Section: The Guardian (The United Kingdom)
US increasingly concerned that Russia is intent on partitioning Ukraine
With rebels having seized extra 200 square miles of territory, US’s leaking of talks about sending weapons to Kiev may be Obama’s way of warning Putin to back offThe public disclosure that the US is considering supplying lethal weaponry to Ukraine in its battle with Russian-backed separatists reflects heightened American concern that...
Donetsk opera house: tanks on the street but the show must go on
The city’s opera house remains open despite the dangers posed by the conflict between local separatists and Ukrainian forcesBy now in Donetsk, everyone from children to pensioners can differentiate between the sound of incoming and outgoing fire, or identify a mortar or Grad rocket from its pitch. At the Donbass Opera, however, people are...
Donetsk opera house – in pictures
Amid the fighting in Ukraine – and against all the odds – Donetsk’s opera house remains open, despite the fact that none of the troupe have been paid in months, all four conductors have left the city, and the singers take a risk every time they travel to work. Photographer Maria Turchenkova met cast members as they prepared for a...
US considers providing arms to Ukraine as rebels step up attacks, says report
John Kerry and military ‘open to arming Kiev forces’, says New York TimesWashington concerned by renewed fighting after breakdown of truceAt least two dozen dead in renewed fighting in UkrainePresident Barack Obama’s administration is considering providing Ukrainian forces with defensive weapons and equipment in the face of a rebel...
Putin must be stopped. And sometimes only guns can stop guns | Timothy Garton Ash
The time for diplomacy will come again, but it is not now: Ukraine urgently needs military support, and a counter to Russian propagandaVladimir Putin is the Slobodan Milošević of the former Soviet Union: as bad, but bigger. Behind a smokescreen of lies he has renewed his drive to carve out a puppet para-state in eastern Ukraine.Innocent...
More than 39 killed in eastern Ukraine in only 24 hours
Hopes of a ceasefire evaporate after peace negotiations in Belarus collapse againThirteen government soldiers and at least as many civilians have been killed in 24 hours in eastern Ukraine’s separatist conflict after the collapse of peace talks, a spokesman for the Kiev authorities said.Hopes of easing the situation evaporated on Saturday...
The 20 photographs of the week
The 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the Australian Open tennis in Melbourne and celebration and heartache in Ukraine – the best photography in news, culture and sport from around the world this week … …read more Source: The...
Call for immediate ceasefire in eastern Ukraine as fighting intensifies
Ceasefire call comes after more than 20 civilians and 15 Ukrainian soldiers are killed in clashes with Russian-backed separatistsThe head of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe has called for an immediate ceasefire in eastern Ukraine following a rapid deterioration of the situation in the past 24 hours.Ivica Dačić, who is also...
Ukraine crisis: Kiev hopes talks will go ahead despite renewed violence
Ukraine hopeful rebels will attend Saturday’s talks in MinskSeparatists say they will continue offensive if talks failTwelve people killed in rebel stronghold of Donetsk on FridayDonetsk, Ukraine: ‘They are trying to destroy us’ – videoKiev’s pro-Western leaders hope to hold truce talks on Saturday with pro-Russian...
Ukraine: artillery fire in Donetsk kills at least 12 civilians, according to reports
Fighting between pro-Russia separatists and government troops intensifies, with hostilities focused around DebaltseveArtillery fire in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk has reportedly killed at least 12 civilians as the fighting between pro-Russia separatists and government troops intensifies.Donetsk city hall says five people were killed early on...
