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Million ‘have fled Ukraine conflict’
The number of people who have fled the fighting in Ukraine has doubled in weeks, and the UN says more than a million have now been displaced. …read more Source:...
Million ‘have fled Ukraine conflict’
The number of people who have fled the fighting in Ukraine has doubled in weeks, and the UN says more than a million have now been displaced. …read more Source:...
Putin boasts he could take Kiev in two weeks if he liked
Vladimir Putin has boasted to European leaders that Russian forces could overrun the whole of Ukraine in a fortnight. The… …read more Source: The...
EU proposes tough sanctions on Moscow as Ukraine rebels advance
BRUSSELS/KIEV (Reuters) – European officials proposed sweeping new sanctions on Tuesday to starve Russia’s companies of capital and technology as punishment for Moscow’s intervention in Ukraine, where Kiev officials said Russia was bolstering an “invasion” force. …read more Source:...
Million ‘have fled Ukraine conflict’
The number of people who have fled the fighting in Ukraine has doubled in weeks, and the UN says more than a million have now been displaced. …read more Source:...
Ukraine: what does Russia’s Vladimir Putin want? video
More than 2,500 have been killed in the conflict in Ukraine, and relations between Russia and the west are more tense than at any time since the cold war. Where will this conflict end, and what are Vladimir Putin’s objectives in this protracted war? In recent weeks Russian involvement has become more visible. Russia has moved an estimated...
Ukraine crisis leaves Estonia feeling vulnerable and isolated again
Obama’s visit will do little to lift the small Baltic state’s familiar feelings of powerlessness next to its Russian neighbourWhen Barack Obama lands in Estonia on Wednesday he will find a country anxious not just about the intentions of its big eastern neighbour but of its new western allies too.Obama’s whistlestop tour is...
Crimea does not need gay people, says top official
Sergei Aksyonov tells Russian media that police and self-defence forces will be called if the LGBT community tries to organise gatherings. RFE/RL reportsCrimeas most senior official has said sexual minorities have no chance on the peninsula that Russia annexed from Ukraine in March.Speaking about gay people during a Crimean government session on...
The first day of the new school year in Ukraine – in pictures
With flowers, bells, balloons and processions, the first day of the school year is a big event in Ukraine … …read more Source: The...
Russia vows to adopt beefed up new military doctrine over Ukraine crisis
Russia announces plan to adopt beefed up new military doctrine over Nato’s plans to establish a rapid-response team …read more Source: The...
