Section: Today (Singapore)
Russia deploys warships near Crimea for Ukrainian missile tests: RIA
MOSCOW – Warships from Russia’s Black Sea Fleet have taken up position off Crimea’s western coastline to help strengthen the peninsula’s air defenses in response to the start of Ukrainian missile tests nearby, the RIA news agency reported on Thursday. … …read more Source:...
Ukraine prepares missile test near Crimea, angering Russia
KIEV – Ukraine was due to start two days of missile tests on Thursday – a move that has angered Russia, prompting it to put its air defense forces on high alert on the annexed Crimea peninsula. The disagreement marks a fresh escalation in… …read more Source:...
Russian forces in Crimea put on alert before Ukrainian missile tests: TASS
MOSCOW – Russian air defense forces in Crimea have been placed on high alert on the eve of planned Ukrainian missile tests near the Black Sea peninsula, the TASS news agency cited a Crimean military source as saying on Wednesday. Moscow has… …read more Source:...
EU court upholds sanctions on Putin’s businessman friend over Crimea
BRUSSELS – An EU court on Wednesday upheld sanctions imposed on Arkady Rotenberg, a close ally and former judo partner of Russian President Vladimir Putin whose company won a contract to build a bridge linking the Russian mainland with annexed Crimea. … …read more Source:...
France: still huge work to be done on Ukraine ceasefire process
MINSK – French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said on Tuesday that there was still an enormous amount of work to be done on the ceasefire process for eastern Ukraine but added that talks had not broken down altogether. Ayrault was speaking… …read more Source:...
German Foreign Minister says four-way talks on Ukraine were difficult
MINSK – Four-way talks about the conflict in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday were difficult but meaningful and necessary, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told reporters after a meeting with his counterparts from Ukraine, Russia and France. … …read more Source:...
Leading Merkel ally urges sanctions against Russia over Syria
BERLIN – The head of Germany’s foreign affairs committee, an ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel, called on Monday for Berlin to impose sanctions on Russia because of its supporting role in the war in Syria. The Syrian army and its allies… …read more Source:...
Czech aid group says evicted from eastern Ukraine’s Doneck by separatists
PRAGUE – Czech humanitarian organization Clovek v Tisni (People in Need, PIN) has been banned from the Doneck area in eastern Ukraine by separatist authorities, the aid group said in a statement. It said it was one of two international aid… …read more Source:...
Giant new dome set to keep Chernobyl safe for generations
CHERNOBYL – The world’s largest metal moveable structure will be unveiled Tuesday over the Chernobyl nuclear power plant’s doomed fourth reactor in Ukraine to ensure the safety of future generations across Europe. The giant arch – nearly as long as two… …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s missile test plans near Crimea heat up row with Russia
MOSCOW/KIEV – Moscow protested against Ukraine’s plans to carry out missile tests near Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014 following the toppling of a pro-Russian Ukrainian president, raising the temperature in the dispute between the two countries. … …read more Source:...
