Section: France
Ukraine death toll mounts as Kiev plans to join NATO
The UN said nearly 2,600 people have died in eastern Ukraine in the past five months, as growing evidence of Russian involvement coincided with intensified fighting. The embattled Ukrainian government now wants to join the Western military alliance. …read more Source: France...
Russia hits back at Canada after sarcastic jibe over Ukraine crisis
Russia has hit back in an online spat with Canada over its operations in Ukraine. Canada’s NATO delegation initially sent a sarcastic barb on… …read more Source:...
[Live] Newsday: Ukraine – NATO – Syria
*Welcome to euronews’ live updates on all the major and breaking stories from across the globe.* *Please feel free to join the conversation and send… …read more Source:...
Obama backs claims of Russian troops in Ukraine
The US is openly accusing Russia of sending combat forces into Ukraine. Washington has threatened to tighten economic sanctions, but President… …read more Source:...
Russia accused of having ‘outright lied’ over its role in Ukraine
There have been angry exchanges at an emergency UN Security Council meeting, with the US accusing Russia of having “outright lied” over its role in… …read more Source:...
Mapping Ukraine: Canada and Russia in ‘tweet for tat’ row
Russia’s permanent mission to NATO on Thursday posted a map on Twitter showing the Crimean peninsula as part of Russia, in response to a map Canada published earlier to “help” Russian soldiers who keep getting “accidentally” lost in Ukraine. …read more Source: France...
NATO: satellite images ‘show Russian troops in Ukraine’
NATO has released satellite images it says show ==Russian combat forces operating in Ukraine== in support of separatists. Earlier Ukraine’s… …read more Source:...
Protesters demand more frontline equipment for Ukraine soldiers
Voicing frustration over Ukrainian soldiers’ plight on the frontline, demonstrators gathered outside the Defence Ministry in Kyiv on Thursday, to… …read more Source:...
Russian troops have entered Ukraine, says Kiev
“Russian forces have entered Ukraine,” the country’s president declared Thursday, cancelling a foreign trip and calling an emergency meeting of his security council. Reports from separatist rebels to NATO and US officials backed up that assessment. …read more Source: France...
Poroshenko says Russian soldiers have been ‘brought into Ukraine’
Russian troops have been “brought into Ukraine”. So says the top man in Kyiv, Petro Poroshenko, canceling a trip to Turkey for the inauguration of… …read more Source:...
