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U.S. military trainers in Ukraine may 'destabilise' situation – Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Friday the arrival U.S. paratroopers in Ukraine to train Kiev’s National Guard could destabilise the situation in the east of the country, where separatists are fighting government forces. …read more Source: The...
Museum or Memory Lane? Kiev Mulls Memorial to Maidan Victims
Confident and cheery in priestly black robes, 21-year-old seminarian Oleg is on duty in the small wooden chapel built a year ago above the Maidan, the scene of deadly protests in Kiev last year that s… …read more Source:...
300 troops sent to train Ukrainian forces, says US Army
About 300 US paratroopers arrived this week, in Ukraine to train the Ukrainian National Guard which is fighting pro-Russian rebels in the east, the US Army said in a statement. The troops from the 173rd Airborne Brigade arrived on Tuesday and Wednesday in Yavoriv, western Ukraine, to spend six months training three battalions of Ukrainian…...
300 US Troops in Ukraine to Train Ukrainian Forces: US Army
About 300 US paratroopers have arrived in Ukraine to train the Ukrainian National Guard which is fighting pro-Russian rebels in the east, the US Army said in a statement. …read more Source:...
300 US troops in Ukraine to train Ukrainian forces: US Army
KIEV – About 300 US paratroopers have arrived in Ukraine to train the Ukrainian National Guard which is fighting pro-Russian rebels in the east, the US Army said in a statement. …read more Source: Bangkok...
G-7 leaders ‘concerned’ over China’s island work
LUBECK, Germany – Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven advanced nations have criticised China’s reclamation work in the South China Sea and expressed concern about Beijing’s attempts to unilaterally “change the status quo” in the region.The first declaration on maritime security was issued by the G-7 ministers...
300 US troops in Ukraine to train Ukrainian forces: US Army
April 17, 2015 3:31 PMKIEV (AFP) – About 300 US paratroopers have arrived in Ukraine to train the Ukrainian National Guard which is fighting pro-Russian rebels in the east, the US Army said in a statement. …read more Source: The Straits...
Obama, Italian Prime Minister Renzi to meet at White House
WASHINGTON – Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is getting an audience with President Barack Obama. Obama is hosting Renzi at the White House on Friday to compare notes on a range of issues, including Ukraine, Libya and Islamic State militants. The leaders are also expected to discuss Europe’s economy, a pending trade pact between...
Pro-Russia journalist gunned down in Ukraine
KIEV: An unidentified assailant shot dead a pro-Russian journalist in Ukraine Thursday leading Kiev to brand the latest murders of pro-Moscow figures an enemy “provocation”. Reporter Oles Buzyna, 45, a supporter of Ukraine’s ousted Kremlin-backed president Viktor Yanukovych, was gunned down in central Kiev just hours after the...
Ukraine resort town crumbles under frontline shells
SHYROKYNE: A year ago, the building housed a children’s seaside camp, but now a two-metre blast hole gapes in its whitewashed wall. Once a popular holiday resort, the village of Shyrokyne on the Azov Sea now sits on the frontline of fighting that rumbles on despite a supposed ceasefire in eastern Ukraine. “It was a tank shell,”...
