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France to send armoured unit to Poland for exercises
WARSAW (Reuters) – France said on Tuesday it was planning to send an armoured military unit to Poland for exercises designed to strengthen the NATO alliance’s eastern flank in apparent response to tensions over a pro-Russian uprising in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Behind Hagel’s ouster, tensions over Syria and Obama’s team
From the moment he was appointed last year, Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel had a troubled relationship with President Barack Obama’s tight-knit White House national security team. As the bombing intensified in Iraq and Syria, so did his problems. US officials with knowledge of Hagel’s relationship with the Obama administration...
Ukraine’s Nato hopes still a long way off
For the first time, a majority of Ukrainians support the idea of joining Nato and the president this week spoke of putting the idea to a popular vote, but experts say it still remains a distant dream. …read more Source: The Times of...
Rebels urge UN to send peacekeepers into east Ukraine
The emergency UN Security Council session called for by pro-Russian rebels could authorise sending international peacekeepers into eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia warns Ukraine against NATO membership – Interfax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A senior Russian official said on Tuesday an announcement by Ukraine’s president that he would hold a referendum on NATO membership in several years’ time would increase regional tensions. …read more Source: The...
Merkel hits diplomatic dead-end with Putin
BERLIN – After nine months of non-stop German diplomacy to defuse the crisis in Ukraine, Chancellor Angela Merkel decided in mid-November that a change of tack was needed.Ahead of a summit of G20 leaders in Australia, Merkel resolved to confront Vladimir Putin alone, without the usual pack of interpreters and aides.Instead of challenging...
Ukraine reports new arrivals of Russian supplies for eastern rebels
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine levelled fresh charges on Tuesday that Russia was sending support to pro-Russian separatists in the east, saying that five columns of heavy equipment were seen crossing onto Ukrainian territory on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Insight – Merkel hits diplomatic dead-end with Putin
BERLIN (Reuters) – After nine months of non-stop German diplomacy to defuse the crisis in Ukraine, Chancellor Angela Merkel decided in mid-November that a change of tack was needed. …read more Source: The...
Russia has denied directly supporting the rebels.
In Ukraine, pro-Russian rebels have called for an emergency session of the UN Security Council for sending international peacekeeping force into the war zone. The leadership of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic said in a statement in Kieve on Tuesday that they want intervention of a peacekeeping force to control the...
France delays warship delivery to Russia ‘until further notice’
President Francois Hollande said in a statement that the “current situation in eastern Ukraine still does not allow for the delivery of the first” Mistral-class vessel France has built for Russia. …read more Source: Channel...
