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Nato crisis meeting on Ukraine
Nato is holding an emergency meeting to discuss the eastern Ukraine crisis, after presenting more evidence of direct Russian military involvement. …read more Source:...
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...
Ukraine crisis: The phoney war is over as Russian troops and armour flood across the border
Barack Obama accused Russia of “repeatedly and deliberately” violating the territory of Ukraine and warned Moscow that it was now more isolated than at any time since the Cold War. …read more Source: The...
US Accuses ‘Lying’ Russia Of Ukraine Incursion
Barack Obama rules out military action in Ukraine as the US rejects Moscow’s denial of direct Russian involvement in the conflict. …read more Source: Sky...
Russians start asking: are we at war?
Families demand answers over deaths and disappearances of troops thought to have been fighting in neighbouring Ukraine. RFE/RL reportsIn early spring, Russian president Vladimir Putin deployed soldiers without insignia into the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea to ensure a quick annexation of the territory.After a month of denying their existence,...
Ukraine president accuses Russian soldiers of backing rebel thrust
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s president said on Thursday that Russian troops had entered his country in support of pro-Moscow rebels who captured a key coastal town, sharply escalating a separatist war and prompting anger and alarm among Kiev’s Western allies. …read more Source:...
The deterrent effect: Russia’s interference in Ukraine requires a new response
Now, at least, the gloves are off. At talks on Tuesday Vladimir Putin once again denied having a thing to do with the insurrection in Ukraine, but his words, and those of the Kremlin, describe a situation utterly at odds with the reality on the ground. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: All eyes turn to Mariupol as separatist showdown looms
Mariupol is not among the places which became symbolic, or even particularly well known, to the outside world when the flames of separatism spread through the Donbass: but what happens there in the next days can be a game-changer in Ukraine’s increasingly bloody and vicious civil war. …read more Source: The...
Obama: Russia causing Ukraine crisis
US President Barack Obama accuses Russia of being responsible for the violence in eastern Ukraine, as Nato prepares to hold an emergency meeting. …read more Source:...
