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Exclusive: Russia building major military base near Ukrainian border
SOLOTI, Russia (Reuters) – Russia has started to build 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 prolonged stand-off with Kiev. …read more Source:...
Ukraine ceasefire more respected now, NATO chief says
PRAGUE (Reuters) – A ceasefire in eastern Ukraine is being respected more now than in the past, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday. …read more Source:...
Let Putin be your fitness inspiration hero
Need an excuse to get off the sofa? Look no further than ‘Putinspiration’ – exercise motivation tips with a political twist “Fitspiration” is the Instagram hashtag de jour, with six million posts showing flat abs or toned arms coupled with captions like “the harder the struggle the more glorious the triumph” and “earn your selfie”.“Fitspo”,...
U.S. sees continued international support for Ukraine: senior official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A debt deal between Ukraine and creditors marks a way forward and the United States expects the International Monetary Fund and international community to keep supporting the country, a senior U.S. Treasury official said on Tuesday. …read more Source:...
Russians forces seize drunk Ukraine troops
Russia has captured three Ukrainian paratroopers who crossed into Crimea to offer their Russian counterparts a slice of melon in… …read more Source: The...
ICC gets wider scope to probe possible war crimes in Ukraine
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Ukraine granted wider jurisdiction to the International Criminal Court on Tuesday that will enable ICC prosecutors to investigate possible war crimes committed during Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukraine still faces threat of Russian military offensive: Poroshenko
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine still faces the threat of a full-scale Russian military attack despite several days of relative calm on the front-lines of the east where government forces confront Russian-backed separatists, President Petro Poroshenko said on Tuesday. …read more Source:...
US fears build-up of Valdimir Putin’s Russian forces in Syria could spark conflict
The European Leadership Network, a group made up of members from both Russia and Europe, has warned that relations are heading towards Cold War levels of hostility following events in Ukraine. …read more Source: Daily...
UN says close to 8,000 killed in east Ukraine
GENEVA (Reuters) – At least 7,962 people have been killed and 17,811 wounded in violence in eastern Ukraine since mid-April 2014, the U.N. Human Rights Office said on Tuesday, as it published a regular report by U.N. monitors in the country. …read more Source:...
Fighting in Ukraine at lowest level
Fighting in eastern Ukraine falls to its lowest level since the conflict started, according to Ukrainian Defence Minister Stepan Poltorak. …read more Source:...
