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CHILDREN take up arms in Ukraine and learn how to fire weapons
Extremists from the Azov unit, a far-right militia which is defending Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, are running a week-long summer military camp, to teach children how to survive in conflict. …read more Source: Daily...
Can Britain turn Ukraine’s inefficient, corrupt military into a fighting force?
“I had to join up and fight, what would I reply otherwise when my little boy asks me in the future: ‘Daddy, what did you do when our country was invaded by the Russians?’ Sometimes your life takes you on an unexpected path.” …read more Source: The...
Ukraine and rebels trade blame for violating ceasefire
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists accused each other on Wednesday of attempting to break a six-month-old peace agreement, with a rebel official warning of the threat of “big war” if the ceasefire crumbles. …read more Source:...
Homeland season five to tackle Snowden, Putin and Isis
The fifth season of the spy series will adopt a ‘ripped-from-the-headlines’ approach, with a focus on cyberterrorism and privacyArt will imitate life in the fifth season of Homeland as the espionage series tackles ripped-from-the-headlines storylines focusing on Isis, the Charlie Hebdo attack, Edward Snowden and Vladimir Putin. Related: The...
MH17 was downed by ‘bomb PLANTED by CIA which was detonated from satellite in space’
DOOMED Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was downed over eastern Ukraine by on-board explosives PLANTED by the CIA and detonated via a signal sent from a satellite in space, according to a bizarre new Russian claim. …read more Source:...
‘Tsarist’ uniforms at Crimea schools
Some students in Sevastopol are wearing 19th-Century-style uniforms to school. …read more Source:...
Russia’s Putin discussed escalation of violence in Ukraine: Interfax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed a recent spike in violence in east Ukraine with his security council, Interfax said on Wednesday, citing the Kremlin. …read more Source:...
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Wednesday 12 Aug 2015
Russia and the West ‘prepare for war’ The European Leadership Network think tank has warned that Russia and Nato are “actively preparing” for war, with the greatest military build-up in Europe since the Cold War underway. Russia mobilised 80,000 troops in March, with Nato or the US the only possible adversaries. Nato began...
Russia and the West ‘actively preparing for war’
Description Vladimir Putin at the controls of a Tupolev bomber in 2005 Credits Vladimir Roidonov/Getty Alt Text Vladimir Putin Think tank warns old enemies are increasing tensions with large-scale military exercises One-Minute Read …read more Source: The...
Ukraine fighting violates truce – EU
The European Union says a surge in attacks on government-held areas in eastern Ukraine violates a February peace deal with pro-Russia separatists. …read more Source:...
