Section: The United Kingdom
Power struggle
UKRAINIAN nationalist saboteurs blew up transformers and cut power lines to Crimea on November 21st in an attempt to punish Russia for annexing the peninsula last year. Crimea relies on Ukraine for nearly all its electricity, and most of its 2m residents have been plunged into darkness, dependent on emergency generators and candles. The blackout...
Italy says no agreement made at G20 to extend Russia sanctions
ROME (Reuters) – No agreement was reached among leaders at this month’s Group of 20 summit in Turkey to extend sanctions against Russia over its intervention in Ukraine, Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said on Thursday. …read more Source:...
Dutch anti-Ukraine activists are helping Putin: Poroshenko
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday that Dutch activists seeking to undo Ukraine’s association agreement with the European Union are unwitting pawns of Russian President Vladimir Putin. …read more Source:...
Crimea in the dark in Ukraine power row
Crimea in the dark in sabotage row …read more Source:...
Ukraine-Russia trade war escalates
Gas supplies between the two neighbours also halted …read more Source: Financial...
Ukraine’s Arseniy Yatsenyuk announces ban on Russian transit flights – video
Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Ukraine’s prime minister, says all Russian flights have been banned from operating over Ukrainian airspace. Speaking in Kiev on Wednesday, Yatsenyuk said the matter is one of national security and that Russia might use Ukrainian airspace for ‘provocations’. He says the move was a response to what he called the...
Kiev should act to end Crimea blockade
Ukraine must not lose moral high ground in its conflict with Russia …read more Source: Financial...
Klitschko vs Fury: who are the fighters and who will win?
Credits Dennis Grombkowski/Bongarts/Getty Images The eccentric Briton appears confident ahead of his showdown with the Ukrainian great, but the bookies are not so sure Preview Wednesday, November 25, 2015 – 2:18pm See related Tyson Fury Batman stunt video: …read more Source: The...
Ukraine bans all Russian planes
Ukraine bans all Russian planes from using its airspace after Russian state-controlled energy giant Gazprom said it had halted gas deliveries to its neighbour. …read more Source:...
Ukraine closes its airspace to Russia in latest escalation
Tensions still high following Russia’s annexation of Crimea and separatist war in eastern UkraineUkraine’s prime minister says his government has decided to close the country’s airspace to all Russian planes.Kiev banned all Russian airlines from flying into Ukraine last month, but Russian planes have been allowed to fly over its...
