Section: The United Kingdom
Germany, France, Russia, Ukraine vow to implement peace plan
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Why Ukrainian forces gave up Crimea without a fight – and NATO is alert
KIEV/SEVASTOPOL, Crimea (Reuters) – The career of Sergei Yeliseyev helps to explain why Ukraine’s armed forces gave up Crimea almost without a fight – and why NATO now says it is alert to Russian attempts to undermine military loyalty in its eastern European members. …read more Source:...
Russia to blame for ‘hot war’ in Ukraine: U.S. special envoy
KIEV (Reuters) – Russian aggression is to blame for violence in eastern Ukraine, where people are dying in what should be seen as a “hot war” rather than a “frozen conflict”, the U.S. special envoy to the Ukraine peace talks said on a visit to Ukraine on Sunday. …read more Source:...
Deadly botulism toxin ‘could threaten the UK’ as dozens of cases diagnosed in Europe
THE deadly rare toxin botulism, which North Korea claims killed US student Otto Warmbier, could spread across Europe after dozens of cases were reported in Ukraine, experts have warned. …read more Source:...
Germany says Crimean turbine scandal souring relations with Russia: paper
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany has warned Russia that breaches of sanctions including the relocation to Crimea of four gas turbines delivered to Russia by Siemens are straining political relations between the two countries, Bild am Sonntag reported on Sunday. …read more Source:...
Call for new Ukraine state serves Moscow’s goals
Kiev sees talk of ‘Malorossiya’ as a Russian-inspired provocation …read more Source: Financial...
Macron to discuss Ukraine next week with Putin, Merkel and Poroshenko
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron will call the leaders of Russia, Germany and Ukraine on Monday to discuss the conflict in eastern Ukraine, his office said in a statement. …read more Source:...
U.S. special envoy to visit eastern Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The envoy tapped to lead U.S. diplomacy on the Ukraine crisis will embark on a trip to eastern Ukraine and European nations on Friday for talks with officials, conflict monitors and “those who have been affected by Russian aggression,” the State Department said on Friday. …read more Source:...
Trump’s new Ukraine envoy to visit country’s embattled east
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Five Ukraine troops die in fierce clash with Donetsk rebels
The US says it was the most serious fighting in eastern Ukraine so far this year. …read more Source:...
