Section: The United Kingdom
No one knows what Putins up to, but sanctions are the wests biggest mistake | Angus Roxburgh
The outcome of the coming weeks deliberations is predictable, but the result could be the partition of UkraineEuropean Union leaders meet in Brussels on Saturday, and Nato heads of government in Wales next week, to formulate fresh responses to the dangerously escalating crisis in Ukraine. Their language will be pugilistic, but in truth Vladimir...
Ukraine-Russia crisis: live
Conflict in eastern Ukraine has killed nearly 2,600 people since mid-April, UN reports, as Ukraine says Moscow suggestion of humanitarian corridor move shows Kremlin control of separatists – follow the latest developments here …read more Source: The...
Tony Abbott condemns Russia over accusations its troops entered Ukraine – video
Tony Abbott has branded Russia’s latest actions in Ukraine an invasion and says they are ‘completely, absolutely and utterly unacceptable’. But the prime minister says Australia cannot make a unilateral decision to exclude the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, from the G20 leaders’ summit in Brisbane in November. NATO...
Russia: Ukraine Troops Claims Are ‘Conjecture’
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said claims that its troops are fighting in eastern Ukraine are “conjecture”. …read more Source: Sky...
Nato to hold emergency Ukraine summit
Rouble falls to a record low as tensions worsen and Russian-backed rebels have been advancing in a new front in the southeast of Ukraine …read more Source: Financial...
Russia strikes back against Canada in Twitter confrontation over Ukraine situation
Russia struck back against Canada yesterday in the farcical Twitter confrontation unfolding as real events in Ukraine threaten to spin violently out of control. …read more Source: The...
Change he believes in: Obama’s new suit choice takes more slack than his policies
Russia invades Ukraine, Isis rampages through the Middle East. …read more Source: The...
Obama accuses Russia of sending troops into Ukraine
President rules out US military action, but says Moscow’s actions will bring ‘more costs and consequences’ for RussiaBarack Obama has accused Russia of sending troops into Ukraine and being responsible for an upsurge in violence in the country.Speaking at a news conference in Washington, the US president said Russia was...
Pro-Russian rebels say they will allow trapped Ukrainian forces to flee
After Russian president Vladimir Putin called on pro-Russian rebels to open up a ‘humanitarian corridor’, the fighters say they will allow Ukrainian troops to withdraw …read more Source: The...
Tony Abbott condemns Russian ‘invasion of Ukraine’ as bullying
The prime minister says he will speak to G20 members about whether Vladimir Putin should attend November summitTony Abbott has condemned Russia over its invasion of Ukrainian territory, saying reports of troop movements indicate an absolutely clear-cut case of a larger country bullying a smaller country.The Australian prime minister said he would...
