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Russia’s Putin welcomes Ukraine ceasefire
CHERSONEUS, Crimea (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that it was welcome that both Ukrainian armed forces and separatists in eastern Ukraine had ceased military operations, calling this the main achievement in peace efforts in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Donald Trump gives Ukraine gathering the benefit of his wisdom by video link
The Republican presidential hopeful suggests setting up ‘a safe zone some place in Syria’ and tells political leaders his feeling for Ukraine is ‘very, very strong’US presidential candidate Donald Trump made a bizarre appearance via video link to a major gathering of European politicians in Kiev on Friday, in which he promised to...
Ukraine crisis: Embattled President Petro Poroshenko blames Russia for West’s woes but has no answers to his country’s problems
The West’s failure to counter Vladimir Putin’s “neo-imperial aggression” has led to the “little green men” who are now landing by their hundreds in Syria, Ukraine’s embattled President Petro Poroshenko has claimed. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine moves to boot out Russian troops in fightback against Putin’s ‘imperialism’
UKRAINIAN President Petro Poroshenko has demanded that Russia pull out thousands of its troops after warning of Putin’s “deadly new imperial ambitions”. …read more Source:...
Italy’s Berlusconi rubs shoulders with Putin in Crimea
YALTA, Crimea (Reuters) – Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi became the most prominent Western politician to visit Russian-annexed Crimea when he strolled beside the Black Sea on Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin. …read more Source:...
Strip Russia of its UN veto, says Ukraine president
Petro Poroshenko says Russia is a “challenge to the democratic world” with “deadly new imperial ambitions” and should lose UN Security Council veto …read more Source: The...
Kremlin says extension of east Ukraine peace deal possible
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France will agree to roll-over a peace deal for eastern Ukraine if it is not fully implemented this year as intended, the Kremlin’s top foreign policy aide, Yuri Ushakov, said on Friday. …read more Source:...
Putin ousts Ukraine rebel to gain favour with West
A Russian-led coup inside east Ukraine’s rebel leadership along with an increase in military engagement in Syria herald a strategic shift… …read more Source: The...
Russian court hands out tough jail term for Ukrainian flag stunt
MOSCOW, Sep 10 (Reuters) – A Russian court on Thursday convicted a Ukrainian man of helping try to paint his country’s national flag on a Moscow skyscraper as an act of protest against the Kremlin’s foreign policy and sentenced him to two years and three months in jail. …read more Source:...
Russia building major military base near Ukrainian border
According to documents on the Russian government’s website, nine barracks for 3,500 soldiers are being built near the village of SolotiRussia has started building a huge military base housing ammunition depots and barracks for several thousand soldiers near the Ukrainian border, a project that suggests the Kremlin is digging in for a...
