Section: The United Kingdom
Tony Abbott rules out sale of Australian uranium to Russia
PM announces plan to open embassy in Ukraine and thanks Kiev for its support and friendship after MH17 tragedyAustralia has ruled out the sale of uranium to Russia and will open an embassy in Ukraine and offer the country non-lethal military assistance, Tony Abbott has announced.Australia has no intention of selling uranium to a country which is...
Ukraine ‘agrees truce’ with Putin
Ukraine’s President Poroshenko says he has agreed with Russian President Putin on a “permanent ceasefire” in the east of the country. …read more Source:...
The EU approach to Russia: beyond Kremlinology | @guardianletters
That Wesley Clark, a military man, argues in favour of military support for Ukraine against Russian aggression is hardly surprising (Tell the truth about Russia, 1 September). What is no less surprising is that Clark has grasped so firmly at the wrong end of the stick. A better understanding of Russia would have taught Clark that the long history...
Ukraine steelmen hold their ground as frontline marches towards port
MARIUPOL Ukraine (Reuters) – The war is being fought just over the hills. Civilians have started to flee the city. But the men of the vast Ilyich iron and steel works in the Ukrainain port of Mariupol are still in place, pouring molten steel, running the rolling mill and pledging to defend their factory and town from an onslaught by...
Why Nato is more relevant than it has been for 30 years
With the new threats posed by Isis and Russia, the agenda at this week’s Nato summit is full to burstingThe last time the UK hosted a Nato summit was in 1990, when Margaret Thatcher was prime minister, the cold war was coming to an end, and the alliance was questioning its relevance in a multipolar world where soft power might count more...
Obama in Europe for Ukraine talks
US President Barack Obama flies to Estonia for talks with regional leaders amid growing concern over Russia’s intervention in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Nato Summit: Ukraine Crisis To Top The Agenda
The crisis in Ukraine and the future of the Nato alliance are set to top the agenda when world leaders gather in Wales this week. …read more Source: Sky...
Nato awakes to the crisis in Ukraine
Since 1945, Europe has enjoyed the longest period of peace in its history, outside the Balkans. It has been so long that we have settled into the comfortable assumption that a conventional war on European soil can never happen again. When Nato originally agreed to hold its summit in Newport on Thursday and Friday, it seemed that it would be an...
Steve Bell on Nato cartoon
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David Cameron warns of ‘appeasing Putin as we did Hitler’
British dilemma over Russian president’s actions in Ukraine likened to conduct of Neville Chamberlain in 1930s MunichDavid Cameron has told European leaders that the west risks making similar mistakes in appeasing Vladimir Putin over Ukraine as Britain and France did with Adolf Hitler in the run-up to the second world war.In a heated debate...
