Section: The United Kingdom
Sanctions on Russia: This is going to hurt
IT MAY not be, as leaders in Washington and Brussels insist, the start of a new cold war. But the punitive sanctions against Russia announced by the European Union and America on July 29th bring to an end a 25-year-long quest to make Moscow a partner of the West. How long the rupture will last and whether it intensifies will depend upon the...
The war in Ukraine: Closing in
THE battle for eastern Ukraine may be entering a decisive phase. Since early July Ukraine’s re-energised armed forces have been on the offensive against 15,000 or so Russian-backed separatists. The Ukrainians are close to achieving two important objectives: surrounding Donetsk, the region’s biggest city, and establishing some control...
Foreign investigators reach MH17 crash site in Ukraine
Dutch and Australia experts expected to focus initially on retrieving bodies still on site and collecting victims’ belongingsAn international team of investigators in eastern Ukraine has reached the crash site of the Malaysia Airlines flight 17.Fighting between government troops and pro-Russian separatist rebels had kept the delegation from...
Forensic scientists reach MH17 site
International forensic scientists reach the site of the flight MH17 crash in east Ukraine after the government halts military operations for a day. …read more Source:...
New EU sanctions hit top Putin aides
A former judo sparring partner of Vladimir Putin is among three of the Russian president’s close aides on a new EU sanctions list. …read more Source:...
Ukraine says suspends attacks to let experts reach crash site, rebels deny
KIEV/DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukraine said on Thursday it had suspended offensive operations in its military campaign in east Ukraine to help international experts reach the downed Malaysian airliner’s crash site but separatists were continuing to attack its positions. …read more Source:...
Russia may restrict Greek fruit, U.S. poultry imports: reports
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia may impose new food import restrictions next week, reports said on Thursday, in what could be responses to new Western sanctions over Moscow’s support of rebels in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
MH17 crash: International investigators finally reach wreckage site two weeks after Malaysian jet was brought down
An international team of investigators has finally reached the crash site of the Malasia Airlines jet MH17, two weeks after the plane came down over rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Are these selfies proof that Putin IS operating in the Ukraine? Photographs posted by ‘Russian soldier’ on Instagram were taken over the border
Selfies posted to Instagram by 24-year-old Russian soldier Alexander Sotkin appear to show some of his pictures were uploaded from inside the Ukraine. …read more Source: Daily...
International Experts Reach MH17 Crash Site
International observers have reached the crash site of the downed Malaysia Airlines plane in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Sky...
