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Ukraine president Petro Poroshenko calls snap election for October
Premier dissolves parliament as country continues to battle pro-Russia insurgents, while Kiev accuses Moscow of interferingUkraine’s president, Petro Poroshenko, dissolved parliament and called for early elections in October as his country continued to battle a pro-Russia insurgency in its eastern regions, and Kiev again accused Russia of...
Ukraine president calls snap elections
Complete overhaul of government was one of the central demands of protesters who toppled Moscow-friendly Viktor Yanukovich from the presidency …read more Source: Financial...
Tensions rise in Ukraine as Russia accused of secretly sending tanks over border
Officials in Kiev said a column of 10 tanks and two armoured vehicles had driven into the south east of the country near the town of Shcherbak, which could open a new front in the fighting. …read more Source: Daily...
Ukraine crisis: ‘Rebels in Russian tanks’ cross border into south-eastern Ukraine
A column of Russian tanks and armoured vehicles has crossed into south-eastern Ukraine, away from where most of the intense fighting has been taking place, the Ukrainian military claimed on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine president calls snap vote
Ukraine’s president dissolves parliament and calls a snap election for October, as his forces continue to fight pro-Russian separatists in the east. …read more Source:...
Nato says Russia convoy could be distraction
Anders Fogh Rasmussen fears escalation in Donbass region with Moscow building up forces both inside and along the border with Ukraine …read more Source: Financial...
Ukraine crisis: ‘Rebels using Russian tanks’ cross border into south-eastern Ukraine
A column of Russian tanks and armoured vehicles has crossed into south-eastern Ukraine, away from where most of the intense fighting has been taking place, the Ukrainian military claimed on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Business sentiment falls in Germany for fourth straight month
Concerns about the Ukraine crisis and the effect of sanctions against Russia sweep through Europe’s largest economyGerman business sentiment dropped for a fourth straight month in August as concerns about the Ukraine crisis and the effect of sanctions against Russia swept through corporate boardrooms in Europe’s largest economy.The...
Putin is key to avoiding a new cold war | David Owen
The presidential summit in Minsk offers hope of a deal over Ukraine. But the Russian leader will not accept humiliationWhen the presidents of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine meet in Minsk tomorrow, it will inevitably recall the time leaders of those same republics met to dissolve the USSR at the Belavezha hunting lodge in Belarus on 8 December...
Russian tanks ‘cross into Ukraine to open up new front’
Russian tanks and armoured vehicles crossed into south eastern Ukraine today on a route that could outflank Ukrainian forces besieging… …read more Source: The...
