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Ukraine’s new military doctrine names Russia as main aggressor
KIEV – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed a new military doctrine on Thursday naming Russia as the main military threat to Ukraine, according to a statement on the presidential website. Ukraine and NATO accuse Russia of providing pro-Russian… …read more Source:...
Ukraine and West condemn rebel ban on foreign aid groups
Ukraine and some of its Western allies condemned on Friday a decision by pro-Russian separatists to ban most foreign aid organisations from parts of rebel-held territory, saying the move violated the Minsk peace agreement. …read more Source: Channel...
UN alarmed after ordered out of Luhansk in eastern Ukraine
The United Nations humanitarian aid chief Stephen O’Brien voiced serious concern on Thursday that authorities in Luhansk in eastern Ukraine are demanding that all U.N. agencies immediately vacate the city. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine’s new military doctrine names Russia as main aggressor
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed a new military doctrine on Thursday naming Russia as the main military threat to Ukraine, according to a statement on the presidential website. …read more Source: Channel...
Obama and Putin to meet, but differ over whether Ukraine or Syria tops agenda
U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in New York next week at a time of high tension in Europe and the Middle East, but the Kremlin and the White House differed on Thursday over the top priority for the talks. …read more Source: Channel...
Russian lawmaker who stood up to Kremlin is stripped of his post
A Russian provincial lawmaker who, in a rare show of defiance, accused the Kremlin of lying about whether it sent its forces to fight in Ukraine was stripped of his seat in the local parliament on Thursday. …read more Source: Channel...
Hollande says France suffers no loss on Egypt warship sale
President Francois Hollande said on Wednesday that France would suffer no loss on its sale of two Mistral warships to Egypt that had been originally destined for Russia before the imposition of EU sanctions on Moscow. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia plans second big military base near Ukrainian border
Russia is planning a second major military base near the border with Ukraine, where NATO accuses Russian troops of helping pro-Moscow separatists fight Kiev’s forces. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine rebels say local elections still set for Oct, Nov
Pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine said on Tuesday they were going ahead with local elections in October and November in defiance of Kiev, and only hours after they appeared to say they were prepared to postpone the vote to avoid “stalemate” in peace efforts. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine presses NATO chief for defensive weapons
Ukraine pressed NATO on Tuesday for Western weaponry to help defend itself against pro-Russian separatists but the head of the alliance resisted for fear of threatening a fragile ceasefire with Russian-backed rebels. …read more Source: Channel...
