Section: The United Kingdom
MH17 crash report is set for release, but it is unlikely to offer closure
Technical report on 2014 air disaster in Ukraine will avoid ‘blame and culpability’ – though its evidence may further bolster argument Russia was involvedIn a hangar at an airfield in southern Holland, a ghost has been conjured from the gloom. Over the past nine months Dutch investigators have been fitting together pieces of recovered plane...
Photographs reveal the decaying city of Pripyat abandoned after 1986 Chernobyl disaster
Today the abandoned city of Pripyat, Ukraine sits in ruin after its 50,000 residents were evacuated a day after an explosion at the nearby Chernobyl power plant. …read more Source: Daily...
Russia backs bigger OSCE mission in Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Saturday it wanted to see a bigger European monitoring mission in Ukraine to help oversee withdrawal of mortars, tanks and light artillery under recent agreements. …read more Source:...
PM urges Merkel to revive renegotiations
Syria, Ukraine and Britain’s future in Europe raised at Cameron’s birthday meeting …read more Source: Financial...
Ukraine ex-security official doubts MH17 report will give answers
VINNYTSIA, Ukraine (Reuters) – A former top official in Ukraine’s security service said on Friday he doubted a final international report on the crash of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 would provide conclusive answers. …read more Source:...
Putin’s plan for Syria
A man holds portrait of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (R) and Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad (L) during a rally in support of Syrian regime in front of the US Embassy in Moscow in 2012. © ANDREY SMIRNOV/AFP/Getty Images As David Cameron prepares the way for a vote on bombing in Syria, Britain faces an ugly choice: whether to...
Ukraine leader says he hopes ‘fragile truce’ will hold
ASTANA (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko struck a conciliatory tone on Friday in his comments on Russia and Moscow-backed rebels during his visit to Kazakhstan, the Kremlin’s ally in Central Asia. …read more Source:...
UK commits to long-term troop deployment in Baltic states
Description British troops prepare for military exercises with other Nato members in Ukraine Credits Sean Gallup/Getty Images Alt Text British troops Move ‘likely to raise hackles’ in Moscow, which has accused Nato of trying to militarise border territories …read more Source: The...
Ukraine urges donors to double commitment
Kiev is not prepared to offer Russia ‘special deal’ over a $3bn bond maturing in December …read more Source: Financial...
Writer uses Nobel victory speech to condemn Kremlin over Ukraine
A Belarussian writer spoke out against Russia’s “invasion” of Ukraine yesterday after winning the Nobel prize for literature for her depictions… …read more Source: The...
