Section: The United Kingdom
NATO shakes up Russia strategy over Ukraine crisis
NEWPORT Wales (Reuters) – NATO will bolster its eastern defenses and buttress support for Kiev at a summit starting on Thursday, prompted by the Ukraine crisis to enact the most radical shift in its strategy towards Russia since the end of the Cold War. …read more Source:...
Nato plans for conflict of the future
How can Nato best respond to threats such as Ukraine crisis? …read more Source:...
Ukraine peace hopes push shares towards record
Strength of economy puts MPC in rate rise quandaryBritain’s strengthening economy and reports of a truce in Ukraine helped London’s stock market jump to a 14-year high and put it within striking distance of an all-time record peak.European stock markets also benefited from a Ukraine-induced increase in share prices that have been...
Ukraine Troops In Call For Better Arrns
A volunteer tells Sky News there is a risk the Ukrainian army will march on Kiev unless things improve on the ground. …read more Source: Sky...
Far from keeping the peace, Nato is a threat to it | Seumas Milne
It was the prospect of Ukraine being drawn into the western military alliance that triggered conflict in the first placeFor the west’s masters of war, it’s a good time to be in Wales. A military alliance that has struggled for years to explain why it still exists has got a packed agenda for its Newport summit. Nato may not be at the...
Sky Films Troops ‘In Russian Gear’ In Ukraine
The men were travelling in a convoy that included an armoured personnel carrier and two machine gunners mounted on pick-up trucks. …read more Source: Sky...
France suspends delivery of helicopter assault ships to Russia due to Ukraine crisis
François Hollande’s office announces that ‘conditions have not been met’ for the sale of the first of two warships to Russia for a total of 1.2 billion euros, due to Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The...
Vladimir Putin raises prospect a peace deal could be achieved in Ukraine
The Russian president says ways to resolve the conflict are close as the Kremlin publishes a plan to end the crisis which has killed more than 2,000 people …read more Source: The...
The Guardian view on Nato’s choices in Ukraine and the Middle East | Editorial
Nato countries have been blindsided by the new challenges in a world that gets more difficult by the dayPity poor Nato, faced with challenges which the great military and political apparatus it created during the cold war is so ill suited to counter. In the Middle East, the rise of a new jihadist movement burst upon the western nations who had...
Putin and Poroshenko weigh ceasefire
Seeking to make sense of conflicting signals analysts suggest both presidents have reason to make steps towards a negotiated settlement …read more Source: Financial...
