Section: The United Kingdom
Sweeping new US and EU sanctions target Russia’s banks and oil companies
Putin remains defiant as Russian companies such as Sberbank and Gazprom are barred from western capital in dramatic sanctions over Ukraine Armoured Russian vehicle seen inside Ukraine Despair in Luhansk after weeks of fire, fighting and GradsRussias largest banks, oil producers and defence companies will be cut off from international finance and...
Armoured Russian vehicle found inside Ukraine
Personnel carrier bearing blue circle and yellow writing of peacekeepers was seen after Ukrainian convoy was destroyedThe Guardian has found more evidence of Russian military hardware operating inside Ukraine, spotting an armoured vehicle marked with the symbol of the Russian army’s “peacekeeping forces”.The armoured personnel...
U.S. steps up sanctions on Russia over Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States announced more sanctions against Russia on Friday, affecting oil and defense industries and further limiting the access of major Russian banks to U.S. debt and equity markets to punish Russia for its intervention in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
US strengthens sanctions on Russia
The US imposes new sanctions on major Russian banks, defence and energy firms, hours after a similar move by the European Union. …read more Source:...
How Russia forced Ukraine into ceasefire
For a 400-strong Ukrainian army unit based around the south-eastern village of Stepanivka, mid-August was the moment their lives turned to horror …read more Source: Financial...
Ukraine truce deal: The 12-point plan
What ceasefire plan says – and what has been done …read more Source:...
Vitali Klitschko: Vladimir Putin wants the whole of Ukraine
The Mayor of Kiev Vitali Klitschko discusses the new sanctions on Russia and why the Russian president isn’t done in Ukraine yet …read more Source: The...
Dutch hope metal shards will lead them to missile that hit MH17
ROTTERDAM (Reuters) – Investigators trying to find out who shot down Malaysia Airlines MH17 over eastern Ukraine have recovered 25 pieces of metal from baggage and bodies, which could lead them to the missile believed to have torn apart the airliner. …read more Source:...
EU raises pressure on Moscow with tougher sanctions
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union tightened sanctions on Russia on Friday over its role in the Ukrainian conflict, restricting access to financing for top Russian banks, defense and energy firms and freezing the assets of senior politicians and rebel leaders. …read more Source:...
EU would be safer with Ukraine as member, says Ukrainian president
Petro Poroshenko says at Kiev summit that it would be impolite for Brussels to refuse Ukraine a ‘membership perspective’Ukraine’s president, Petro Poroshenko, has said he expects Ukraine to join the European Union eventually, and said Europe would be safer, richer and younger with his wartorn country as a member.Speaking at a...
