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[Ticker] US satellite photos show Russia rocket fire into Ukraine
The US on Sunday released photos it says shows rockets being fired into Ukraine from Russia, reports the Guardian. The images also show heavy Russian artillery being moved into area. The heavy weapons fire occurred between 21 July and 26 July, after the Malaysia Airlines crash on 17 July. …read more Source:...
EU blacklist sheds light on Putin’s rag-tag Ukraine army
The latest EU blacklist on Russia sheds light on the command structures, composition, and ambitions of Putin’s east Ukraine forces. …read more Source:...
EU to hit Russia with economic sanctions next week
The EU is set to impose economic sanctions on Russia next week. Meanwhile, southern member states want the European Commission to consider any blowback effect when it assesses national deficits. …read more Source:...
[Analysis] EU sanctions on Russia hurt more than it seems
Threats, leaks, innuendoes – the creation of “market uncertainty” on Russia is “a new tool of European and US foreign policy”. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] US says Russia fired artillery into Ukraine
The US Thursday said it has evidence, based on “intelligence information”, that Russia is firing artillery across the border into Ukraine. US deputy State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said Russia intends “to deliver heavier and more powerful multiple rocket launchers” to pro-Russia rebels in eastern Ukraine....
[Ticker] Ukraine PM resigns
Ukraine PM Arseniy Yatsenyuk Thursday announced his resignation after several parties said they were pulling out of the ruling coalition. President Petro Poroshenko welcomed the move saying: “The society wants a full reset of state authorities,” reports Reuters, with a new vote possibly purging the parliament of pro-Russia political...
[Ticker] Former Moldova envoy to lead EU civilian mission to Ukraine
Kalman Mizsei, a Hungarian national who was EU special envoy to Moldova in 2007-2011 and a professor at the Budapest-based Central European University, has been appointed head of mission for the “EU advisory mission for civilian security sector reform” in Ukraine, the EU council said Thursday. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] US ambassador expects clarity on EU sanctions
US ambassador to the EU Anthony Gardner Thursday said “many countries are watching the EU” as its ambassadors discuss economic sanctions against Russia. Washington welcomed an EU decision to progress to financial, energy and defence sanctions if Moscow continues to arm Ukrainian rebels after the downing of a passenger plane....
EU readies new sanctions on defiant Russia
EU ambassadors meeting in Brussels on Thursday are set to discuss a raft of new sanctions on Russia, as Moscow has shown no signs of wanting to meet an EU ultimatum over Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Russia angst sees EU energy efficiency targets watered down
The EU commission has tabled a plan to increase the bloc’s overall energy efficiency, but it watered it down amid fears of Russian gas supplies being cut in the ongoing Ukraine crisis. …read more Source:...