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Ukraine’s Poroshenko talks tough ahead of meetings with Merkel, Putin
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday he would call on Russian President Vladimir Putin to rein in pro-Russian separatists when the two men meet next week and told the Kremlin chief he had “a strong country, a strong army” behind him. …read more Source:...
Russian aid convoy clears customs at east Ukraine border
Guards fill in paperwork at rebel-held crossing after demands for Kiev-led cargo check and Red Cross safety guaranteesThe first trucks in a vast Russian aid convoy have cleared customs at a rebel-held border point in east Ukraine and are poised to move further into the country after almost two weeks of speculation over Moscow’s intentions...
Ukraine and Russia: Battering on
IN A dusty Russian field close to the border with Ukraine, a fleet of nearly 300 trucks sit under the hot summer sun. Their arrival on August 14th was a sideshow to the war inside Ukraine, a piece of political sleight-of-hand that was neither a true humanitarian mission (as Moscow presented it) nor a prelude to invasion by Russian “peacekeepers”...
Ukraine ‘Captures Russian Armoured Vehicles’
Russia denies the claims, saying Ukraine’s army has the same equipment and documents allegedly found inside had been stolen. …read more Source: Sky...
Ukraine captures Russian armoured vehicles
Fresh accusations as Kiev forces continue their advance to clear the provincial capital of Russian-backed separatists …read more Source: Financial...
‘Ambiguous warfare’ providing NATO with new challenge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Since Russia’s annexation of Crimea in March, NATO has been publicly refocusing on its old Cold War foe Moscow. The threats it now believes it faces, however, are distinctly different to those of the latter half of the 20th century. …read more Source:...
As Ukraine forces gain in east, focus of German diplomacy shifts
BERLIN/KIEV (Reuters) – After months of ratcheting up pressure on Vladimir Putin, concern is mounting in Berlin and other European capitals that an emboldened Ukraine’s military successes in the east are reducing the chances of a face-saving way out of the crisis for the Russian leader. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Ukraine crisis: Who controls what?
Pro-Russian rebels, who had taken control of eastern Ukraine, are under pressure as government forces fight to regain control. …read more Source:...
Russian aid convoy at last starts to cross into Ukraine
After a week of delays the first of 262 trucks from a controversial Russian aid convoy have begun to clear… …read more Source: The...
Serbia’s foreign policy: Divided loyalties
A NICE summing-up of Serbia’s foreign-policy dilemmas was shown in a recent drawing by Corax, the country’s leading political cartoonist. Aleksandar Vucic, Serbia’s prime minister, is shown playing two pianos at once, with Angela Merkel, Germany’s chancellor, conducting on one side, and Vladimir Putin, Russia’s...
