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Nato steps back from giving Georgia full membership of alliance
Republic gains only possibility of ‘cooperation’ deal amid fears of some Nato members that full tie-in would antagonise RussiaGeorgia’s hopes of achieving full membership of Nato were set back on Wednesday as the alliance vowed to stop short of approval, avoiding possible confrontation with Moscow over an expansion to...
The British Army: cash-strapped, homeward bound, and looking for new roles
Future operations would be limited, suggests head of the army General Wall speaks of “soft use of hard power” No plans to send troops to IraqGone are the days, for the forseeable future at least, of Britain deploying large numbers of “boots on the ground”. Any intervention by Britain’s armed forces in future will be...
From Russia with love: new wave of emigration sparks debate
Issue of whether to stay or go has become a hot topic in liberal press with some spurred on by annexation of CrimeaTo flee or not to flee? That has always been the question for a certain stratum of Russian society, from Tsarist times through the Soviet period and the chaos of the 1990s, and up to the present day. People have left Russia in...
Ukraine to stick to ceasefire with pro-Russian rebels despite deadly attack
Ukraine president Petro Poroshenko agrees to honour week-long truce early despite pro-Russian rebels shooting down military aircraft, killing nine troops …read more Source: The...
Putin moves to calm Ukraine invasion fears as new sanctions threat looms
The Russian parliament today rubber-stamped a request from President Putin to strip him of emergency powers to send troops into… …read more Source: The...
NATO chief says Russia not meeting international commitments over Ukraine
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The head of NATO said on Wednesday he saw no sign that Russia was respecting its international commitments over Ukraine as Britain warned Moscow it could face tougher European Union sanctions unless it acted to stop fighting in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Russian lawmakers revoke right to send troops into Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian parliament’s upper chamber voted on Wednesday to revoke the right that it had granted President Vladimir Putin in March to order a military intervention in Ukraine, where Kiev is struggling to quell a rebellion by Russian speakers in the east. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian military seize pro-Russian camp in Donetsk – video
Soldiers from Ukraine’s military explore a camp they seized from pro-Russian separatists in a raid on Tuesday. The takeover comes during a temporary ceasefire between the Ukrainian government and the rebels. According to reports, a Ukrainian helicopter has also been shot down by separatists since the ceasefire began … …read more...
Ukraine’s ceasefire jeopardised by deadly attack on military plane
One day into truce, rebels shoot down military aircraft, killing nine troops onboard …read more Source: The...
Ukraine ceasefire in danger after helicopter shot down
Nine soldiers killed after pro-Russian separatists shoot down helicopter, against their commander’s orders to respect ceasefireThe US vice-president, Joe Biden, spoke with Ukraine’s president on Tuesday after pro-Russian insurgents downed an army helicopter against ceasefire orders from their commander, the White House said.The...
