Section: The Guardian (The United Kingdom)
British embassy in Ukraine tweets guide to Russian tanks
UK officials in Kiev post a graphic of a T-72BM tank and photographs of apparent sightings of them in eastern UkraineBritain’s embassy in Kiev risked provoking fresh Russian anger on Wednesday by posting a diagram on Twitter “to help the Kremlin spot its tanks” in Ukraine.“Putin still denying Russia’s troops and hardware are in...
Bird flu: Ukraine bans poultry imports from UK, Germany and Netherlands
Ukraine’s state veterinary inspectorate says ban will be valid until international watchdog says countries are free from virusUkraine has banned imports of all live birds and bird products from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Germany due to bird flu cases in those countries, Ukraine’s state veterinary inspectorate said on...
Only a vote can end the suffering in eastern Ukraine | @guardianletters
Again David Cameron talks about “Russia continuing to undermine Ukrainian sovereignty” (Cameron threatens more sanctions over Ukraine, 15 November) but the anti-Russian case of the Western countries lacks a key ingredient: do the citizens of eastern Ukraine wish to remain in the post-1991 independence borders of the republic of Ukraine? If not,...
Rhetoric: Britain’s weapon against Isis and Putin
• Rhetoric and propaganda, common weapons in two very different conflictsBritain faces two potential threats to its security. The threats are very different but the weapons chosen to counter them are similar and equally ineffective. … …read more Source: The...
Donetsk university in exile fights for survival in western Ukraine
When separatists took over, staff left everything behind to set up a new makeshift campus in an old diamond factory on the other side of the country. Kyiv Post reportsWhen Russia-backed separatists took over the Donetsk National University campus in September, ousting the university’s rector, appointing their own replacement and bringing...
The west must be tough on Putin – but it may take a generation to bring Russia back | John Kampfner
Putin is the author of his country’s misfortune, and he will probably outlast his western opponentsIn a few days Russia’s last remotely independent radio station could be silenced. Ever since the country’s energy conglomerate Gazprom took a majority holding, Ekho Moskvy (Echo of Moscow) has battled against censorship. The...
European leaders fear growth of Russian influence abroad
Angela Merkel criticises destabilising strategy by Vladimir Putin to spread ‘sphere of influence’ beyond former Soviet statesEuropean governments are increasingly alarmed that Vladimir Putin is building on his destabilisation of Ukraine to extend Russian power and influence within the European Union, targeting the former Soviet bloc...
Putin claims west is provoking Russia into new cold war as ‘spies’ deported
Russian president denies fanning tensions and says Nato ‘expansion’ in Europe had been ‘geopolitical game changer’Vladimir Putin has suggested to a German interviewer that the west is provoking Russia into a new Cold War. The airing of the interview, which was recorded by the German channel ARD in Vladivostok last week, followed...
David Cameron’s Commons statement on the G20 summit: Politics Live blog
Rolling coverage of all the day’s political developments as they happen, including this morning’s Rochester byelection hustings on BBC Radio Kent 3.28pm GMTDavid Cameron will be making his Commons statement on the G20 summit in about half an hour. It would normally start at 3.30pm, but there is an urgent question about the army...
MH17 plane crash: new footage emerges of aftermath – video
Newly-emerged footage of the immediate aftermath of Malaysian Airlines MH17 plane crash in eastern Ukraine. The video, shot on a mobile phone and obtained by a Russian newspaper, shows people from the village of Rassipnoye running towards the crash site as black smoke billows over a wide area. Some 298 people were killed when the plane crashed in...
