Section: The United Kingdom
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...
Europe needs a lesson in deterrence
Events in Ukraine illustrate how Europeans have been slow to recognise the world as it is rather than as they imagined …read more Source: Financial...
German newspaper accuses David Cameron of ‘gross hypocrisy’ over EU sanctions
Welt newspaper criticises the Prime Minister’s government for calling for tougher sanctions against Russia’s Vladimir Putin yet still continuing to supply the country with arms and giving shelter to Russian oligarchs …read more Source: The...
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...
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...
Artillery fire echoes in east Ukraine’s Donetsk
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Artillery fire echoed in the south and northwest of rebel-held Donetsk in eastern Ukraine overnight and one district near the city was without electricity as Ukrainian forces pressed a military campaign against pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source:...
