Section: The Guardian (The United Kingdom)
Putin is key to avoiding a new cold war | David Owen
The presidential summit in Minsk offers hope of a deal over Ukraine. But the Russian leader will not accept humiliationWhen the presidents of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine meet in Minsk tomorrow, it will inevitably recall the time leaders of those same republics met to dissolve the USSR at the Belavezha hunting lodge in Belarus on 8 December...
Shakhtar Donetsk’s stadium damaged in Ukraine conflict – video
The Donbass Arena, home ground to eastern-Ukraine team Shakhtar Donetsk, has been damaged after being hit twice by shelling early on Saturday morning. The club’s website reported that there were no casualties in the bombardment. Since it opened in 2009, the multimillion-pound stadium has hosted numerous Champions League matches as well as...
Ukraine troops battle Russian armoured column, claims Kiev
Russia plays down hopes for breakthrough at Minsk talks as tensions rise with plans to send second aid convoy into UkraineUkraine’s government has said its forces have clashed with an armoured column that crossed the border from Russia as Moscow ramped up tensions ahead of crunch talks by pledging to send in a new aid convoy.The Ukrainian...
Russia to send second aid convoy to eastern Ukraine
Foreign minister Sergey Lavrov tells Kiev Moscow is preparing to repeat deliveries to rebel-held areas in next few daysRussia has announced plans to send a second aid convoy to rebel-held eastern Ukraine, where months of fighting have left many buildings in ruins.Russia unilaterally sent about 200 tractor-trailers across the border on Friday, a...
Ukraine marks Independence Day with parade
Thousands of spectators gather at show of force designed to boost morale in Kiev Ukraine marked Independence Day on Sunday with a parade of soldiers and heavy weaponry through central Kiev, in a show of force designed to boost morale among the country’s soldiers. … …read more Source: The...
Eyewitness: Kiev, Ukraine
Photographs from the Guardian Eyewitness series … …read more Source: The...
Queensland couple who died on MH17 have been identified
Howard and Susan Horder were returning from Europe when Malaysia Airlines plane was shot down over UkraineAn Australian couple who died on Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 has been formally identified.Howard and Susan Horder, both 63 and from Brisbane, had been travelling in Europe and were among the 298 killed when the aircraft was shot down on 17...
Ukraine rebels struggle to reach aid as Russian convoy returns home
Diplomatic row grows after Putin insists that the Poroshenko government in Kiev forced his handA humanitarian convoy to eastern Ukraine has begun returning to Russia after delivering a reported 1,800 tonnes of supplies and sparking yet another row between Moscow and the west.The Russian state news agency RIA Novosti said that the first group of...
The 20 photographs of the week
The protests over the shooting of Michael Brown, the aftermath of the Israeli offensive in Gaza, the Arctic Race the best photography in news, culture and sport from around the world this week … …read more Source: The...
First trucks from aid convoy to Ukraine cross back into Russia video
Around ten trucks from the aid convoy cross the border back into Russia. The lorries pass through the Donetsk-Izvarino border from the eastern Ukraine side. A day earlier a convoy of around 280 lorries had crossed into Ukraine without Kiev’s permission igniting international outcry … …read more Source: The...
