Section: The United Kingdom
Ukraine’s most dangerous prisoners escape as shell hits Donetsk jail
One prisoner was killed and 106 inmates escaped from the jail in Donetsk, Ukraine, after it was hit during fighting between the army and separatist rebels. Prisoners who stayed are pictured. …read more Source: Daily...
Russia to send humanitarian convoy to eastern Ukraine
Russia announced on Monday that it will send a humanitarian aid convoy into eastern Ukraine in co-operation with the International Red Cross, amid fears in Kiev and the West that the move is a pretext for sending Russian troops across the border. …read more Source: The...
Moscow steps up warning of refugee crisis
UN supports Russian claims that more than 160,000 Ukrainians have been displaced since the beginning of the year by the conflict …read more Source: Financial...
Ukraine criss: Russia to send humanitarian convoy to east of country, despite objections from Kiev
Russia will send a humanitarian convoy into Ukraine in cooperation with the International Red Cross, the Kremlin said Monday, despite strong opposition from the Ukraine and the West. …read more Source: The...
Russia to send humanitarian convoy into Ukraine in spite of warnings
Kremlin announces aid caravan after European commission warned that unilateral action would be seen as an invasionRussia is sending a humanitarian convoy into Ukraine in cooperation with Red Cross, the Kremlin has announced.It was not immediately clear if Russia had reached agreement with Ukraine on the issue, or if it had decided to move...
Russia warned over Ukraine ‘aid’
European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso warns against Russian military intervention in Ukraine as President Putin announces a humanitarian mission. …read more Source:...
Extreme urban climbing in Russia: Yaroslav Segeda’s jaw-dropping photo collection
Russian climber Yaroslav Segeda conquers some of Kiev’s tallest buildings …read more Source: The...
Russian agency photographer goes missing in Ukraine
The Russian news agency Rossiya Segodnya has launched a publicity campaign in support of its photographer, Andrei Stenin, who went missing in eastern Ukraine six days ago.It has been claimed that he is being held by the Ukrainian security service SBU, but the SBU denies detaining him. … …read more Source: The...
EU officials seek to limit impact of Russia’s food import ban
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union regulators on Monday began analyzing product-by-product the impact of a Russian ban on EU food imports announced in retaliation for Western sanctions over Moscow’s actions in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
The sanctions fight with Russia could make Britain go hungry
We are used to having plentiful food, and at an affordable price. But the crisis in Ukraine should remind us that we cannot take Britain’s food security for granted, writes Tim Benton …read more Source: The...
