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Putin discusses Crimea security after alleged Ukrainian incursions
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has held a meeting with his Security Council to discuss additional security measures for Crimea after the clashes on the contested peninsula, the Kremlin said on Thursday. …read more Source:...
Ukraine has enough military power to defend itself: General Staff spokesman
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine has the military resources to defend itself and is monitoring the situation around Crimea, the spokesman for the General Staff, Vladislav Seleznyov, told Reuters on Thursday. …read more Source:...
MOD obtains Putin’s war secrets from Ukraine amid fears Moscow leader is preparing for war
TERRIFIED British forces have quietly retrieved Vladimir Putin’s military secrets by Ukrainian special intelligence officers. …read more Source:...
Amateur army
Some 100,000 Poles have joined paramilitary groups since the crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source: BBC
Russia accuses Ukraine of ‘terrorist’ incursions into disputed Crimea region
Vladimir Putin claimed Ukraine was plotting ‘terrorist’ attacks in the region. …read more Source:...
Putin accuses Ukrainian authorities of resorting to ‘practice of terror’ – video
Russian president Vladimir Putin speaks at a press conference in Moscow on Wednesday and accuses the Ukrainian government, based in Kiev, of resorting to terrorism rather than participating in a peace process. Putin’s comments came after Russian security services said they had foiled a Ukrainian raid on the Crimea, which was annexed by...
Vladimir Putin may believe time is ripe for another invasion
Crimea crisis has come from nowhere but Putin has form for military adventures in Olympic years, and west appears weakenedThe situation in Crimea looks ominous. On Wednesday Russia’s FSB spy agency said it had foiled a series of attacks by armed Ukrainians on the Crimean peninsula. Minutes later, Vladimir Putin accused Kiev’s...
Beware Putin: he doesn’t do ‘cooperation’ | Luke Harding
The Russian leader is vindictive and ruthless – Theresa May will have to be tough to deal with himTheresa May, as prime minister, had her first conversation with Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. Meanwhile, UK defence chiefs have been muttering that Russian troops could outgun the British army; and over in the Olympic pool US swimmers were taunting...
Putin accuses Kiev of armed Crimea incursion
Russian president pulls out of international peace talks on eastern Ukraine …read more Source: Financial...
START OF ANOTHER CRIMEA CRISIS? Russia accuses Ukraine of terror plots in disputed region
RUSSIAN secret agents have blocked two Ukrainian bids to send armed units into Crimea and have also smashed a spy network in the disputed region, Kremlin officials claimed this afternoon. …read more Source:...
