Section: The United Kingdom
MH17 Crash Investigators Stopped By Fighting
Officials who had been due to collect the remains of victims of flight MH17 have abandoned their visit due to fighting in Ukraine. …read more Source: Sky...
Ukraine: stronger Russian sanctions sought
Malcolm Rifkind condemns ‘useless’ asset freezes as western leaders push for new EU trade restrictions with key sectorsSanctions against Russia that will inflict economic damage are needed because asset freezes on cronies of president Vladimir Putin have been “pretty useless”, Sir Malcom Rifkind, a former foreign...
VIDEO: Trying to bring MH17 victims home
A team of Dutch forensic investigators will again try to access the Malaysia Airlines wreckage site in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukraine conflict: EU squeezes Russia
EU braces for economic pain with further sanctions …read more Source:...
Civilians killed in eastern Ukraine amid fierce fighting
KIEV/DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Intense fighting between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine killed at least 19 civilians, local officials said on Tuesday, as Kiev pressed an offensive to close in on the separatists. …read more Source:...
MH17: Abbott and police frustrated over lack of access to plane crash site
For the second day unarmed Australian and Dutch police contingent forced to turn around due to shelling and gunfireTony Abbott and police are frustrated with both the Ukraine government and pro-Russian militia over a lack of access to the MH17 crash site.For the second day running an unarmed Australian and Dutch police contingent was forced to...
Telegraph to continue publishing Russian propaganda supplement
The Daily Telegraph is to continue distributing its monthly Russian supplement in print, and carrying its content online, despite the paper’s stated hostility towards Vladimir Putin’s regime since the shooting down of flight MH17.”We must not imagine that we can settle for a quiet life so long as there are dictators in the world...
EU set to widen Russia sanctions
The European Union is set to back new sanctions against Russia, targeting its finance, energy and defence sectors over the conflict in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
US: Russia ‘violated missile treaty’
Russia has violated an arms treaty by testing a nuclear cruise missile, the US says, as Barack Obama discusses sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source:...
Stronger western sanctions on Russia likely within 48 hours
European and US resolve hardens as a result of Putin’s suspected role in the shooting down of MH17 over UkraineRussia is expected to be hit with further sanctions on Tuesday after the US, Britain, France, Germany and Italy called for tougher action against the regime they believe is still shipping weapons into Ukraine despite the MH17...
