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Ukrainian president calls for NATO states to provide weapons
BERLIN (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called on NATO states to send weapons to his country, saying in a newspaper interview that civilian deaths and the growing conflict should provide the Western alliance with enough reason to come to Ukraine’s aid. …read more Source:...
Nato shows signs of battle fatigue in confrontation with ruthless Putin
Russia’s Kremlin, unfettered by the need to build consensus, is ahead of the game in clash with Europe and the US over Ukraine – and waging a propaganda warDemocracy is messy. And, when it comes to multinational clubs and coalitions like Nato or the EU, it is also very bureaucratic. Committees and task forces, summits and consensuses,...
Europa partnership of newspapers questions Joe Biden
US vice-president responds to questions on conflict in Ukraine, relations with Russia and Islamic State in a written interviewEuropa partners: The war in eastern Ukraine is reigniting with great ferocity. President Obama has said the US is ready to “ratchet up the pressure” on Russia. What does that mean concretely? Should embargoes be tightened...
U.N. aviation agency says in talks to open new Black Sea air route
MONTREAL (Reuters) – The UN’s aviation agency wants to open a new route for commercial aircraft in international airspace over the Black Sea that will be managed by Ukraine and without “interference” from Russia, the agency’s secretary-general said. …read more Source:...
Wladimir Klitschko on Ukraine crisis: ‘It’s a war that nobody wants to see’
Heavyweight champion addressed Ukraine crisis Wednesday in New York38-year-old made remarks at press conference to announce April title fightKlitschko to defend titles against Bryant Jennings at Madison Square GardenSalesmanship gave way to social consciousness Wednesday when Wladimir Klitschko concluded a news conference at Madison Square Garden...
Donetsk residents are all players in a terrible lottery
A mother in eastern Ukraine buries her son – yet another casualty in a civil war that is killing civilians with appalling randomness. …read more Source:...
Dangerous plan to arm Ukraine | Letters: Pofessor Richard Sakwa and Denis MacShane
Timothy Garton Ash suggests it is time to arm Ukraine against the insurgency in the Donbass and to counter Russian propaganda (Sometimes only guns will stop guns. And Putin must be stopped, 2 February). This is as ill-conceived as it is dangerous and represents a fundamental misreading of the situation. It will only pile logs onto a burning fire,...
Joe Biden dispatched to Europe to shore up Nato resolve over Ukraine crisis
US vice-president to discuss sending lethal weapons to Ukraine and will also meet European Commission leaders in Brussels during diplomacy tripVice-president Joe Biden has been dispatched to Europe to shore up Nato resolve over Ukraine and discuss sending lethal weapons to halt recent Russian-backed advances, according to sources in the US...
Ashton Carter: Barack Obama’s nominee for US Defence Secretary backs providing ‘lethal arms’ to Ukraine
The man Barack Obama wants to become the US’s next defence secretary has said he supports Washington providing “lethal arms” to Ukraine to support it in an escalating conflict with Russian-backed rebels. …read more Source: The...
Ashton Carter: Barack Obama’s nomination for US Defence Secretary backs providing ‘lethal arms’ to Ukraine
The man Barack Obama wants to become the US’s next defence secretary has said he supports Washington providing “lethal arms” to Ukraine to support it in an escalating conflict with Russian-backed rebels. …read more Source: The...
