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EU leaders try to defuse Ukraine crisis as fears over war grow
Warnings that Putin decision to send troops and armour risks spiralling into all-out conflictEuropean leaders gathered in Brussels on Saturday night to wrestle with how to get a failing policy on Ukraine back on track, amid fears that Vladimir Putin’s campaign in the east of the country could spiral into full-scale war.The summit was...
No sweet dreams for David Cameron
Chris Riddell on the prime minister’s mounting woes … …read more Source: The...
The readers’ editor on sharp-eyed readers
It may be August, but our readers remain alert to errors, and offer some clever, wise and sometimes funny observationsThese are the dog days of August when our UK readers have been enjoying the delights of the summer holidays, but that doesn’t mean that they or others around the world are any less engaged with their Sunday paper. People...
EU sets Russia sanctions ultimatum
The EU gives Russia one week to reduce its military involvement in Ukraine or face new sanctions, as Ukraine’s leader talks of the “point of no return”. …read more Source:...
David Cameron is caught between the virtues and vices of Europe
In Brussels this weekend the PM will plead for a European response to the crises in Ukraine and Iraq. But at home he has to appear stridently anti-EU to placate the right of his partyDavid Cameron has become accustomed to going to EU summits to fight battles over the budget, veto treaties, or try to block appointments of federalists.In December...
Ukraine crisis: EU summit seeks to show it backs Kiev
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 crisis: Russian mothers of killed and captured soldiers ask ‘why are our sons fighting in Ukraine?’
The men appeared tired, defeated and demoralised. Dressed in green camouflage they stared into the camera and tried to explain why, as Russian paratroopers, they were in eastern Ukraine. “Name yourself,” an interviewer said. “I am a citizen of the Russian Federation,” the soldier replied. …read more Source: The...
On the borders of ‘New Russia’, pro-Putin forces point their tanks towards central Ukraine
The arrival of troops in the town of Novoazovsk has triggered fears of a Russian invasion …read more Source: The...
Ukraine near ‘point of no return’
Ukraine’s president says his country is “close to a point of no return – full scale-war”, as the EU discusses more sanctions against Russia. …read more Source:...
Ukraine: Mariupol residents fortify the city in preparation for rebel advance – video
Residents of eastern Ukrainian port city Mariupol dig trenches and build sand barricades on Saturday after separatist rebels threatened to take the city. Rebels have been advancing along the Sea of Azov coast. Mariupol is a strategically important industrial city for the Ukrainian government and is situated around 35m from the Russian border...
