Section: The United Kingdom
Ukraine military says one serviceman killed in separatist east
KIEV (Reuters) – One Ukrainian serviceman has been killed and four wounded in fighting in separatist eastern territories in the past 24 hours despite a ceasefire deal, a Ukrainian military spokesman said on Monday. …read more Source:...
Japan slams ex-PM Hatoyama’s Crimea visit
TOKYO (Reuters) – The Japanese government sharply criticized a former prime minister on Wednesday for his visit to the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, saying his action is at odds with Japan’s stance on the Ukraine situation and calling him “grossly imprudent”. …read more Source:...
Britain should arm Ukraine, says Tory donor
Former Ukrainian businessman argues that Cameron and Obama should send weapons and ammunition to support the government in KievEurope has failed to slay the demons of war – Richard SakwaAs the conflict in Ukraine approaches the one-year mark, the time has come to admit that the current approach of the west is failing. No one can seriously doubt...
Russia may ease Ukraine’s gas terms, but Kiev must settle its bills
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia may ease the terms of its gas supplies to Ukraine, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak told Reuters, but he said that sooner or later Kiev would have to pay for the gas Moscow is supplying to rebel-held areas of east Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Eurosceptics playing into Vladimir Putin’s hands, says Labour
Shadow Europe minister Pat McFadden says it is incoherent for David Cameron to call for tougher European action against Putin and then threaten to leave EUThe willingness of Vladimir Putin to test European resolve has exposed the weakness of the Eurosceptic case and it requires a reinvigorated British membership of the European Union, according...
Britain could be heading for another Cold War with Russia warns Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond
Hammond slammed Russian leader Vladimir Putin for “illegally annexing Crimea and using Russian troops to destabilise eastern Ukraine” …read more Source:...
Don’t Blame British Spies For Ukraine Crisis
If intelligence agencies are busily recruiting Russian speakers, it shows Cold War experts should not have been allowed to leave. …read more Source: Sky...
VIDEO: ‘Rifles and grenades still echo’
Fergal Keane travels between the Ukrainian and rebel frontlines near Donetsk to meet the men and women fighting on each side. …read more Source:...
More Russian tanks, equipment cross Ukraine border: U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russian tanks and heavy military equipment have crossed the Ukrainian border in the last few days in breach of a European-brokered ceasefire agreed on Feb. 12, a senior U.S. State Department said on Tuesday. …read more Source:...
Vladimir Putin says he only ordered the annexation of Crimea to Russia because an ‘unofficial survey’ told him to do so
Vladimir Putin has claimed that the decision to annex Crimea to the Russian Federation was only made after officials carried out an “unofficial survey” of the people living there. …read more Source: The...
