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Russia finds few friends in EU sanctions talks
Even Russia’s friends, for the most part, showed little appetite for relaxing sanctions in “strategic” EU talks in Brussels on Monday. …read more Source:...
Ukraine security ‘is deteriorating’
Monitors in eastern Ukraine warn of a serious deterioration in security as fighting intensifies in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. …read more Source:...
Ukraine launches operation to reclaim lost ground around Donetsk airport
Russia’s deputy foreign minister said operation may lead to ‘irreversible consequences for Ukrainian statehood’Pro-Russia separatists renewed attacks on Ukrainian forces at Donetsk airport complex in the east of the country on Monday after Kiev launched a mass operation to reclaim lost ground in the region. Russia called the operation...
Ukraine PM accuses Russia of sending more troops into east of the country – video
Ukrainian prime minister, Arseny Yatsenyuk, says intelligence indicates Russia is continuing to send military personnel and equipment across the border. Yatsenyuk says the type of arms the pro-Russian rebels possess, including Buk missiles and tanks, are not available to buy on the open market and only the Russian Defence Ministry possess them....
Separatists renew attacks on Ukrainian forces
Pro-Russian separatists have renewed attacks on Ukrainian forces at an airport complex in the east, after Kiev launched a mass operation to reclaim lost ground there that Russia called a “strategic mistake”. …read more Source: RTÉ...
The Guardian view on Ukraine sanctions | Editorial
The fighting and dying in Ukraine goes on but diplomacy is at a standstill. Sanctions must remain until Putin chooses peaceDonetsk airport, its runways cratered by shelling, its buildings battered and its control tower decapitated, is a modern ruin that has long ceased to function. To lose lives over it seems senseless. Yet such is its symbolism...
Bulgaria Continues to Back Russia Sanctions despite Disadvantages for Exporters
Although Bulgarian exporters are seriously injured by the sanctions on Russia, the country will not back away from its current stance and will seek new markets, according to Economy Minister Bozhidar Lukarski. Bulgaria’s Economy Minister met Monday with Ukraine’s Ambassador to Bulgaria Mykola Baltazhy. Lukarski pointed out that...
EU hawks blast call to ease Russia stance
Ministers attack paper exploring potential rapprochement over Ukraine as strategic blunder …read more Source: Financial...
Protecting EU’s External Border Boosts Bulgaria’s Chances of Joining Schengen – Minister
The need for enhanced protection of the EU’s external borders increases Bulgaria’s chances of joining the Schengen Agreement, according to Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov. Speaking after a summit of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, Mitov made clear that Bulgaria would most probably seek EU aid to cope with the influx of refugees and...
They were never there: Russia’s silence for families of troops killed in Ukraine
The Kremlin denies sending troops into the conflict in east Ukraine, but Russian relatives of those who have served and died across the border tell a different story A growing body of information about Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine has started to reveal a damning picture of Moscow’s intervention in the separatist conflict there,...
