Section: The Independent (The United Kingdom)
The Independent is a UK national daily newspaper. It was founded in 1986. Its
headquater is in London, UK. The owner of The Independent is Russian
businessman Alexander Lebedev. News about Ukraine are usually Additional
reporting by Associated Press, Reuters.
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Ukraine crisis: House of Lords criticises EU and Britain for ‘sleepwalking into crisis’ as Moscow and Nato remain on diplomatic collision course
The fraught relationship between Russia and the West, which was supposed to improve following an agreement over Ukraine, has descended instead into renewed acrimony after a series of tense military and diplomatic confrontations. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: A mood of relief, anger and mutiny prevails among retreating troops
Nikolai Kozitsyn, the Cossack leader known by the nickname “Daddy”, made an unexpected return to the eastern Ukrainian frontlines yesterday. Widely assumed to have been withdrawn to Russia by his Kremlin handlers, Mr Kozitsyn was instead seen making victory loops in a military jeep around the desolate, wrecked streets of Debaltseve. …read...
Ukraine crisis: Inhabitants of the Baltic states fear that they will be next in the firing-line
In the shops, restaurants and bars of Riga, the largest city of the three Baltic states, the sounds of Russian and Latvian languages intermingled as they have done for years. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: Can the UK handle the Bear threat from Russia?
The presence of Bears in the sky off the coast of Cornwall is nothing new. Russian warplanes, especially the bombers with that name, have been probing Britain, and Western Europe’s, air defences regularly as relations with Vladimir Putin have deteriorated: Nato flew no fewer than 400 intercepts last year: a 400 per cent increase from 2013....
Pro-Russian rebels ‘continued to fire at retreating Ukrainian forces’
Pro-Russian rebels repeatedly launched missiles and grenades at Ukrainian soldiers as they retreated from the key strategic town of Debaltseve, according to reports from the frontline. …read more Source: The...
Pro-Russian rebels continued to fire at retreating Ukrainian forces: Reports
Pro-Russian rebels repeatedly launched missiles and grenades at Ukrainian soldiers as they retreated from the key strategic town of Debaltseve, according to reports from the frontline. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: Russia is a threat to other Baltic states, warns Defence Secretary Michael Fallon
Russian president Vladimir Putin could repeat the tactics used to destabilise Ukraine in Baltic members of the Nato alliance, the Defence Secretary has warned. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: Hollow posturing as Kiev’s troops make bitter retreat from besieged Debaltseve
Some of the soldiers were agitated, others euphoric. Shouts of “Glory to Ukraine” went up, and victory salutes were brandished. Yet their posturing seemed hollow, given the operation they were engaged in: Ukraine’s withdrawal from Debaltseve, after days of fighting against Russian-backed rebels in the strategic town. …read more...
Ukraine crisis: US waits to see if Minsk accord holds before sending Kiev heavy weapons
The US has suspended the decision on whether to send heavy weapons to Ukraine while waiting to see whether an agreement signed last week in Minsk would lead to an end to the violence, the American envoy to Nato has disclosed. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: Putin tells government troops to surrender to rebels in Debaltseve
Vladimir Putin has told Ukraine it should let its soldiers lay down their weapons and flee battles against rebels “to save their own lives”. …read more Source: The...
