Section: The United Kingdom
Exclusive: West holds off on Ukraine aid pledges, seeking reforms
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – International lenders are delaying plans to offer Ukraine billions of dollars on concerns Kiev cannot yet prove the cash will not vanish into a corrupt economy which EU officials fear could remain a “bottomless pit”. …read more Source:...
Poland says four U.S. Thunderbolt planes join exercises
WARSAW (Reuters) – U.S. A-10 Thunderbolt II attack planes are taking part in military exercises in Poland for the first time, the Defense Ministry said, as part of U.S. attempts to reassure eastern European allies worried by Russia’s intervention in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Moscow could reignite Ukraine fighting, US diplomat fears
The senior State Department official acknowledges that violence has dramatically declined in eastern Ukraine …read more Source: The...
Paul Wolfowitz: When should we intervene?
US soldiers in a firefight with the Taliban in Afghanistan, 2011. © US Army I think we should definitely keep giving help to Afghanistan,” said Paul Wolfowitz. “Unfortunately, the question” of whether Congress will agree to that “is a good one.” “It’s not only money, it’s the message it would send if we abandon them. Having said that,...
Four dead as Ukraine bus hits mine
At least four people are killed after a passenger bus hit a landmine near a government-held town in eastern Ukraine, local officials say. …read more Source:...
Passenger bus blown up by mine in east Ukraine, three killed
KIEV (Reuters) – Three people were killed and six injured on Wednesday when a passenger bus struck a landmine in eastern Ukraine where government forces have been battling Russian-backed separatists, Interfax news agency said, quoting police. …read more Source:...
Ukraine wrestles with oligarch power
Ukraine leader ratchets up anti-corruption drive …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Embarrassing moment tank sent to Ukraine by UK struggles to climb TINY hill
THIS is the embarrassing moment a tank donated to Ukraine by the UK military struggles to climb a TINY hill. …read more Source:...
Reining in Ukraine’s oligarchs is long overdue
A billionaire governor’s sacking should herald a broader campaign …read more Source: Financial...
Ukraine’s president sacks oligarch from post as regional governor
Ihor Kolomoisky is removed after the businessman sends armed guards to the HQ of national oil companyUkraine’s president has sacked powerful oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky from his post as a regional governor, after an altercation that saw the businessman send armed men to the offices of a state company and launch a barrage of swearwords at a...
