Section: The United Kingdom
EU to debate fresh Russia sanctions
EU foreign ministers are due to meet in Brussels to discuss imposing further sanctions on Russia amid an upsurge in fighting in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Russia boycotts European rights body
The Russian delegation at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe resumes its boycott in protest at Ukraine sanctions. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Ukraine hospitals ‘under attack’
The BBC’s Sarah Rainsford meets Andreas Koutepas, the local Medecins Sans Frontieres co-ordinator in Artemivsk, eastern Ukraine, who says that hospitals in the region have come under attack. …read more Source:...
Syriza links with Russia spark alarm
Greek energy minister speaks out against Ukraine sanctions …read more Source: Financial...
West must help Ukraine to defend itself
US and allies should give weapons to prevent Putin’s aggression …read more Source: Financial...
Russia says Kiev’s actions will escalate Ukraine fighting
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Wednesday military action by the Ukrainian government would prompt an “inevitable further escalation of the conflict” with pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine and undermine any peacemaking. …read more Source:...
‘Doubt everything’ – Ukrainian students’ warning to Russian counterparts
Students in Kiev release YouTube video for their Moscow equivalents speaking out against ‘rampant Kremlin propaganda’ they say fuels the conflict in eastern Ukraine. RFE/RL reports“Check what you hear, doubt what you see.”This is the advice handed out by Ukrainian students to their Russian counterparts via YouTube, in a bid to tackle what...
EU emergency meeting set to punish Russia – but Greece may intervene
Tsipras government could disrupt Thursday’s summit after it disagreed with a joint EU statement on Mariupol shellingEuropean governments are to push for tighter sanctions against the Kremlin and against Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, but the new left-wing Greek government of Alexis Tsipras is likely to use the emergency...
Kazakhstan clamping down on freedoms, says UN report
Results of fact-finding visit say central Asian state allows ‘limited space’ for ‘dissenting views’ and fears protests like those that triggered Ukraine crisis Kazakhstan is clamping down on peaceful rallies for fear of a repeat of the demonstrations that triggered the Ukraine crisis, a United Nations rapporteur said in a critical...
US Gives $2bn To Ukraine As Fighting Continues
America warns of more sanctions against Russia as it signs an aid package with the Ukrainian government. …read more Source: Sky...
