Section: The United Kingdom
VIDEO: Divided by the frontline in Ukraine
Tom Burridge reports from one of Ukraine’s divided regions, Donetsk, from both sides of the frontline. …read more Source:...
British military trainers in Ukraine
British military personnel have begun training members of the Ukrainian army engaged in fighting against pro-Russian rebels, the BBC learns. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s refugees find new future in Poland
Ukrainian refugees begin new lives in Poland …read more Source:...
Ukraine peace plan creaks amid fresh Russian-Ukrainian dispute
KIEV (Reuters) – A peace plan to end the conflict in eastern Ukraine came under renewed strain on Wednesday, with Ukraine and Russia clashing publicly over the next steps and further Ukrainian military casualties from rebel attacks testing a fragile ceasefire. …read more Source:...
Vladimir Putin addresses 100,000 supporters marking one year since Russia seized Crimea
Putin appeared on stage today at a celebratory concert by the walls of the Kremlin to make an impassioned justification for seizing the Black Sea peninsula. …read more Source: Daily...
Biden, Ukraine’s Poroshenko agree Russia sanctions must be tied to Minsk
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko agreed in a telephone call on Wednesday that sanctions against Russia must be tied to the full implementation of the Minsk peace plan, the White House said. …read more Source:...
Biden and Poroshenko agree over Russian sanctions
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Vladimir Putin praises Russian patriotism and claims: Ukrainians and Russians are one
Russia celebrates the one year anniversary of the annexation of Crimea as the Russian president claims Crimea has returned to its “native shores” …read more Source: The...
Obama, Merkel reiterate no easing of sanctions on Russia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, speaking by phone on Wednesday, reiterated their agreement that there will be no easing of sanctions imposed on Russia over its support for Ukrainian separatists until it has fulfilled all of its commitments under the Minsk ceasefire agreement, the White...
Foul stench in rebel-held east Ukraine as war hits water treatment
DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Fighting in east Ukraine has interfered with water treatment, producing a foul stench from the taps that aid workers say could bring health risks. …read more Source:...
