Section: The United Kingdom
Fearful of Russia, Lithuanian volunteers sign up fearing a repeat of Ukraine
Finishing his working week as a lawyer, Robert Juodka puts on his fatigues, loads his assault rifles into the car and heads off to the woods to take part in training. He and his comrades regard their “war games” as deadly serious; preparations for resisting a Russian invasion. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine likely to restructure Russia debt
Ukraine government is squaring up to its international creditors …read more Source: Financial...
Ukraine ex-president’s son ‘drowns’
A son of Viktor Yanukovych reportedly drowns in Lake Baikal in Russia – the latest in a series of deaths of people close to Ukraine’s ex-president. …read more Source:...
Son of former Ukrainian leader Viktor Yanukovych dies in accident in Russia
Viktor Yanukovych’s son of same name killed after minibus plunges through ice on Lake Baikal in Siberia, reports Ukrainian politicianAn associate of Ukraine’s deposed president says the former leader’s son has died in an accident in which a minibus plunged through the ice on Lake Baikal in Russia.Nestor Shufrych, a deputy in...
Oligarch calls for Ukraine nationalisation
One of the country’s most powerful businessmen says privatisation process was criminal conspiracy …read more Source: Financial...
West should consider all tools, including arms, for Ukraine: NATO general
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The West should consider using all its tools to help Ukraine, including sending defensive weapons, NATO’s top military commander said on Sunday. …read more Source:...
MoS’s ‘vital clue’ in hunt for who shot down MH17: Investigators believe the ‘missile vapour trail’ photo points the blame at Russia
Official investigators say the image offers clear evidence of the BUK missile attack from a position on the edge of the town of Snizhne in pro-Russian rebel-held eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Daily...
Putin’s war of attrition: Is Lithuania next?
Tensions are running high in Lithuania, over Russia’s involvement?in the Ukrainian ?conflict. And, writes Rageh Omaar, there are growing fears within the former Baltic state that they could become the next targets for Russian aggression …read more Source: The...
Is this the smoking gun that links Russian separatists to the Malaysia Airlines crash?
A Dutch journalist may have discovered a smoking gun that links pro-Russian separatists to the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash. A metal fragment from the crash site matches a surface-to-air BUK rocket, Dutch broadcaster RTL said on Thursday, supporting a theory that the plane was downed by rebel fighters in eastern Ukraine. The fragment was...
The 20 photographs of the week
Cyclone Pam hits Vanuatu, the dramatic election in Israel, the attack on the Bardo museum in Tunis, the solar eclipse – the best photography in news, culture and sport from around the world this week … …read more Source: The...
