Section: The United Kingdom
Almost 1,000 dead since Ukraine truce
An average of 13 people have been killed daily in eastern Ukraine since the 5 September ceasefire came into place, a leading UN official says. …read more Source:...
Ukraine peace outlook is bleak: OSCE official
VIENNA (Reuters) – Prospects for peace in eastern Ukraine are “bleak”, underscoring the need to uphold a shaky ceasefire between government forces and pro-Russian separatist rebels, a senior official from the OSCE security watchdog said on Thursday …read more Source:...
Eastern Ukraine fighting kills 13 per day despite ceasefire: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – Fighting in Eastern Ukraine has killed an average of 13 people each day in the eight weeks since a Sept. 5 ceasefire agreement, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said in a statement on Thursday. …read more Source:...
Tony Abbott invites Ukraine’s Petro Poroshenko for security talks
Australia’s PM calls Ukraine president following G20 conference to set up meeting and Poroshenko accepts invitationThe prime minister, Tony Abbott, has invited the Ukrainian president, Petro Poroshenko, to visit Australia to discuss security.Abbott spoke to Poroshenko on Wednesday night following last weekend’s G20 leaders conference....
Culture war divides Russia’s music stars
Culture war over Ukraine splits Russia’s music stars …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Russia’s cultural rift over Ukraine
Sarah Rainsford heard from two Russian music stars now thrust onto opposing sides in what is becoming a new, “cultural war” over Ukraine. …read more Source:...
The new cold war: are we going back to the bad old days?
With diplomatic tensions and mysterious military activity ratcheting up, Putin’s Russia and the west are increasingly flexing their muscles. Are we on the brink of a new confrontation or did the era of danger and paranoia never really go away?• Read Luke Harding on Russia’s spies, sleepers and hitmen Tanks and troops invading a...
How to solve the Ukraine crisis: pistols at dawn
Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko is challenged to a duel by rebel leader to solve the conflict once and for all …read more Source: The...
Putin gives cool welcome to envoy after declaring US ‘wants to subjugate’ Russia
The Russian president says little to John Tefft but declares the country ‘ready for practical cooperation with our American partners’The new US ambassador to Moscow presented his credentials to Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, less than a day after the Russian president declared the US “wants to subjugate us” but would never succeed.Ambassador...
British embassy in Ukraine tweets guide to Russian tanks
UK officials in Kiev post a graphic of a T-72BM tank and photographs of apparent sightings of them in eastern UkraineBritain’s embassy in Kiev risked provoking fresh Russian anger on Wednesday by posting a diagram on Twitter “to help the Kremlin spot its tanks” in Ukraine.“Putin still denying Russia’s troops and hardware are in...
