Section: The Guardian (The United Kingdom)
Life in Donetsk: ‘Winter will be the ultimate test’
While cafes in the centre still serve oysters, residents in the suburbs are desperate for basic supplies. Zinaida Burskaya reports Read the original in RussianIt seems like a lifetime ago that Donetsk was the principal city of the Donbass region in eastern Ukraine. Now the capital of the self-proclaimed Donetsk Peoples Republic, there is little...
Ukraine-Russian border ‘completely wide open’, warns NATO commander – video
Nato’s chief military commander says the international border between Ukraine and Russia is ‘completely porous’, with Russian-backed troops, money and weaponry flowing freely between the two countries. Philip Breedlove, the US general who is supreme allied commander in Europe, says Russian-backed forces are being sent into...
Russian tanks and troops crossing into Ukraine, says Nato commander
General Philip Breedlove warns of renewed war as border between two countries becomes completely porousNatos chief military commander has said that columns of Russian tanks, artillery and troops have been spotted crossing the border into Ukraine over the last two days, amid fears of a renewal of all-out conflict in the war-torn east of the...
Shakhtars Darijo Srna buys 20 tonnes of tangerines for children of Ukraine
Shakhtar captain sends lorries of fruit to Donetsk Wants to lift childrens spirits during Ukraine crisis This is just a small gift, I want to pay them back Nato report sightings of Russian tanks and troopsShakhtar Donetsks Croatia midfielder and club captain Darijo Srna has bought 20 tonnes of tangerines for children in Ukraine, the Croatian...
Nato reports sightings of Russian tanks and troops entering eastern Ukraine
Kiev preparing for fresh combat operations in east after latest in a string of sightings of military movements near frontlineNato has observed columns of Russian tanks, artillery and combat troops entering eastern Ukraine in the past two days, the military alliances supreme allied commander has said.Observers from the Organisation for Security...
Tony Abbotts shirtfront threat to Putin was a brain snap, says Bill Shorten
Opposition leader says Abbotts diplomatic faux pas put focus on silly words rather than the substantive call for cooperationBill Shorten has described Tony Abbotts threat to shirtfront the Russian president as a brain snap and a diplomatic faux pas that undermined Australias attempts to seek Vladimir Putins cooperation.The opposition leader said...
New Look quits Russia and looks east for expansion
Fashion chain to pull out of Russia and Ukraine in the next few days to focus on expanding in China and PolandFashion chain New Look is to focus on expanding in China and Poland but will pull out of Russia and Ukraine amid political instability in the region.Anders Kristiansen, New Looks chief executive, said he expected to complete the closure...
Crimeas rapid Russification means pride for some but perplexity for others
Eight months after annexation, the former Ukrainian peninsula is undergoing a massive social and bureaucratic overhaulThe hotels in Simferopol are packed. It is late autumn and the administrative capital of Crimea has been overrun, not by holidaymakers the season and political climate are hardly suitable but by Russian officials. Even in summer...
MH17 victims remembered in Amsterdam ceremony – video
Friends and relatives of those who died when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crashed in Ukraine remember the dead in a ceremony in Amsterdam. The Dutch prime minister spoke, along with some of those left behind following the tragedy. All 298 people on board the plane died after a Russian separatist missile allegedly hit the flight, bound for Kuala...
Cameron warns Putin against ripping up international rulebook over Ukraine
British PM promises to warn Russian president of consequences when two leaders meet at G20 summit in AustraliaDavid Cameron has cautioned Vladimir Putin against ripping up the international rulebook by destabilising Ukraine and promised to warn the Russian president of the long-term economic consequences if he pursued this course when the two...
