Section: The Guardian (The United Kingdom)
It may not fit Putins narrative, but Baltic Russians arent being victimised | Rafael Behr
The awkward fact for Kremlin apologists is that Nato has been a friend to Baltic Russophones. Eastern Ukrainians arent so luckyOn the day Russia annexed Crimea, an old friend in St Petersburg texted me to apologise. Im sorry that my country has lost its mind, he wrote. This friendship is 20 years old. It was struck up when I was a student in the...
Ukrainian president would order ceasefire if Minsk peace talks confirmed
Petro Poroshenko’s announcement comes after a phone conversation he had with the Russian president, Vladimir PutinThe Ukrainian president, Petro Poroshenko, said he would order a ceasefire to begin on Friday at lunchtime if peace talks planned to be held in Minsk, Belarus, are confirmed.Speaking on the sidelines of a Nato summit in Wales,...
MH17 crash investigation team to publish preliminary findings
Dutch-led inquiry into downing of plane over Ukraine, killing all 298 on board, will release early findings on 9 SeptemberDutch authorities leading an international investigation into the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine plan to publish a preliminary report next week.The Dutch Safety Board said on Thursday the report...
Cameron and Obama unite against Isis at Nato summit: Politics live blog
Camerons morning interviews – SummaryCameron says UK could launch air strikes in Syria without Assads approval Nato secretary general says Nato would consider helping Iraq fight Isis 10.41am BSTAccording to the BBC, the Afghan major who was supposed to be holding a flag at the opening ceremony for the Nato summit has gone missing. Hes...
Ukraine and Isis threat set to dominate talks as Nato summit starts
Organisers hoped summit would mark new era in Afghanistan but talks set to focus on eastern Europe, Iraq and SyriaNato leaders have descended on the Welsh resort of Celtic Manor for a two-day summit, which formally starts with a meeting on Afghanistan but will be dominated by discussion on Ukraine and the threat of Islamic State extremists in...
Nato, Cameron and Obama: newspapers demand action on two fronts
Several newspapers are calling today for action by Nato on two fronts – against Russia’s incursion into Ukraine and against Islamic State in the Middle East. “Nato must rediscover its sense of purpose”, says the Daily Telegraph. It calls on the organisation to do something about “the very real threat to western...
Ukraine peace hopes push shares towards record
Strength of economy puts MPC in rate rise quandaryBritain’s strengthening economy and reports of a truce in Ukraine helped London’s stock market jump to a 14-year high and put it within striking distance of an all-time record peak.European stock markets also benefited from a Ukraine-induced increase in share prices that have been...
Far from keeping the peace, Nato is a threat to it | Seumas Milne
It was the prospect of Ukraine being drawn into the western military alliance that triggered conflict in the first placeFor the west’s masters of war, it’s a good time to be in Wales. A military alliance that has struggled for years to explain why it still exists has got a packed agenda for its Newport summit. Nato may not be at the...
The Guardian view on Nato’s choices in Ukraine and the Middle East | Editorial
Nato countries have been blindsided by the new challenges in a world that gets more difficult by the dayPity poor Nato, faced with challenges which the great military and political apparatus it created during the cold war is so ill suited to counter. In the Middle East, the rise of a new jihadist movement burst upon the western nations who had...
Russian soldier: ‘You’re better clueless because the truth is horrible’
Despite Moscow denials, Ukrainian volunteers give accounts of fighting Russian army in Ilovaysk outside DonetskBloodied, dirty and stinking, the Ukrainian soldiers who passed through the town of Komsomolske on Saturday morning made for a sorry sight. But they were the lucky ones, who had managed to escape alive from an assault they say involved...
