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U.S. moves to reassure Georgia as Ukraine crisis stokes unease
TBILISI (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel vowed to help further strengthen Georgia’s military during a rare visit on Sunday to the former Soviet republic, which has watched Ukraine’s crisis with alarm after fighting its own brief war with Russia in 2008. …read more Source:...
NATO’s new missions won’t solve Ukraine, Iraq crises
NEWPORT Wales (Reuters) – NATO leaders emerged from a summit in Wales with a plan to protect eastern members from a resurgent Russia, a pledge to reverse the decline in their defense spending, and an embryonic Western coalition to combat Islamic militants in Iraq. …read more Source:...
Vladimir Putin ‘possessed by Satan and faces eternal damnation’
Ukraine’s Orthodox Church head claims Vladimir Putin is possessed by Satan and faces eternal damnation in hell in statement titled “New Cain” …read more Source: The...
VIDEO: Ukraine truce shaken by new shelling
There is fresh shelling near Donetsk airport, after a deadly attack in Mariupol, raising fears that Ukraine’s ceasefire may collapse. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Heavy shelling reported near Mariupol
There has been heavy shelling on Saturday night on the outskirts of the eastern Ukrainian port of Mariupol, raising concerns over whether the ceasefire is holding. …read more Source:...
Nato faces Russia cartoon
Chris Riddell on Nato’s announcement of a 4,000-strong rapid reaction force to counter Russian threat … …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: Woman killed as shelling near Donetsk challenges ceasefire
A woman has been killed and three soldiers wounded as reports emerge of fresh shelling in eastern Ukraine just two days after the government and Russian-backed rebels agreed to a ceasefire. …read more Source: The...
Fresh shelling challenges Ukraine truce
Incidents come hours after Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine’s president, said he and Vladimir Putin had reassured each other ceasefire was being observed …read more Source: Financial...
Ukraine crisis: One dead as shelling near Donetsk challenges ceasefire
A civilian has been killed and a solider wounded as reports emerge of fresh shelling in eastern Ukraine just two days after the government and Russian-backed rebels agreed to a ceasefire. …read more Source: The...
West’s ‘plan to force out Putin will backfire’: Moscow claims US is exploiting Ukraine conflict in bid to force Russian president out of power
Former Russian prime minister, Sergei Stepashin, has called Barack Obama ‘a hawk who dresses up as a peacekeeper’ and claims he is creating a new Cold War to force Putin out. …read more Source: Daily...
