Section: The United Kingdom
Britain ‘cannot defend itself against Russia’
Credits: ANDREW YATES/AFP/Getty ImagesAlt Text: Two RAF Typhoon fighter jets in action UK ‘could not cope’ if Putin attacked, say military chiefs, who warn that defences have been ‘decimated’ One-Minute Read Friday, February 20, 2015 – 9:45am See related: Putin as big a threat to Europe as Islamic State, says Fallon...
Fighting persists in east Ukraine despite ceasefire
KIEV/VUHLEHIRSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Fighting persisted in east Ukraine on Friday despite new European efforts to ensure a ceasefire takes hold. …read more Source:...
Europe ‘sleep-walked’ into Ukraine crisis, say peers
Credits: ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP/Getty Alt Text: Ukrainian government’s forces in Eastern Ukraine House of Lords committee accuses UK and EU of a ‘catastrophic misreading’ of the mood in Russia One-Minute Read Friday, February 20, 2015 – 9:05am Europe “sleep-walked” into the current crisis in Ukraine, with member...
Was that the most depressing item ever on the Today prog?
Alt Text: Columnist Nigel Horne BBC reporter goes to Wolverhampton South West and finds not one student interested in voting Column Nigel Horne Friday, February 20, 2015 – 8:55am Early morning listeners to Radio 4’s Today programme are still recovering from one of the most depressing interviews they have ever heard on the show. It...
Ukraine marks bloodbath that led to war
Anniversary of events in Kiev that sparked overthrow of President Viktor Yanukovich …read more Source: Financial...
UK ‘catastrophically misread’ Ukraine crisis, claims report
The Government has been accused of “sleepwalking” into the crisis over Ukraine in a damning report. …read more Source:...
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Friday 20 Feb 2015
VITAL GREECE TALKS AFTER GERMAN SNUBEurozone finance ministers are preparing for a vital third meeting in Brussels to try to solve the Greece crisis – but Germany has already snubbed the Greek plan for a half-year deal which would effectively replace the bail-out. Germany said the plan “does not meet the criteria” already laid out by...
Russia’s rouble crisis threatens support for rebel Transnistria
Breakaway region relies on Kremlin for 70% of its budget and motherland’s economic woes have left residents feeling the pinch, reports Eurasianet.orgFifty-eight-year-old Veronica Zinici, a pensioner from the rebel republic of Transnistria, recently traveled to the Moldovan capital Chișinău for medical treatment. She also brought with her a...
UK ‘Guilty Of Sleep-Walking’ In Ukraine Crisis
The Government is accused of a collective “catastrophic misreading” of the crisis as relations between the UK and Russia worsen. …read more Source: Sky...
VIDEO: ‘I was injured in the battle of Maidan’
One year on from the violent protests on Maidan square in Kiev, Ukraine, Denys Zemlyanov remembers what it was like to be there. …read more Source:...
