Section: The Guardian (The United Kingdom)
Obama accuses Russia of sending troops into Ukraine
President rules out US military action, but says Moscow’s actions will bring ‘more costs and consequences’ for RussiaBarack Obama has accused Russia of sending troops into Ukraine and being responsible for an upsurge in violence in the country.Speaking at a news conference in Washington, the US president said Russia was...
Tony Abbott condemns Russian ‘invasion of Ukraine’ as bullying
The prime minister says he will speak to G20 members about whether Vladimir Putin should attend November summitTony Abbott has condemned Russia over its invasion of Ukrainian territory, saying reports of troop movements indicate an absolutely clear-cut case of a larger country bullying a smaller country.The Australian prime minister said he would...
Russians start asking: are we at war?
Families demand answers over deaths and disappearances of troops thought to have been fighting in neighbouring Ukraine. RFE/RL reportsIn early spring, Russian president Vladimir Putin deployed soldiers without insignia into the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea to ensure a quick annexation of the territory.After a month of denying their existence,...
Russia strikes back at Canada in Twitter war of the maps over Ukraine
Apparently frivolous exchange masks gravity of Nato concern at Russian incursions across Ukraine borderRussia has struck back in the Twitter war of the maps after Canada offered some not-so-friendly travel tips for the Russian military: a map showing Russia and labelling Ukraine as not Russia.Canadas NATO Twitter account posted the map on...
Obama suggests further sanctions against Russia over Ukraine incursion
President insisted there would be no military escalation in wests response, but stopped short of using word invasion in remarksEmergency meetings after Russian invasion claimThe United States expects to agree on a further round of economic sanctions against Russia during meetings with European allies next week, but has ruled out any military...
US hurries to draw up response to Russia and Isis threats
Officials say US has range of tools and sanctions at its disposal as Ukraine says Russian troops have entered the countryUS officials were holding a series of hurried meetings on Thursday to decide how to respond to spiralling security threats from Russia in Ukraine and from the Islamic State (Isis) in Iraq and Syria.An emergency meeting of the...
Ukraine crisis: World powers declare Russian forces have crossed border live
Obama and UN security council call emergency meetingsA dangerous escalation, UN spokesperson says Russia denies any of its troops are in eastern UkraineRussia has to stop lying, US ambassador says 3.06pm ETChurkin continues:Everybody knows that there are Russian volunteers in eastern Ukraine. Nobody is hiding that. 3.04pm ETVitaly Churkin, the...
Ukraine: emergency UN, Nato, EU meetings after Russian invasion claim
Nato says 1,000 Russian troops fighting in Ukraine as Kiev accuses Moscow of de facto invasion and opening second frontWorld powers have called a succession of emergency meetings to step up the international response to Russia after Kiev accused Moscow of a de facto invasion and of opening up a second front in the conflict in eastern Europe.The...
Ukraine’s Petro Poroshenko calls for calm as violence in Donetsk kills 15 – video
President Petro Poroshenko says his administration must keep ‘a cool head’, after announcing Russian troops had entered Ukrainian territory. The president’s comments to the security council comes after fifteen civilians were killed in Donetsk due to heavy shelling between government forces and pro-Russian separatists. Nato also...
Germany feeling impact of Putin’s incursion in east Ukraine
Angela Merkel could turn to more ECB growth measures rather than quickly agree to the sanctions on Russia sought by AmericaWas it a Russian invasion of east Ukraine or just an incursion? Judging by the response of the financial markets, probably the latter. Gold was up a bit. Shares fell. Investors sought out traditional safe havens, such as...
