Section: The West Australian (Australia)
US to deploy heavy weapons on NATO’s eastern flank (AFP)
Tallinn (AFP) – The US will deploy heavy weapons in central and eastern Europe for the first time, Washington said Tuesday, in the midst of the worst stand-off between Russia and the West since the Cold War, triggered by the crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Some Ukraine refugees in Russia yearn to return, others settle (AFP)
Primorka (Russia) (AFP) – Marina Balatskaya watched as her three children played in the Russian holiday camp that has become their home since they fled the fighting in east Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine says rebels used long-range artillery on villages, one soldier dead (Reuters)
KIEV (Reuters) – The Ukrainian military on Tuesday accused Russian-backed rebels of conducting long-range artillery attacks on villages in the east and said one of its serviceman was killed and 12 wou… …read more Source: The West...
Putin ‘saved my life’: Yanukovych (AFP)
London (AFP) – Former Ukraine president Viktor Yanukovych has thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin for “saving my life” during the bloody demonstrations that led to his ouster. …read more Source: The West...
NATO head says alliance to more than double rapid response force size (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – NATO head Jens Stoltenberg said Monday the alliance will approve plans this week to more than double the size of its rapid response force, having already created a special spearhead unit in the fallout from the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The West...
Russia, West trade barbs ahead of Ukraine talks in Paris (AFP)
Paris (France) (AFP) – The leaders of Russia, France and Germany clashed over the Ukraine crisis Monday, as the EU extended sanctions on Moscow on the eve of key diplomatic talks in Paris. …read more Source: The West...
Merkel, Hollande see ‘insufficient’ Ukraine progress after Putin call (AFP)
Paris (France) (AFP) – French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel lamented the “insufficient” progress in resolving the Ukraine crisis after a telephone conversation Monday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a source close to the French president. …read more Source: The West...
NATO head says alliance to more than double size of rapid response force (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – NATO head Jens Stoltenberg said Monday the alliance will approve plans this week to more than double the size of its rapid response force, having already created a special spearhead unit in the fallout from the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The West...
EU prolongs Russian economic sanctions for six months (AFP)
Luxembourg (AFP) – EU foreign ministers formally agreed Monday to prolong to January 2016 damaging economic sanctions against Russia to ensure it fully implements Ukraine peace accords, officials said. …read more Source: The West...
Moscow ‘powerless to stop’ Russians from fighting in Ukraine (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – The secretary of Russia’s security council said Monday it is impossible to stop Russians from going to fight in Ukraine because they are guided by “emotions.” …read more Source: The West...
