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Section: The Guardian (The United Kingdom)

      David Cameron: west needs stronger military presence on Russia’s borders
      Aug02

      David Cameron: west needs stronger military presence on Russia’s borders

      PM’s letter to Nato calls to review its relationship with Russia and reassure allies in eastern Europe in wake of Ukraine crisisWestern allies need a stronger military presence in eastern Europe on the border of Russia to respond quickly to any new threats, David Cameron will say on Saturday.The prime minister will make the comments in a...

      Putin tells Obama that latest sanctions against Russia are counterproductive
      Aug02

      Putin tells Obama that latest sanctions against Russia are counterproductive

      US president reiterates deep concerns over Ukraine Washington pledges $8m in military aid to KievPresident Barack Obama voiced deep concerns in a telephone conversation with Russias Vladimir Putin on Friday about increased support for separatists in eastern Ukraine, the White House said. Days after Washington introduced the most robust sanctions...

      MH17 investigators reach crash site two weeks after plane brought down
      Aug02

      MH17 investigators reach crash site two weeks after plane brought down

      Convoy arrives in east Ukraine, with officials cordoning off zone as they search for bodies still believed to be missingA large team of international investigators reached the crash site of Malaysian Airlines MH17 for the first time on Friday, more than two weeks after the plane was brought down over eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on...

      MH17: investigators start recovery despite fighting nearby – video
      Aug01

      MH17: investigators start recovery despite fighting nearby – video

      International experts start recovery work at the wreckage site of the downed Malaysian airliner in east Ukraine on Friday, despite clashes nearby between government forces and pro-Russian separatists. For days the route has been too dangerous to travel because of heavy fighting, which frustrated efforts to recover all the victims’ remains...

      A Russian soldiers Ukraine selfies are not evidence, theyre war art | Jonathan Jones
      Aug01

      A Russian soldiers Ukraine selfies are not evidence, theyre war art | Jonathan Jones

      We should not mistake Alexander Sotkins Instagram images for military intelligence. They simply portray the hapless life of todays Russian soldierSelfies are not about to become the new military intelligence. They may, however, be the new war art.It is claimed that self-portraits posted on a Russian soldiers Instagram account may prove the...

      Australia says all MH17 bodies should be retrieved from crash site within days
      Aug01

      Australia says all MH17 bodies should be retrieved from crash site within days

      Russia, Ukraine and separatist leaders agree as 14-vehicle convoy heads for MH17 site after successful advance missionThe Australian government is increasingly confident it will be only a matter of days before the remaining bodies of MH17 victims and their effects are transported from the crash site in eastern Ukraine.The breakthrough came after...

      British Airways stopped flying over eastern Ukraine in early March
      Aug01

      British Airways stopped flying over eastern Ukraine in early March

      IAG boss Willie Walsh says decision to avoid conflict region taken months before downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17British Airways stopped flying over the conflict region in eastern Ukraine in early March, months before the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.Willie Walsh, the boss of BA’s parent company IAG, said its decision to...

      Fighting near site of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 leaves 14 dead
      Aug01

      Fighting near site of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 leaves 14 dead

      Deaths shatter brief lull across war-torn region as international experts head to wreckage of downed planeFourteen people have been killed, including at least 10 Ukrainian soldiers, in fighting overnight close to the crash site of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, a Ukrainian military spokesman has said.”In total it is known that 14...

      A century on, the first world war is still being played out | Timothy Garton Ash
      Aug01

      A century on, the first world war is still being played out | Timothy Garton Ash

      From Ukraine to Syria these wars are a legacy of the 1914 clash of empires and the patchwork territories left behindThere is war in Europe. No, Im not using the historic present tense to evoke August 1914 (and rile John Humphrys). Im talking about August 2014. What is happening in eastern Ukraine is war ambiguous war, as a British parliamentary...

      Ben Jennings on Russia’s defiance  cartoon
      Jul31

      Ben Jennings on Russia’s defiance cartoon

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