Section: Bangkok Post (Thailand)
NATO warns over Russian military build-up in Crimea
KIEV – NATO’s top military commander said Wednesday he was “very concerned” that Russia’s military build-up in the annexed Crimean region could be used as a launchpad for attacks across the whole Black Sea region. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Russia to lose some $40 bn a year due to sanctions: minister
MOSCOW – Russia is set to lose around $40 billion (32 billion euros) per year due to Western sanctions over the Ukraine conflict, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said Monday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Kiev says Russia has 7,500 troops in Ukraine
KIEV – Ukraine said Russia has thousands of troops in its conflict-ravaged east and vowed to boost its own military capacity, ratcheting up tensions Saturday after Kiev’s new coalition pledged to make joining NATO a priority. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Moscow accuses West of seeking Russia ‘regime change’
MOSCOW – Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday accused the West of seeking to force a regime change in Russia through sanctions over the Ukraine conflict. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukrainians in rebel east brace for winter among the ruins
STEPANIVKA (UKRAINE) – Farm worker Vitaly digs wearily at the cold earth in the half-ruined village of Stepanivka in war-torn eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Biden in talks with Ukraine leaders as toll rises in east
KIEV – US Vice President Joe Biden will meet Ukraine’s leaders Friday on the first anniversary of the protests that toppled the former pro-Kremlin regime, with Kiev hoping for an announcement on further US assistance. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Nearly 1,000 killed during Ukraine ceasefire, UN says
KIEV – Almost 1,000 people have been killed in Ukraine since a ceasefire came into effect in September, an average of 13 people a day, the United Nations said Thursday, as the conflict in the east drags on. …read more Source: Bangkok...
International monitors shot at in east Ukraine: OSCE
KIEV – A convoy of international monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) was shot at by “uniformed personnel” in east Ukraine, the organisation said Thursday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine PM calls for talks with Russia on ‘neutral territory’
KIEV – Ukraine’s prime minister on Tuesday called for fresh talks with Russia on “neutral territory” as deadly fighting rumbled on in the country’s east. …read more Source: Bangkok...
NATO warns of ‘very serious’ Russian military build-up in Ukraine
NATO warned on Tuesday of a “very serious” build-up of Russian soldiers and weapons inside Ukraine and on the border, as Germany’s foreign minister urged Kiev and Moscow to respect a tattered peace plan. …read more Source: Bangkok...
