Section: Today (Singapore)
McCain says Russia testing U.S. in Ukraine, urges Trump to hit back
WASHINGTON – Russia is testing President Donald Trump with a surge of violence in eastern Ukraine and the U.S. president should give Ukraine the lethal aid it needs to defend against the attacks, Senator John McCain said in a letter to Trump on Thursday. … …read more Source:...
Germany to move ahead on new short-range air defense system
BERLIN – The German military has decided to replace its ageing short-range air defense systems and help fill a gap that has caused concern among NATO allies following Russia’s annexation of Crimea, a defense ministry spokesman said on Thursday. … …read more Source:...
Putin accuses Kiev of provoking flare up in fighting in east Ukraine
BUDAPEST – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused Kiev of provoking this week’s flare up in fighting in eastern Ukraine, saying it was a ploy to win the support of the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. Putin was… …read more Source:...
McCain calls on Trump to help Ukraine against Russia attack
WASHINGTON – Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain asked President Donald Trump on Thursday to help Ukraine defend itself against an increase in recent attacks from Russia. “In light of the latest Russian attacks and the prospect of future… …read more Source:...
EU’s Tusk calls on Russia to end violence in east Ukraine
BRUSSELS – European Council President Donald Tusk, the chairman of EU leaders’ meetings, called on Russia on Thursday to use its influence with rebels in east Ukraine to stop a recent spike in violence there. “We are reminded again of the… …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko plans referendum on NATO membership: German media
BERLIN – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko plans a referendum on whether Ukraine should join the NATO alliance given polls that show 54 percent of Ukrainians now favor such a move, Germany’s Funke Mediengruppe newspaper chain reported Thursday. … …read more Source:...
Moscow denies it shot at Ukrainian warplane: Tass
MOSCOW – Russia’s Black Sea naval command on Wednesday denied an allegation by Kiev that a Ukrainian AN-26 military cargo plane had been shot over the sea, Tass news agency cited the command as saying. Ukraine said on Wednesday the pane had… …read more Source:...
NATO calls on Russia to help stop spike in violence in east Ukraine
BRUSSELS – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg called on Russia on Wednesday to use its “considerable influence” with rebels in eastern Ukraine to end what he described as “the most serious spike in violations” of a shaky truce there in a long time. … …read more Source:...
Kremlin says Ukraine flare-up shows need for U.S.-Russia talks
MOSCOW – A recent flare-up of hostilities in eastern Ukraine shows the need for a swift resumption in dialogue between the United States and Russia, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday. “As to the existing escalation on the… …read more Source:...
Germany’s Schulz calls Trump ‘un-American’, warns against lifting Russia sanctions
BERLIN – Germany’s center-left chancellor candidate Martin Schulz has criticized U.S. President Donald Trump’s policies as “un-American” and warned against lifting sanctions imposed against Russia over its role in the Ukraine crisis. In one of… …read more Source:...
