Section: Serbia
Defense minister meets with Russian counterpart
Serbian Defense Minister Bratislav Gasic and his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu spoke in Moscow on Wednesday “about the political and security situation.”They also discussed “current challenges in the region and the rest of the world, including the crisis in Ukraine, primarily from the standpoint of the obligations of Serbia...
NATO commander wants Russia “to stop fueling conflict”
NATO commander in Europe, U.S. General Philip Breedlove, “has expressed his concern over the renewed fighting in Ukraine,” reported Tanjug. …read more Source:...
“Serbia and Ukraine are friendly countries”
Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko have “emphasized that Serbia and Ukraine are friendly countries.” The two countries also “need to work more on interrelations,” it was announced late on Monday after Vucic and Proshenko had a telephone conversation. …read more Source:...
Violence escalates in east Ukraine
Ukraine’s military accused pro-Russian rebels on Monday of using heavy weapons that were meant to have been withdrawn under a ceasefire deal, …read more Source:...
Vucic spoke with Poroshenko
BELGRADE – Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic spoke on the phone Monday with Ukrainian President Peter Poroshenko, stressing that Serbia was doing …read more Source:...
Fighting in Ukraine “intensifies” – OSCE
Fighting has intensified in eastern Ukraine after more than a month of relative calm, AP is quoting OSCE observers in the region.Observers on Sunday reported that they heard “intense mortar fire outside the village of Shyrokyne for about three hours as well as machine gun engagement.” …read more Source:...
Panarin: Russia would protect Serbia with missiles from Crimea
A well-known Russian geopolitician Igor Panarin, while participating in the roundtable “The new security challenges in Europe and Eurasia and the role …read more Source:...
Russia: NATO needs Ukraine crisis to justify its existence
MOSCOW – The North Atlantic Alliance (NATO) needs the conflict in Ukraine to justify its existence, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov …read more Source:...
OSCE: Repeated ceasefire violation, use of heavy weaponry in Donbas
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe still registers use of heavy weaponry in those areas of eastern Ukraine from where …read more Source:...
OSCE secretary general: Ceasefire generally respected
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier said on Wednesday in Belgeade that the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine is “generally respected.””Now the key stage should be used to set up working groups and step up negotiations and implementation of the Minsk agreement,” Tanjug quoted him as saying. …read more Source:...
