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Putin ‘urges talks on east Ukraine’
President Putin calls for talks on “statehood” for eastern Ukraine and says it is “impossible to predict” the end of the crisis, Russian media report. …read more Source:...
Ukraine and Russia in troop exchange
Ten captured Russian paratroopers and 63 Ukrainian soldiers have been exchanged following negotiations, Russian media report. …read more Source:...
Ukraine crisis: Russia in a ‘state of war’ with Europe, warn leaders
European leaders last night warned that the presence of Russian soldiers in Ukraine represented a serious threat to the security of the whole continent, with some calling for a dramatic escalation of the EU’s response given Moscow’s “state of war” against Europe. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine says Russian tanks flatten town; EU to threaten more sanctions
KIEV/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Ukraine said Russian tanks had flattened a small border town and pro-Russian rebels had made fresh gains in its east, as EU leaders signaled on Saturday they would threaten more sanctions against Moscow over the crisis. …read more Source:...
‘Praying for death’ in Ukraine
Activist relives humiliation and horror at hands of Ukraine rebels …read more Source:...
EU threatens Russia with unspecified new sanctions if Ukraine crisis worsens
European Union leaders agree only to draw up measures within a week, amid concern over economic ramificationsThe European Union has threatened Russia with new trade sanctions if Moscow fails to start reversing its action in Ukraine, but sharp divisions among leaders at a summit in Brussels left the timing of any measures uncertain. After a...
EU gives Russia new sanctions ultimatum
European Union tells Vladimir Putin – one week to scale back intervention in Ukraine or face further sanctions …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: Nato is at a crossroads. Where does it go from here?
This week’s Nato summit at Newport will determine whether the long peace we have (western Balkans excepted) enjoyed in Europe since 1945 survives. Vladimir Putin’s adventurism does not presage a new Cold War. It is more dangerous than that, for we are back in the 1930s: demilitarised Western democracies and weak leaders for whom the...
Has Elton John rescued the Ukrainian boy he tried to adopt? Six-year-old Lev and his family are plucked from conflict by foundation run by singer’s close friend
Sir Elton has known Lev since attempting to adopt him in 2009. It is believed the singer was involved in rescuing Lev, his brother and grandmother from Mariupol, Ukraine. …read more Source: Daily...
EU names Tusk, Mogherini to top jobs, ready Russian sanctions
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders on Saturday chose Poland Prime Minister Donald Tusk to chair their Council and named Italian Federica Mogherini to run the bloc’s foreign relations, as the EU prepared to threaten Russia with new sanctions over Ukraine. …read more Source:...
