Section: The United Kingdom
Pentagon nominee supports arming Ukraine
Ashton Carter hints at US shift on military aid …read more Source: Financial...
Grandeur to rubble: Inside Donetsk International Airport
Donetsk airport was a showpiece of Ukraine’s progress. Today it lies in tatters after months of fighting between national and rebel forces. …read more Source:...
Russian Mum Talks Of ‘Treason’ Jail Ordeal
Activist Svetlana Davydova spends two weeks in custody for allegedly telling Ukraine about possible Russian troop movements. …read more Source: Sky...
Ukraine calls for further military and financial support
Kiev looks to IMF and US for urgent assistance as conflict-hit country teeters on brink of economic collapseUkraine is asking the international community to provide more military and financial support, with US secretary of state John Kerry due in Kiev on Thursday.A team from the International Monetary Fund is also in Kiev as Ukraine attempts to...
Shells kill five at hospital in Ukraine as Kiev hopes for US weapons
Civilians die in Donetsk while fighting continues on eve of John Kerry’s visit to Kiev …read more Source: The...
Russians present in Ukraine in specialist roles: U.S. envoy
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The U.S. ambassador to NATO said on Wednesday that Russian soldiers were present in eastern Ukraine in a command role and to operate advanced military equipment, but that another large-scale Russian intervention did not appear imminent. …read more Source:...
Donetsk hit by shells as violence intensifies in Ukraine – video
At least three people were killed in a series of shellings in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on Wednesday that pro-Russian separatists said were Uragan missiles fired by Ukrainian forces. Earlier, the Ukrainian military said two of its soldiers had been killed and 18 wounded in fighting against pro-Russian separatists in the previous 24...
Ukraine: Deadly Shelling Hits Donetsk Hospital
A children’s playground and a school were also struck as the US considers sending weapons to the Ukrainian military. …read more Source: Sky...
VIDEO: Gunfire on blasted streets of Donetsk
Olga Ivshina reports from a residential area in Donetsk in Eastern Ukraine where houses have been caught in shelling. …read more Source:...
Ukraine crisis: shell hits Donetsk hospital
Donetsk hospital hit by shell leaving ‘several’ dead as Pope Francis decries the ‘scandal’ of the Ukraine crisis …read more Source: The...
