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France, Poland, urge Russia to stop all support to Ukraine separatists
PARIS (Reuters) – France and Poland urged Russia on Friday to stop all forms of support to separatists in Ukraine and called for an immediate ceasefire, warning that sanctions on Moscow would be maintained and could be extended as long as no political solution was found. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine military blames separatists for attack on Donetsk cultural centre
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s military blamed separatists for a shell attack on a cultural centre in Donetsk where humanitarian aid was being given out and which it said killed at least seven people on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Minsk peace talks cancelled as 24 killed in latest Ukraine clashes
A new round of peace talks between Ukraine and pro-Russia rebels was cancelled on Friday after government officials failed to show up, a rebel spokesman said. …read more Source: South China Morning...
NATO units set for Baltics, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria
NATO said Friday it will deploy small units in six eastern European nations to help coordinate a spearhead force set up in response to Russia’s actions in Ukraine. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the units in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Bulgaria and Romania will be the first of their kind there. Defense ministers from...
Ukraine rebels say shells hit cultural centre and bus in Donetsk, 7 killed
KIEV (Reuters) – Shells hit a cultural centre and a trolleybus in separate attacks in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk on Friday, killing at least seven people, the rebel-controlled administration in the city said. …read more Source: The...
Putin ally handed contract to build Russian bridge to Crimea
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has handed a multi-billion dollar contract to build a bridge to the Crimea peninsula to an ally and former judo partner of Vladimir Putin who is under Western sanctions. …read more Source: The...
NATO chief warns of challenges after ‘black year’
BRUSSELS (AFP) – NATO head Jens Stoltenberg said the alliance must be ready to face further challenges after a black year of Russian intervention in Ukraine and terror attacks on Europes streets.Unveiling NATOs 2014 annual report, Stoltenberg said a new rapid reaction force would help cope with changing security environment but urged the 28...
Britain says fighter jets scrambled to intercept Russian bombers
LONDON – British Typhoon fighter jets were scrambled to intercept two Russian Bear long-range bombers which had flown close to UK airspace, Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) said on Thursday.The Russian planes were detected flying over the Channel, south of England, on Wednesday and typhoons were launched from Royal Air Force (RAF)...
Five troops, 19 civilians, killed in east Ukraine: officials
KIEV (AFP) – Twenty-four people, including 19 civilians, were killed in the past 24 hours in clashes between government forces and pro-Russian rebels in east Ukraine, officials said Friday.Pro-Kiev officials in the separatist region of Donetsk said dozens of people were also wounded in shelling across the industrial province. The Ukrainian...
Opposition blogger may have ‘outed’ Putin’s daughter
MOSCOW: One of Vladimir Putin’s main opponents may have broken a taboo by publishing what he says is the pseudonym used by one the Russian president’s daughters to stay out of the spotlight. Putin has made his and his family’s private life little less than a state secret, keeping his rarely-photographed daughters Yekaterina, 28,...
