Section: The United Kingdom
Ukraine hunger strike pilot ‘OK’
Ukrainian military pilot Nadia Savchenko says she feels “OK” despite spending 82 days on hunger strike in prison in Russia. …read more Source:...
EU ready with sanctions if Ukraine ceasefire violated, Merkel says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned Russia on Wednesday that any serious violation of the current ceasefire in east Ukraine – which she described as “fragile” – would prompt Europe to impose further sanctions on Moscow for supporting the separatists. …read more Source:...
French court approves Kazakh tycoon Ablyazov’s extradition
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s highest appeals court paved the way on Wednesday for the extradition to either Russia or Ukraine of jailed Kazakh tycoon Mukhtar Ablyazov, accused of embezzling up to $6 billion from his former bank BTA. …read more Source:...
Italy PM Renzi says Ukraine sovereignty must be respected
KIEV (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi backed European efforts to resolve the crisis in Ukraine on Wednesday, saying Rome was fully committed to preserving the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. …read more Source:...
UK politicians back controversial plan to modernise Ukraine
Leading UK politicians are courting controversy by supporting a new European reform and investment programme launched today to help modernise Ukraine and which is backed by one of the country’s richest oligarchs currently fighting extradition. …read more Source: The...
Russia’s Putin says doesn’t want repetition of gas conflicts with Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he didn’t want gas conflicts with Ukraine similar to those in the past. …read more Source:...
Passenger jet diverted off Irish coast to avoid Russian bombers
Two Tu-95 bombers flew into Irish airspace with transponders turned off before RAF saw them off One-Minute Read Wednesday, March 4, 2015 – 10:51am Two Russian bombers flying in Irish-controlled airspace forced a commercial plane carrying hundreds of people to divert in mid-air and delayed another plane’s take-off from Dublin airport....
Coal mine explosion leaves more than 30 dead in rebel east Ukraine, local official says
Rescue workers have not yet arrived at the coal mine in the separatist stronghold of Donetsk …read more Source: The...
Violence in east Ukraine kills one government serviceman: military source
KIEV (Reuters) – One Ukrainian government serviceman was killed and another was wounded in eastern Ukraine despite a ceasefire deal with pro-Russian rebels who have taken up arms there, a military source said on Wednesday. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Key role of Ukraine’s ‘steel city’
The BBC’s Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reports from the steel works in Mariupol in south-eastern Ukraine, where the owner of the steelworks is supporting the Ukrainian government. …read more Source:...
