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      Dangerous plan to arm Ukraine | Letters: Pofessor Richard Sakwa and Denis MacShane
      Feb04

      Dangerous plan to arm Ukraine | Letters: Pofessor Richard Sakwa and Denis MacShane

      Timothy Garton Ash suggests it is time to arm Ukraine against the insurgency in the Donbass and to counter Russian propaganda (Sometimes only guns will stop guns. And Putin must be stopped, 2 February). This is as ill-conceived as it is dangerous and represents a fundamental misreading of the situation. It will only pile logs onto a burning fire,...

      Joe Biden dispatched to Europe to shore up Nato resolve over Ukraine crisis
      Feb04

      Joe Biden dispatched to Europe to shore up Nato resolve over Ukraine crisis

      US vice-president to discuss sending lethal weapons to Ukraine and will also meet European Commission leaders in Brussels during diplomacy tripVice-president Joe Biden has been dispatched to Europe to shore up Nato resolve over Ukraine and discuss sending lethal weapons to halt recent Russian-backed advances, according to sources in the US...

      Donetsk residents are all players in a terrible lottery
      Feb04

      Donetsk residents are all players in a terrible lottery

      A mother in eastern Ukraine buries her son – yet another casualty in a civil war that is killing civilians with appalling randomness. …read more Source:...

      Ashton Carter: Barack Obama’s nominee for US Defence Secretary backs providing ‘lethal arms’ to Ukraine
      Feb04

      Ashton Carter: Barack Obama’s nominee for US Defence Secretary backs providing ‘lethal arms’ to Ukraine

      The man Barack Obama wants to become the US’s next defence secretary has said he supports Washington providing “lethal arms” to Ukraine to support it in an escalating conflict with Russian-backed rebels. …read more Source: The...

      Ashton Carter: Barack Obama’s nomination for US Defence Secretary backs providing ‘lethal arms’ to Ukraine
      Feb04

      Ashton Carter: Barack Obama’s nomination for US Defence Secretary backs providing ‘lethal arms’ to Ukraine

      The man Barack Obama wants to become the US’s next defence secretary has said he supports Washington providing “lethal arms” to Ukraine to support it in an escalating conflict with Russian-backed rebels. …read more Source: The...

      War takes precedence over reforms in Ukraine
      Feb04

      War takes precedence over reforms in Ukraine

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is losing control of the military situation in eastern Ukraine. This makes conducting peace negotiations even more difficult, especially as the West doesn’t know what he wants. …read more Source: Deutsche...

      ALDE Condemns Indiscriminate “Russian-Backed” Attacks in Ukraine
      Feb04

      ALDE Condemns Indiscriminate “Russian-Backed” Attacks in Ukraine

      Senior officials of ALDE group members, among them Slovenian Prime Minister and SMC president Miro Cerar, condemned in the strongest terms on Wednesday the attacks of “Russian-backed separatists” against the civilian population in the east of Ukraine and Russia’s annexation of Crimea. …read more Source:...

      Koutsoumbas: Real opponent has ‘not gone away’ with SYRIZA victory
      Feb04

      Koutsoumbas: Real opponent has ‘not gone away’ with SYRIZA victory

      Communist Party of Greece (KKE) General Secretary and MP for Athens Dimitris Koutsoumbas on Wednesday addressed the party’s Parliamentary group,…The real opponent, he said, “is still here, more ready and equipped to use the alternation in government for new privileges, for a capitalist recovery.” “KKE’s Parliamentary...

      Ukraine calls for more weapons as allies push for dialogue
      Feb04

      Ukraine calls for more weapons as allies push for dialogue

      The Ukrainian President is waiting for more help from his Western allies, calling for weapons in the fight against pro-Russian separatists. But… …read more Source:...

      Pentagon nominee supports arming Ukraine
      Feb04

      Pentagon nominee supports arming Ukraine

      Ashton Carter hints at US shift on military aid …read more Source: Financial...