Section: Bangkok Post (Thailand)
NATO sees ‘very serious’ Russian military build-up in Ukraine
BRUSSELS – Russia has launched a “very serious” military build-up inside Ukraine and on their shared border, deploying troops and sophisticated equipment including air defence systems, NATO head Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
EU blacklists separatists as Ukraine crisis deepens
The EU agreed Monday to blacklist more Ukrainian separatists but stopped short of fresh economic sanctions against Russia, as Moscow expelled several diplomats in a deepening of the worst East-West crisis since the Cold War. …read more Source: Bangkok...
EU agrees to add Ukraine separatists to blacklist: diplomats
BRUSSELS – EU foreign ministers agreed Monday to hit more Ukraine separatists with asset freezes and travel bans, diplomats said, deepening sanctions over the crisis that pits pro-Kremlin rebels against Kiev. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Exclusive: Ukraine minister urges EU to send ‘clear message’ to Russia
BRUSSELS – The EU must speak with one voice to Russia over Ukraine and be ready to send a “clear message” it will impose more sanctions if necessary, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin told AFP in an interview Monday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
MH17 wreckage removal starts in rebel-held east Ukraine
Workers on Sunday began removing the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 from rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine, four months after it was shot down killing 298 passengers and crew. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Removal of MH17 wreckage starts in rebel-held east Ukraine
GRABOVE (UKRAINE) – Work began Sunday to remove the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 from rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine, four months after it was shot down claiming 298 lives. …read more Source: Bangkok...
West targets Russia over Ukraine as testy G20 wraps up
BRISBANE (AUSTRALIA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin faced concerted Western fire over the Ukraine crisis on Sunday at a testy G20 summit where geopolitical strains have vied with debate on overhauling the global economy. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine orders closure of state services in rebel-held east
KIEV – Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko on Saturday issued a decree ordering the withdrawal of all state services from the rebel-held east of the country. …read more Source: Bangkok...
‘Cold War’ fears over Ukraine overblown, say experts
PARIS – Secret “Russian subs” off Sweden, tit-for-tat sanctions, NATO fighters scrambling to intercept Russian warplanes: relations between the West and Moscow over Ukraine have sparked incidents reminiscent of the Cold War that terrified the world for decades. …read more Source: Bangkok...
More Russia sanctions if Ukraine not resolved: Cameron
CANBERRA – Russia could face further sanctions if it does not commit to resolving the conflict in Ukraine, British Prime Minister David Cameron said Friday, as he called Moscow’s actions “unacceptable”. …read more Source: Bangkok...
