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Poroshenko says he had to end ceasefire
Internal Ukraine politics, Russian support for separatists and EU reluctance to step up sanctions, gave him little option say aides …read more Source: Financial...
Absence of US ambassador to Russia punishes Washington, not Moscow
The US has not had an ambassador in Moscow since the Ukraine crisis began. Now a new candidate has been proposed, but will he be accepted, asks Dmitri Trenin The absence of a United States ambassador in Moscow ever since the beginning of the Ukraine crisis has been striking. This never happened during the Cold War, when ambassadors were the prime...
More fighting in Ukraine as ministers prepare Berlin meeting
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian government forces pressed on with a military drive against pro-Russian separatists on Wednesday as Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France prepared a meeting of foreign ministers to try to bring the crisis in Ukraine’s east under control. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s forces attack rebel positions; Putin growls
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian forces struck at pro-Russian separatist bases in eastern regions with air and artillery strikes on Tuesday after President Petro Poroshenko announced he would not renew a ceasefire but go on the offensive to rid Ukraine of “parasites”. …read more Source:...
Ukraine retakes border crossing from rebels as Poroshenko goes on attack
Ukrainian troops hit pro-Russian rebel positions with artillery and air strikes after president declared end to the ceasefireKiev forces claimed their first victories in Petro Poroshenko’s renewed offensive against pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, taking back a key border crossing and three villages.Ukrainian troops hit...
Moscow must build a nation not an empire
Now Russia has Crimea, it needs people not land. It should think of the Eurasian Union not as an EU2 but as a kind of Nafta …read more Source: Financial...
Putin blames US as Ukraine violence escalates
President Putin lashed out at America today, blaming Washington for the failure to strike a peace deal in eastern Ukraine… …read more Source: The...
Russian journalists injured in Ukraine
Reporter Denis Kulaga and cameraman Vadim Yudin wounded by mortar fire in Lugansk area, day after colleague shot deadTwo journalists from the Russian television channel Ren TV have been injured by mortar fire in eastern Ukraine, a day after one of their colleagues was shot and killed there.Reporter Denis Kulaga and cameraman Vadim Yudin were...
Ukraine launches new offensive to rid east of rebel ‘parasites’
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin promises to protect ethnic Russians with ‘the entire arsenal of available means’ amid clashes in key towns in Ukraine’s east …read more Source: The...
Ukraine fighting intensifies as Poroshenko ends ceasefire
President in Kiev vows to retake land from pro-Russian separatists with clashes in Donetsk and Lugansk regionsFighting has intensified in eastern Ukraine after the president, Petro Poroshenko, announced an end to a ceasefire and said he was ordering his forces to attack pro-Russian separatists.In a televised address on Monday night, Poroshenko...
