Section: The United Kingdom
David Cameron: Russia’s actions in Ukraine are ‘indefensible and wrong’
David Cameron has cautiously welcomed a ceasefire in Ukraine but insisted that new sanctions against Russia would still go ahead until a proper peace plan is put in place …read more Source: The...
Estonian security officer abducted on border with Russia
Security service says officer captured and taken to Russia at gunpoint while working to prevent cross-border criminal activityAn Estonian security officer has been abducted during an operation to stop an illegal crossing on the Russian border and taken at gunpoint across to Russia, Estonia’s internal security service has...
Putin walks a tightrope as evidence mounts of Russians dying in Ukraine | Natalia Antonova
Vladimir Putin cannot appear weak, but the public wont stand for full-scale conflict. So the stalemate continuesHatred is not a tame beast. Once unleashed, it can be surprisingly hard to coax it back into its pen even for a popular leader such as Vladimir Putin. The stunning reversal of the fortunes of the Ukrainian army in rebel-held regions in...
Ukraine’s uneasy ceasefire hangs in the balance
Just hours ahead of talks in Belarus heavy shelling resounded on the outskirts of the port city of Mariupol, and though Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels may have signed an agreement on a ceasefire “there is very little trust either side will keep their word” says Roland Oliphant …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: Nato agrees major troop deployment to guard against Russian aggression
A 4,000-strong Nato rapid reaction force – initially including 1,000 British troops – is to be established in response to Russian aggression in Ukraine, it has been announced. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels agree ceasefire due to go into place today – but separatists still want a split from Kiev
Petro Poroshenko confirmed that envoys in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, signed an agreement. Rebels announced separately a deal on Twitter. …read more Source: Daily...
Reports: Ukraine And Rebels Agree Ceasefire
Ukraine’s president says “we must do everything, possible and impossible” to end the bloodshed in his country. …read more Source: Sky...
Ukraine: Nato To Form Rapid Response Force
Nato prepares sanctions against Russia and warns: “Should you even think of attacking one ally, you will face the whole alliance.” …read more Source: Sky...
David Cameron presses for Nato force in eastern Europe video
Opening the second day of the Nato summit in Newport, the prime minister says he hopes to agree on a ‘multinational spearhead force’ with its headquarters in Poland and units in the Baltic states. Cameron says Nato member states ‘face new and evolving dangers’ from Russia and Islamic State (Isis) … …read more...
Ukraine ceasefire deal ‘signed’
The Ukrainian government and pro-Russian rebels meeting in Minsk sign a protocol to start a ceasefire, the Ukrainian president says. …read more Source:...
