Section: The United Kingdom
Martin Rowson on Michael Fallon and Russia – cartoon
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Ukraine crisis moves to new front as Russian-backed rebels launch assault on Mariupol
Mariupol becomes “epicentre” of fighting in east Ukraine as Russian-backed rebels launch assault on Azov sea resort village of Shyrokyne …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: Can the UK handle the Bear threat from Russia?
The presence of Bears in the sky off the coast of Cornwall is nothing new. Russian warplanes, especially the bombers with that name, have been probing Britain, and Western Europe’s, air defences regularly as relations with Vladimir Putin have deteriorated: Nato flew no fewer than 400 intercepts last year: a 400 per cent increase from 2013....
Russian bombers testing the RAF hark back to cold war for Putin and the west
Tensions grow across Europe as Russian president exploits divides in Nato and EU in his efforts for paternalistic world order that rejects western ‘weakness’The sight of Russian long-range nuclear bombers testing the RAF in the skies off Cornwall has brought home the perils faced daily by the inhabitants of eastern Ukraine and reignited...
Families of victims in Ukraine massacre slate investigation into deaths
Relatives of the ‘Heavenly Hundred’ civilians killed in Kiev say Ukraine investigation is mired in corruption and delay …read more Source: The...
Retreating Ukrainian troops ‘abandoned on the frontline’
14 soldiers died and many more were injured as Ukraine left the strategically important hub of Debaltseve. …read more Source:...
Defeat on the Elbe
All must have prizes THE German chancellor, Angela Merkel, may be the West’s de facto leader in the Ukraine crisis, a quasi-hegemon in the European Union and unassailably popular in opinion polls. But her centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has growing weaknesses, as Hamburg, one of Germany’s 16 federal states, showed on...
The fire that did not cease
Victory into defeat THE latest peace plan never had much chance. Shortly after signing it in Minsk, rebel leaders declared that Debaltseve, where several thousand Ukrainian troops were located, fell outside its terms. After the “ceasefire” started on February 15th, they continued their assault. By February 18th the flag of Novorossiya, the...
Zimbabwe: why the EU is easing sanctions
Credits: Getty ImagesAlt Text: Robert Mugabe Robert Mugabe is offered an economic ‘olive branch’ – but what exactly is going on in Zimbabwe? Briefing Thursday, February 19, 2015 – 2:31pm See related: Robert Mugabe: from freedom fighter to fearsome dictator Is Grace Mugabe set to be the next ruler of Zimbabwe? Robert Mugabe takes...
Ukraine firing spreads despite truce
Shelling is reported a number of places in eastern Ukraine as leaders hold talks on how to enforce the ceasefire officially in place since Sunday. …read more Source:...
