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      Arming Ukraine Will Deepen Conflict Warns Fallon
      Feb06

      Arming Ukraine Will Deepen Conflict Warns Fallon

      Supplying weapons to Ukraine would escalate the conflict, British Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has said. …read more Source: Sky...

      Q&A: Neil Buckley answers your questions on Ukraine
      Feb06

      Q&A: Neil Buckley answers your questions on Ukraine

      The FT’s eastern Europe editor answers a selection of questions from readers on the crisis …read more Source: Financial...

      US threats to arm Ukraine a ‘bluff’, say EU diplomats
      Feb06

      US threats to arm Ukraine a ‘bluff’, say EU diplomats

      European diplomats say reports of American plans to provide defensive arms to Ukraine show a shift in sentiment but doubt President Obama’s enthusiasm …read more Source: The...

      People in Donetsk doubt peace talks in Moscow will achieve anything
      Feb06

      People in Donetsk doubt peace talks in Moscow will achieve anything

      Donetsk is a city that is weary, tired of the conflict and losing hope for the future. People in the rebel held stronghold in the east of Ukraine… …read more Source:...

      Downing Street denies Cameron is ‘diplomatic irrelevance’ in Ukraine talks
      Feb06

      Downing Street denies Cameron is ‘diplomatic irrelevance’ in Ukraine talks

      PM’s office issues robust defence after being criticised by an army general and the shadow foreign secretary for not being present at the diplomatic tableStung by claims that David Cameron is a diplomatic irrelevance as France and Germany spearhead efforts to end the conflict in Ukraine, Downing Street has insisted Britain is playing an...

      Nearly 200 mercenaries from Croatia, Kosovo fighting on Kiev’s side in Ukraine
      Feb06

      Nearly 200 mercenaries from Croatia, Kosovo fighting on Kiev’s side in Ukraine

      Some 200 mercenaries from Balkan countries are fighting alongside Kiev troops in eastern Ukraine, a military expert familiar with the situation told …read more Source:...

      Merkel makes Moscow trip ‘to defend peace’
      Feb06

      Merkel makes Moscow trip ‘to defend peace’

      German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday that she and French President Francois Hollande’s initiative for conflict-wracked Ukraine was aimed at defending European peace”. …read more Source: The Local...

      Merkel plays down expectations ahead of Moscow peace talks
      Feb06

      Merkel plays down expectations ahead of Moscow peace talks

      Chancellor Angela Merkel has played down expectations ahead of a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin aimed at ending the fighting in Ukraine. She also described her efforts as being “about European peace.” …read more Source: Deutsche...

      In east Ukraine, life was impossibly hard even before the horrors of war
      Feb06

      In east Ukraine, life was impossibly hard even before the horrors of war

      With food and medicine scarce, grim situation in Kommunar, near Donetsk, seems likely to play into hands of Russian rebelsLife in Kommunar was never easy; the last thing the depressed mining settlement needed was a war. The conflict that ripped through the Kommunar in recent months, as elsewhere in eastern Ukraine, has added to existing social...

      Former NATO chief warns of Russian intent in Baltics
      Feb06

      Former NATO chief warns of Russian intent in Baltics

      Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who until last September was NATO Secretary General, warned Thursday that Russia was likely to attempt a Ukraine-style provocation in the Baltic states. …read more Source:...