Section: The United Kingdom
Russia’s roadmap for annexing eastern Ukraine ‘leaked from Vladimir Putin’s office’
Moscow has been planning to annex parts of Ukraine for more than 12 months, according to sensational claims made in a Russian newspaper. …read more Source: The...
Russia defends Minsk ceasefire deal while France warns of further sanctions – video
Russia is concerned that those outside Ukraine and in Kiev want a peace deal in the east of the country to fail, foreign minister Sergei Lavrov says on Wednesday. The French foreign minister, Laurent Fabius, says Moscow willl face more EU sanctions if pro-Russia rebels attack Ukraine’s government-held port of Mariupol, which he points out...
Ken Clarke: Sending troops to Ukraine will not ‘solve anything’
Former Tory Cabinet minister undermines David Cameron’s pledge to send UK troops to Ukraine to help train government forces fighting Russian separatists. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine truce appears to take hold; currency trading banned
KIEV/MAKIYVSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – A long-awaited truce appeared to be taking hold at last in east Ukraine on Wednesday as pro-Russian rebels pulled artillery from the front, but the news did nothing to halt a currency collapse that forced the central bank to ban most trading. …read more Source:...
Ukraine crisis: Children having classes on bombs as humanitarian ‘catastrophe’ worsens
Ukraine is a country being ripped apart, where a million people have fled their homes and children sheltering from shelling in cellars are being taught what different kinds of bombs sound like. …read more Source: The...
Russia says many in Kiev want Ukraine peace deal to fail
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is concerned that many people in Kiev and outside Ukraine want a peace deal in the east of the country to fail, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday. …read more Source:...
France says Russia would face more sanctions if Mariupol attacked
PARIS (Reuters) – Moscow would face more EU sanctions if pro-Russia separatists attack the Ukrainian port of Mariupol, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Wednesday, potentially opening a corridor to the south, including the annexed Crimean peninsula. …read more Source:...
Russia says many in Kiev want Ukraine peace deal to fail: Interfax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is concerned that many people in Kiev and outside Ukraine want a peace deal in the east of the country to fail, Russia’s Interfax news agency quoted Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on Wednesday. …read more Source:...
PM sends British troops to train Ukraine’s army
Credits: BBCAlt Text: David Cameron speaks to a committee of MPs EU must stand up to Putin, says Cameron, who says 75 British soldiers will travel to Ukraine One-Minute Read Wednesday, February 25, 2015 – 9:13am David Cameron has announced a British military training mission in Ukraine and warned of “deeply damaging”...
Now David Cameron orders troops to Ukraine as tensions with Russia reach boiling point
DAVID Cameron yesterday raised the stakes with Russia by ordering 75 British troops to war-torn Ukraine to help boost its military effort. …read more Source:...
