Section: The United Kingdom
Ukraine Deaths Soar As Russian Lorries Halted
A convoy some fear may contain weapons grinds to a halt in Russia, as the number of people killed in the conflict tops 2,000. …read more Source: Sky...
Anti-Ukraine war activists arrested for protest in Moscow
Activists have been arrested outside the Ukrainian Embassy in Moscow, as they protest against Valdimir Putin’s involement in the Ukraine conflict …read more Source: The...
Ukraine denounces Russian ‘cynicism’ as aid convoy nears border
Kiev vows to prevent hundreds of lorries from crossing the frontier, fearing a pretext for a Russian invasion …read more Source: The...
Ukraine’s city under siege
No water, no power and no phones in east Ukraine …read more Source:...
‘Cynical’ Russian aid convoy due in Ukraine
A column of 262 Russian military trucks – described as humanitarian aid by Moscow and a “cynical” provocation by Kiev -… …read more Source: The...
EU’s Ashton ready to call special meeting on Iraq, Ukraine
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton is ready to call a special foreign ministers’ meeting as early as this week and is talking to EU governments about it, a spokesman said on Wednesday. …read more Source:...
Twelve Ukrainian nationalist fighters killed in separatist ambush
KIEV (Reuters) – Twelve Ukrainian nationalist fighters, battling a pro-Russian insurgency in eastern Ukraine, were killed early on Wednesday and an unknown number taken captive when rebels ambushed their bus, a spokesman for their group said. …read more Source:...
Ukraine says Russian aid convoy won’t be let in, denounces Moscow’s ‘cynicism’
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine denounced the dispatch of a Russian humanitarian aid convoy to eastern Ukraine as an act of Russian cynicism on Wednesday and said it would not be allowed in. …read more Source:...
280-lorry Russian aid convoy set to reach Ukraine border within hours
West fears operation is a prelude to invasion while Moscow insists it wants to help residents trapped by conflictA huge Russian convoy allegedly carrying humanitarian aid was expected to reach the Ukrainian border on Wednesday afternoon, in an operation the west fears may be a prelude to a Russian invasion but which Moscow insists is designed to...
Circles of power: Putin’s secret friendship with ex-Stasi officer
After revelations of Russian presidents links to former chancellor Gerhard Schröder, investigation sheds light on relationship with influential German businessman When Vladimir Putin spends time in the German capital, a detour to Fuggerstraße in the Schöneberg district of Berlin is a must. There are many restaurants, bars and cafés there, and...
