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Nato plans east European bases to counter Russian threat
Nato chief announces move in response to Ukraine crisis and says alliance is dealing with a new Russian military approachNato is to deploy its forces at new bases in eastern Europe for the first time, in response to the Ukraine crisis and in an attempt to deter Vladimir Putin from causing trouble in the former Soviet Baltic republics, according...
Russian soldiers’ capture in Ukraine threatens to cloud Putin-Poroshenko talks
Ukrainian security services have released video footage purporting to show Russian servicemen who were captured by Ukrainian government forces while fighting alongside pro-Moscow rebels in Ukraine …read more Source: The...
Exclusive: In Ukraine, an armored column appears out of nowhere
MOSCOW/ NOVOAZOVSK Ukraine (Reuters) – On Monday, a resident of Novoazovsk in south-eastern Ukraine said she saw a column of armored vehicles approach the town and start shooting. …read more Source:...
Russian paratroopers captured in Ukraine ‘accidentally crossed border’
Ukrainians release images and video of Russian paratroopers captured in Ukraine despite Moscow’s repeated claims that its troops have never crossed border …read more Source: The...
Ukraine: The Story On The Russian Soldiers
Russia does not deny its soldiers were in Ukraine but says they crossed the border by mistake – Ukraine says it was no accident. …read more Source: Sky...
Belarus hopes to benefit as host of Ukraine-Russia talks
Regardless of whether talks produce results, they will help bring Minsk and dictator Alexander Lukashenko in from the coldWhile expectations of a breakthrough at Tuesday’s meeting between the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and his Ukrainian counterpart, Petro Poroshenko, are extremely low, there is one person hoping to benefit from the...
Proof grows Moscow army involved in Ukraine
Kiev releases videos of four captured Russian soldiers who say they were sent by Moscow to eastern Ukraine for military operations …read more Source: Financial...
Ukraine crisis: Russian soldiers captured in conflict area crossed border ‘by accident’
Russian soldiers captured by Ukrainian forces crossed the border accidentally, a source from Russia’s Defence Ministry has reportedly claimed. …read more Source: The...
Dispute over captured Russian soldiers before Putin-Poroshenko talks
MINSK/KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine released video footage on Tuesday of what it said were Russian soldiers captured on its territory, only hours before the presidents of the two countries were due to meet for the first time in months. …read more Source:...
Russia admits its soldiers have been caught in Ukraine
Defence ministry source claims captured soldiers seen on video were on a border patrol and had strayed into Ukraine by mistakeSources in Moscow have admitted that men captured inside Ukraine are indeed serving Russian soldiers, but said they crossed the border “by mistake”. The admission comes as President Vladimir Putin is due to...
