Section: The United Kingdom
Ukraine ceasefire threatened by sham poll
Donetsk is a city on a war footing, but the central heating is still on and the shops are open… …read more Source: The...
John Craces sketch: scary times for the Russian submarine as the Commons harks back to Trafalgar
The defence secretary must pretend the world depends on British armed services until Julian Brazier ruins the illusionThe Royal Navy is still, without doubt, the best in the world, said Labour MP Stephen Pound to rousing grunts of approval from the Conservative benches. How then is the minister planning to celebrate Trafalgar Day? Junior minister...
Russian vessel hunted by Swedes likely to be midget sub, say military experts
Moscow denies entering Swedish waters but Nato says Russian military activity in Baltic has increased since Ukraine crisisSwedish armed forces widened the hunt for a suspected submarine on Monday, with helicopters, naval vessels and some 200 military personnel combing the Stockholm archipelago for foreign underwater activity.As the search...
Explosion rocks pro-Russian rebel meeting in Donetsk – video
Rebel leaders duck for cover during a news conference in Donetsk as a powerful explosion rocks the building on Monday. The blast occurred around noon (0900 GMT) near a munitions factory in the city’s northeast, a stronghold for pro-Russian separatists. The Ukrainian military has denied responsibility for the blast, saying it had nothing to...
Russian artist cuts off earlobe in protest at use of forced psychiatry on dissidents
Pyotr Pavlensky, who once nailed his scrotum to Red Squares cobblestones, says protest is over return to Soviet-era methodsA controversial Russian artist who once nailed his scrotum to the cobblestones of Red Square has been hospitalised after cutting off his earlobe to protest at the forced psychiatric treatment of dissidents.Pyotr Pavlensky, a...
Hope and obstacles as Russia and Ukraine seek gas deal
MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – A tentative agreement between the Ukrainian and Russian presidents has raised hopes of ending a dispute in which Moscow has halted natural gas supplies to Kiev, but several obstacles still have be overcome. …read more Source:...
Shakhtar Donetsks Donbass Arena hit by blast damage from shelling
Powerful explosion damages Euro 2012 venueShakhtar have moved their home matches to LvivShakhtar Donetsk say armed men have occupied officesShakhtar Donetsks Donbass Arena suffered serious blast damage from shelling on Monday despite a ceasefire agreed between the Ukraine government and Russian-backed separatists.Photographs posted on Twitter...
Ukraine crisis: Donetsk explosion sends blast wave across rebel-held city amid claims Kiev fired ‘tactical missile’ at factory
A huge explosion has rocked the rebel-held city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, smashing windows over a radius of several kilometres and sending a vast mushroom cloud up into the sky. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine, Russia gas deal may be just enough to get through winter
LONDON (Reuters) – An interim natural gas deal by Moscow and Kiev, reached over the weekend, could supply just enough to get Ukraine through the winter as long as the weather does not become unusually cold, Reuters research shows. …read more Source:...
Amnesty deplores abuses in Ukraine
Amnesty International finds evidence of atrocities committed by both warring sides in eastern Ukraine, but not on the scale reported by Russia. …read more Source:...
