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      Poroshenko happy with EU cooperation, expecting to receive non-lethel weapons
      Aug30

      Poroshenko happy with EU cooperation, expecting to receive non-lethel weapons

      Author(s): Konstantin Tsapogas – von Taube poroshenko_van_r.jpg Satisfied with the full coordination between the EU and Ukraine, Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko said that, while security issues will be discussed at next weeks NATO summit in Wales, his country will receive non-lethal weapons from EU member states. …read more...

      Ukraine: Mariupol residents fortify the city in preparation for rebel advance – video
      Aug30

      Ukraine: Mariupol residents fortify the city in preparation for rebel advance – video

      Residents of eastern Ukrainian port city Mariupol dig trenches and build sand barricades on Saturday after separatist rebels threatened to take the city. Rebels have been advancing along the Sea of Azov coast. Mariupol is a strategically important industrial city for the Ukrainian government and is situated around 35m from the Russian border...

      Putin warned by European leaders not to go past ‘the point of no return’ – video
      Aug30

      Putin warned by European leaders not to go past ‘the point of no return’ – video

      Outgoing European commission president José Manuel Barroso says the EU is willing to listen to Russia’s concerns if the conflict in eastern Ukraine does not go past ‘the point of no return’. As Russia prepares to send a second aid convoy and shelling continues in the east, Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko is in Brussels for...

      VIDEO: ‘Ukraine close to point of no return’
      Aug30

      VIDEO: ‘Ukraine close to point of no return’

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said that “we are very close to the point of no return, which is full scale war” with Russia. …read more Source:...

      [Ticker] EU ambassadors toughen up Russia conclusions
      Aug30

      [Ticker] EU ambassadors toughen up Russia conclusions

      EU ambassadors Saturday strengthened summit conclusions on Russia. Earlier drafts spoke of “reported participation” of Russian soldiers in fighting inside Ukraine and said the EU will “consider” new sanctions. Saturday’s text confirms there are “actions by Russian armed forces on Ukrainian soil” and calls...

      Tension high in Ukrainian border towns menaced by Russian forces
      Aug30

      Tension high in Ukrainian border towns menaced by Russian forces

      Russian soldiers are nowhere to be seen in city captured by rebels, but locals insist that the Kremlin’s troops led the advanceAs Ukraine’s president told an EU summit in Brussels that there were now “thousands” of Russian troops operating in his country, they had all but disappeared from view in the eastern town that has...

      European leaders warn Russian invasion of east Ukraine is ‘a point of no return’
      Aug30

      European leaders warn Russian invasion of east Ukraine is ‘a point of no return’

      Russia’s invasion of east Ukraine is a ‘point of no return’ and risks a ‘state of war’ with Europe, European Union leaders warn …read more Source: The...

      Conflict in eastern Ukraine is intensifying with thousands of foreign troops, Kiev says
      Aug30

      Conflict in eastern Ukraine is intensifying with thousands of foreign troops, Kiev says

      A ‘humanitarian corridor’ brokered by Russian president Vladimir Putin is reportedly under way as Ukraine warns the conflict is getting worse in the east …read more Source: The...

      Vladimir Putin says Ukraine’s actions reminiscent of Nazi siege – video
      Aug30

      Vladimir Putin says Ukraine’s actions reminiscent of Nazi siege – video

      Russian president Vladimir Putin likens the actions of the Ukrainian military in the country’s east to the Nazi siege of Leningrad during the second world war. At an event at a youth camp on Friday, Putin said what is happening in Ukraine is a ‘huge tragedy’ and expressed his belief that Russians and Ukrainians are...

      Russia’s actions in Ukraine threaten peace of all Europe
      Aug30

      Russia’s actions in Ukraine threaten peace of all Europe

      Ukraine’s president Petro Poroshenko warns of the high risk to the “whole peace and stability of Europe” as the conflict with Russia continues …read more Source: The...