: European Union (EU) foreign ministers formally agreed Monday to prolong to January 2016 damaging economic sanctions against Russia to ensure it fully implements Ukraine peace accords, officials said. “EU has extended economic sanctions against Russia until 31 January 2016, with a view to complete implementation of (the) Minsk...
Crowd funding arms Ukraine against Russia
In a new trend, crowd funding is helping the Ukrainian army with the much needed arms, ammunition and night vision hardware, to fight Russia. …read more Source: The Times of...
Moscow Powerless to Stop Russians from Fighting in Ukraine: Security Chief
The secretary of Russia’s security council said today it is impossible to stop Russians from going to fight in Ukraine because they are guided by “emotions.” …read more Source:...
EU extends sanctions on Russia, launches Libya mission
European Union foreign ministers extended economic sanctions on Russia over its involvement in Ukraine by six months until the end of January 2016, an EU official said. …read more Source: The Times of...
US accuses Russia of trying to recreate Soviet-era
The United States and its allies won’t let Russia “drag us back to the past”, US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said in an address in Berlin today, as he accused Moscow of trying to re-create a Soviet-era sphere of influence. Russia’s intervention in Ukraine has put Nato allies in eastern Europe on edge and triggered a...
