Section: The United Kingdom
Is Latvia next on Putin’s hit list?
Historical parallels are not hard to find at Latvia’s Museum of Occupation as the country prepares for elections overshadowed by the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The...
Heavy fighting for Ukraine airport
More heavy clashes have been taking place in Ukraine, as pro-Russian separatists try to wrest control of Donetsk airport from government forces. …read more Source:...
Ukraine ceasefire must be observed: Lavrov tells Kerry
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in a phone conversation on Friday that strict observance of conditions for a peace plan between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels must be maintained. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian rebels keep up attacks on government-held airport in Donetsk
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine accused Russian forces on Friday of helping separatists step up pressure on government troops holding the main airport in the eastern city of Donetsk, threatening a fragile ceasefire. …read more Source:...
Lenin statue’s nose and ear on sale ‘to raise funds for anti-Russian forces’
Body parts from memorial destroyed in Ukraine last week made available online by enterprising supporters of pro-Kiev volunteer battalions in the east. RFE/RL reports Most of the massive statue of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin that a crowd in Kharkiv toppled last week still lies where it landed in the citys central Freedom Square. And no wonder....
Ukraine crisis divides Latvian voters
Ethnic tensions simmer amid election battle …read more Source: Financial...
Ukraine: Darth Vaders run for parliament
Darth Vaders are just some of the more unusual candidates registered to run in Ukraine’s parliamentary elections. …read more Source:...
Red Cross condemns Donetsk shelling
The Red Cross condemns indiscriminate shelling in eastern Ukraine after one of its employees is killed in the rebel-held city of Donetsk. …read more Source:...
Red Cross worker killed in Ukraine
Swiss national killed by shell that landed near ICRCs offices in the rebel-held city of DonetskA Swiss Red Cross worker was killed by a shell that landed near the international organisations office in Ukraines separatist-held city of Donetsk on Thursday.A Reuters witness saw the body of a middle-aged man lying at the entrance to the building....
Mortar bomb hits Red Cross building in Ukraine’s Donetsk, one killed: agency
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A mortar bomb hit a building used by the International Committee of the Red Cross in Ukraine’s separatist-held city of Donetsk on Thursday, killing a Swiss citizen, Russian news agency Interfax quoted the rebels’ defense ministry as saying. …read more Source:...
