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Presidents of Russia and France to discuss Ukraine crisis in Paris
Talks will be Vladimir Putin’s first meeting with the head of state of a major western power since Russia’s annexation of CrimeaThe Russian president, Vladimir Putin, will discuss the crisis in Ukraine at talks with his French counterpart, François Hollande, in Paris on 5 June, the Kremlin has said.The talks will be held at the Elysée...
US intercepts Moscow’s calls to spies in Ukraine, report says
US secretary state reportedly tells private meeting recordings disprove Russian denials about involvement in separatist unrestThe US secretary of state, John Kerry, claims America has obtained intercepted phone calls that prove Moscow is deliberately trying to destabilise eastern Ukraine, according to reports of leaked remarks he made at a...
Ukraine tensions driving up UK fuel prices
Motorists facing higher forecourt costs, with three-year average petrol price low now at an endMotorists are facing higher fuel prices with east-west tensions over Ukraine ending the long spell of prices staying below 130p a litre, motoring groups said.Average forecourt prices have been at a three-year low for the past 14 weeks as retailers have...
Ukraine crisis: violence leaves 25 dead and more than 200 injured
Kiev police fail to retake all of Independence Square US calls on President Yanukovych to halt violence Europe talks of sanctions but Russia blames protestersThe bloodiest night in independent Ukraine’s history left at least 25 people dead and more than 200 injured, after further violent clashes in the centre of Kiev.Armed riot police...
Ukraine: clashes escalate in Kiev as riot police attempt to break barricade – video
Anti-government protests continue through the night on Tuesday, as riot police attempt to move into Kiev’s Independence Square. Hopes for a settlement of Ukraine’s three-month crisis are evaporating as unrest in the capital escalates to its worst levels in more than three weeks. Tempers have risen after President Viktor Yanukovych,...
Ukraine forces brace for fighting with pro-Russian troops at ‘second front’
After crisis concentrated on Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk, cities of Mariupol and Novoazovsk become latest battlegroundsUkrainian forces are digging in around the southern town of Mariupol, bracing for conflict with separatists after pro-Russian units seized a nearby town threatening to open up a second front in the war in the east.A mixture of...
Russian paratroopers: ‘we entered Ukraine by mistake’ video
Nine Russian servicemen say they mistakenly crossed over into Ukraine, after they were captured by Ukrainian security officials almost a week ago. The men tell reporters they were taking part in a military drill and did not know they had entered Ukrainian territory until their arrest. It cannot be confirmed whether the soldiers made statements...
Russia accused of new military incursions into Ukrainian territory
Putin denies discussion of ‘peace plan’, saying Ukraine is ‘not our business’; Russians demand to know are we at war?Ukraine accused Russia of new military incursions into its territory on Wednesday, a day after hours of talks between the two countries’ presidents appeared to yield little in the way of concrete...
Ukrainian and Russian leaders meet in Belarus as fighting continues in eastern Ukraine video
Government and rebel forces continue to exchange fire on Tuesday in the eastern Ukrainian city of Ilovaysk as the Ukrainian and Russian leaders met for talks in Minsk, Belarus. Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, says although peace in Ukraine is an internal matter, Russia will ‘contribute to the creation of an atmosphere of trust’...
Hugh Muirs diary: Is China really bad-mouthing Charles and Camilla?
A tale of intrigue, whispers, red carpets and bad blood China is itching to regain its place in the world. How should America respond? asks a special edition of this weeks Economist. There is also discussion of Chinese motives and ambitions in the Oldie magazine, where the new media columnist Stephen Glover poses an intriguing question: do the...
