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Ukraine president strips one-time ally Saakashvili of citizenship
KIEV – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has stripped one-time ally Mikheil Saakashvili of his Ukrainian citizenship, the migration service said on Wednesday, spelling the likely end of the former Georgian president’s political aspirations in Ukraine. … …read more Source:...
US may send weapons to Ukraine: new envoy tells BBC
July 25, 2017 3:22 PMWASHINGTON – The United States may arm Ukrainian government forces fighting against Russian-backed rebels, the new US special representative for Ukraine told the BBC. …read more Source: The Straits...
Exclusive: Germany wants more EU sanctions on Russia over Siemens Crimea turbines – sources
BRUSSELS – Germany is urging the European Union to add up to four more Russian nationals and companies to the bloc’s sanctions blacklist over Siemens gas turbines delivered to Moscow-annexed Crimea, two sources in Brussels said. The EU has… …read more Source:...
Belarus sees no solution to Ukraine crisis without another summit
LJUBLJANA – Belarus sees no solution to the crisis between its neighbors Russia and Ukraine without another regional summit, the country’s Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei said on Monday. “I believe that for now there are no prospects for a… …read more Source:...
Russia unveils plan to build another power station in Crimea: TASS
MOSCOW – Russia will announce a tender to build a new power station in sanctioned Crimea, Vyacheslav Kravchenko, Russia’s deputy energy minister, was quoted as saying by the TASS news agency on Monday. Construction of two new power stations on… …read more Source:...
Why Ukrainian forces gave up Crimea without a fight – and NATO is alert
KIEV/SEVASTOPOL, Crimea – The career of Sergei Yeliseyev helps to explain why Ukraine’s armed forces gave up Crimea almost without a fight – and why NATO now says it is alert to Russian attempts to undermine military loyalty in its eastern European members. … …read more Source:...
Russia to blame for ‘hot war’ in Ukraine: U.S. special envoy
KIEV – Russian aggression is to blame for violence in eastern Ukraine, where people are dying in what should be seen as a “hot war” rather than a “frozen conflict”, the U.S. special envoy to the Ukraine peace talks said on a visit to Ukraine on Sunday. … …read more Source:...
Macron to discuss Ukraine with Putin, Merkel and Poroshenko
37 min 52 sec agoPARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron will call the leaders of Russia, Germany and …read more Source:...
Macron to discuss Ukraine next week with Putin, Merkel and Poroshenko
July 23, 2017 12:36 AMPARIS (REUTERS) – French President Emmanuel Macron will call the leaders of Russia, Germany and Ukraine on Monday (July 24) to discuss the conflict in eastern Ukraine, his office said in a statement. …read more Source: The Straits...
U.S. special envoy to visit eastern Ukraine
51 min 49 sec agoWASHINGTON – The envoy tapped to lead U.S. …read more Source:...
