Section: The United Kingdom
Let’s settle this war with a tank race, say Ukraine rebels
It is the modern military equivalent of a medieval jousting match. A tank biathlon — reminiscent of a Roman chariot… …read more Source: The...
Ukraine rebels are preparing for war
Russian-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine have cancelled all military leave and are mobilising for “full combat readiness”, a Kremlin-run television… …read more Source: The...
Kerry voices concern to Russian counterpart on Ukraine fighting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry expressed “grave concern” to his Russian counterpart on Thursday over a sharp rise in separatist attacks in eastern Ukraine and urged an immediate ceasefire, the State Department said. …read more Source:...
Kerry voices concern to Russian counterpart on Ukraine, Soleimani
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry expressed “gave concern” on Thursday to his Russian counterpart about a sharp increase in separatist attacks in eastern Ukraine and urged an immediate cease-fire, the State Department said. …read more Source:...
The Kremlin’s new show trials
THE latest episode in Russia’s long history of judicial travesties played out this week in a stuffy courtroom in Rostov-on-Don, a provincial city near the Ukrainian border. As two defendants sat in a cage behind their lawyers, a prosecutor in dark glasses described them as bloodthirsty Ukrainian radicals who ran a terrorist cell in Crimea...
The bonfire of the vans of cheese
Russian raclette SOVIET news programmes were often recently filled with cheerful reports of ever-greater harvests, even as store shelves remained stubbornly empty. Modern Russia’s shops are full, but its news broadcasts recently have been dominated by ugly images of the destruction of food smuggled into Russia from behind the lines of “the...
Russia adds four new countries to food import ban list
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has added Albania, Montenegro, Liechtenstein and Iceland to a list of countries from which it has banned most food imports in retaliation for Western sanctions over the Ukraine crisis, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said. …read more Source:...
Polish president hits out at Nato
Andrzej Duda says alliance needs to alter its strategy following Russia’s actions in Ukraine …read more Source: Financial...
Jimmy Carter: there is zero chance for the two-state solution
Former US President Jimmy Carter visits the Arab neighbourhood of Silwan in East Jerusalem © Pool/Pool “At this moment, there is zero chance of the two-state solution,” said Jimmy Carter, giving his bleakest pronouncement yet on the Israeli-Palestinian deadlock to which he devoted much effort while President of the United States, and even more...
British troops learn what it’s like to face Russian forces as they train Ukrainians
British troops sent to train Ukrainian forces fighting battling Russian-backed separatists are also learning from their pupils …read more Source: The...
