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US increases airforce presence in Europe
American F-22 stealth fighters will soon be deployed in Europe for the first time, as the situation in Ukraine deteriorates. …read more Source:...
Hollande to meet Merkel on migration, Ukraine
Hollande travelling to Berlin on Monday to discuss the growing migrant crisis and Ukraine with Merkel after a tense weekend. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Ukraine hopes for EU visa-free travel by end-of-year
Ukraine president Poroshenko is to visit Brussels by the end of the month amid a flare-up in violence in east Ukraine. He spoke by phone with EU commission president Juncker Tuesday, voicing hope of an EU visa-free deal in December and confirming plans to implement EU-Ukraine free trade in January. …read more Source:...
EU urges both sides to stop shelling in Ukraine
The EU foreign service has urged both sides to stop ceasefire violations in Ukraine, in a situation dubbed “explosive” by Germany. …read more Source:...
Russia hits EU allies with symbolic food ban
Russia has extended its food import ban to four EU allies and threatened to impose future sanctions on Ukraine. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Russian proxies in Ukraine warn of new ‘war’
Denis Pushilin, a spokesman for the Russian-occupied part of Donetsk, in east Ukraine, told Russian media Wednesday “full-scale military actions can be resumed at any moment” and that if Kiev violates the ceasefire “the only alternative is war”. He spoke after Russian forces attacked Ukrainian positions in the region...
Russia and Nato rehearsing for war, report says
Russian and Nato military drills are increasing the risk of an accidental war in Europe, a British think tank says, amid fresh escalation in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Ukraine reports worst violence in six months
Ukraine said Tuesday its forces suffered the heaviest shelling since February on Monday in what it called “a dangerous indication” of renewed hostilities. International monitors, the OSCE, Monday described the situation as “volatile”. Four of its vehicles were set on fire in Russian-occupied Donetsk on Sunday. …read...
[Ticker] Poland is most anti-Russia EU state
US pollster Pew reports that Poles (80%) and Jordanians (80%) have the most “unfavourable” view of Russia worldwide, higher than Ukraine (72%), and higher than Germany (70%) or France (70%). China, Vietnam, and Ghana were among a handful of states where the majority of respondents were “favourable”. …read more...
[Ticker] EU, Russia, Ukraine to resume gas talks
Ukraine says three-way ministerial level talks on gas supplies will resume at a meeting in Vienna at the end of August. Russia separately announced its project to bypass Ukraine gas transit systems to the EU from 2019, the Turkish Stream pipeline, is to cost €11.4 billion. …read more Source:...