Section: The United Kingdom
Ukrainian prime minister Arseny Yatseniuk resigns
Yatseniuk quits as he berates parliament for failing to pass law taking control of energy sector as Russian gas supply dwindlesUkraine’s prime minister has tendered his resignation, berating parliament for failing to pass legislation to take control over the country’s increasingly precarious energy situation and to increase army...
VIDEO: Fears MH17 crash site ‘abandoned’
There are renewed calls for tighter security at the site of the Malaysia Airlines plane crash in Ukraine, after some reports it had been left abandoned. …read more Source:...
Moscow not arming rebels and sanctions are illegal, says ambassador
The Russian ambassador to the UK today flatly denied that Moscow was arming the Ukrainian separatists suspected of shooting down… …read more Source: The...
Poland’s defence: A front-line state
POLAND spent $4.7 billion on 48 American-built F-16 fighters, but in the event of a conflict with Russia, the safest place for the warplanes would be on a German airfield, quips a defence analyst. Threadbare Soviet-era air defences would be unable to protect Poland against an attack.With neighbouring Ukraine in turmoil, Warsaw is more acutely...
Two Ukrainian parties leave parliament coalition to trigger election
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko welcomed the departure of two parties from a parliamentary coalition on Thursday, opening the way for him to call a new election and give Ukrainians “a full reset” of power. …read more Source:...
Fred returns to Shakhtar Donetsk having stayed away after MH17 disaster
Fred one of six players who refused to return to Ukraine Shakhtar say player has now reappeared at team campClub has moved HQ to Kiev and will play matches in LvivThe Brazilian midfielder Fred has arrived back in Ukraine for training with Shakhtar Donetsk, having initially refused to travel in the wake of the MH17 disaster.Fred was one of six...
Russia says will cooperate with MH17 probe led by Netherlands
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Russia will cooperate with the investigation into the downing of a Malaysian airliner a week ago and is satisfied that the Netherlands, rather than Ukraine, is leading the effort, the country’s ambassador to Malaysia said on Thursday. …read more Source:...
Russia-Ukraine deadlock over gas supply
As political tensions between the two countries persist and violence flares, EU gas supply is threatened as a stalemate over pricing continues …read more Source: Financial...
MH17 crash: Nato sees evidence ‘weapons are still moving from Russia to Ukraine’
Nato is still seeing evidence of weapons being moved from Russia into Ukraine after the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was downed last week, a Nato military officer has said. …read more Source: The...
City of London to bear the brunt of EU sanctions on Russia
The City of London will bear the brunt of new European Union sanctions aimed at cutting off Russia’s banks from financing under proposals discussed by ambassadors in Brussels today …read more Source: The...
