Section: The United Kingdom
Ukraine to bar some Russian singers after Kiev chosen to host Eurovision
KIEV (Reuters) – The Ukrainian government said on Friday it would deny entry to certain Russian singers if they were chosen to perform at next year’s Eurovision Song Contest, after picking the capital Kiev to host the event. …read more Source:...
Russia holds large-scale military drills in Crimea
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Russia bolsters military force in Crimea: Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has formed a “self-sufficient military group” in Crimea capable of repelling attempts to seize the peninsula, Interfax news agency quoted the Defence Ministry as saying on Friday. …read more Source:...
Retired US general to advise Ukraine’s defence minister
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Much work needed to improve Ukraine ceasefire, German foreign minister says
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Thursday that there was still a lot of work to be done to get a ceasefire fully implemented in Ukraine, adding that progress was “urgently needed”. …read more Source:...
Smuggling gangs hire Ukrainian sailors for ‘luxury’ migrant crossings
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Human smuggling gangs are increasingly hiring Ukrainian sailors to captain yachts and other boats for migrants willing to pay up to $8,000 for safe passage to Europe, Italian police said on Wednesday, after the arrest of two suspected traffickers. …read more Source:...
Russia frees Crimean dissident from psychiatric clinic
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian authorities freed a prominent Crimean dissident from a psychiatric clinic on Wednesday after he was held there for almost a month and subjected to enforced examinations, his lawyer and a colleague said; but he still faces a possible jail sentence. …read more Source:...
Kremlin: new U.S. sanctions not consistent with talks over cooperation
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Expanded U.S. sanctions on Russia are not consistent with talks over possible cooperation between Russia and the United States in other areas, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Wednesday. …read more Source:...
Russia is preparing for a full-scale INVASION of Ukraine, warns President Poroshenko
Petro Poroshenko warned that with Europe’s internal strength being tested by the migration crisis and terrorist attacks, governments could become powerless to deal with Kremlin ‘aggression’. …read more Source: Daily...
Ukrainian siege of ‘pro-Russian’ Inter TV studios ends
Protesters in Ukraine lift their blockade of Inter TV, a news channel attacked for being allegedly pro-Russian, after international condemnation. …read more Source:...
