Section: The Guardian (The United Kingdom)
Poroshenko vows to punish rebels who shot down Ukraine helicopter
President-elect pledges to do everything to stop further deaths after attack over Slavyansk kills 14, including army generalUkraine’s president-elect, Petro Poroshenko, has vowed to punish pro-Russian rebels who shot down an army helicopter in the east of the country, killing 14 people, including a general, in one of the deadliest attacks...
Ukraine: general reportedly among dead as rebels down helicopter
Kiev escalates effort to retake Donbass region as rebel battalion seizes government building for Donetsk People’s RepublicPro-Russia rebels shot down a Ukrainian military helicopter in Slavyansk with portable surface-to-air missiles on Thursday, killing 14 people including an army general, according to the acting president, Oleksandr...
Miners hold pro-Russia rally in Donetsk
Around 300 coalminers march through city centre in show of support for self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s RepublicAround 300 coalminers rallied in support of pro-Russia separatists in Donetsk on Wednesdayyesterday as rebel fighters fortified their positions in the city in anticipation of a possible attack by Ukrainian forces.The miners...
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...
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...
The Guardian view on the meeting between Presidents Putin and Poroshenko | Editorial
The meeting of the Ukrainian and Russian presidents in Minsk offers an opportunity to move away from fighting to talking: will it be taken?The newspaper picture shows a young woman lying dead, her mother weeping beside her. A few feet from the pair, the probable explanation of what put them in harms way, loaves and groceries spilled out on the...
