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Red Cross warns against ‘politicising humanitarian aid’ for Ukraine
MOSCOW (AFP) – The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross spoke out Tuesday against politicising the issue of humanitarian assistance for war-torn eastern Ukraine.Speaking to reporters after meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the Ukraine crisis, Peter Mauer also called on Moscow and Kiev to create what he...
Britain to send military trainers to Ukraine: PM
LONDON (AFP) – Britain will send troops to Ukraine next month to train government forces fighting pro-Russian separatists, Prime Minister David Cameron announced Tuesday, while ruling out sending lethal equipment.Over the course of the next month we are going to be deploying British service personnel to provide advice and a range of...
EU foreign policy chief terms deal as the only hope for peace in Ukraine.
Foreign ministers from Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France met in Paris to try to revive a shaky ceasefire in eastern Ukraine. Germany has voiced concern that a comprehensive truce remains elusive, but European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said the deal was the only hope for peace in Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio...
Europe ministers urge strict implementation of Ukraine truce
PARIS (AFP) – The foreign ministers of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany on Tuesday called for a ceasefire deal to be strictly implemented in eastern Ukraine, where fighting has persisted since the accord came into effect.In a joint statement read by French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius after talks in Paris, the minister urged parties...
Lithuania to reinstate army conscription amid Russia fears
VILNIUS (AFP) – Lithuania said Tuesday it would return to limited conscription later this year as concern mounts over Russian military exercises near NATO Baltic states.We must temporarily renew mandatory military service, President Dalia Grybauskaite told reporters.The current geopolitical environment requires us to enhance and accelerate...
Foreign ministers scramble to salvage Ukraine peace deal
PARIS (AFP) – Foreign ministers from Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France gathered Tuesday to try to revive a shaky ceasefire in eastern Ukraine as Russian President Vladimir Putin ruled out an apocalyptic scenario of all-out war.Top diplomats from the four countries, whose leaders hammered out the initial peace plan in the Belarussian...
Putin surveys the map as he ponders next move on Ukraine
In Russia, Vladimir Putin likes to portray himself as the saviour of the nation. In Europe and the United States he has come to be seen as a threat to …read more Source: The News...
Ukraine rebels mark Soviet holiday for defenders of ‘fatherland’
DONETSK (AFP) – Thousands of men and women gathered on Lenin square in east Ukraines main rebel-held city Donetsk on Monday to celebrate a Soviet-era holiday and pay hommage to their fallen fighters.Military music blasted out as a cossack dressed in black and a leather-clad rocker carried an icon of the Virgin Mary with Jesus onto a stage...
German doctors visited Ukraine pilot jailed in Russia: Berlin
BERLIN (AFP) – German doctors this month visited Ukrainian military pilot Nadia Savchenko who has been on hunger strike in a Russian jail for over two months, Berlin said Monday.The German foreign ministry called for her release, voicing serious concern about her health.Two German physicians had checked on Savchenko and talked with her...
Russia accuses US of bringing ‘chaos’ to Middle East
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the United States on Monday of plunging the Middle East into chaos and fueling the rise of extremists because of its drive to dominate the world.Lavrov leveled the fierce criticism of Washingtons policies at a special UN Security Council debate on maintaining...
