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.
The official website is The Independent
Ukraine crisis: Poroshenko agrees ‘permanent ceasefire’ as Russia gears up for tests of long-range nuclear arsenal
The Ukrainian President’s office says it has agreed a “permanent ceasefire” with Russia over eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: Russia to begin testing missile forces for long-range nuclear arsenal
Russia has announced it will conduct major exercises in September of the strategic missile forces responsible for its long-range nuclear arsenal. …read more Source: The...
Nato awakes to the crisis in Ukraine
Since 1945, Europe has enjoyed the longest period of peace in its history, outside the Balkans. It has been so long that we have settled into the comfortable assumption that a conventional war on European soil can never happen again. When Nato originally agreed to hold its summit in Newport on Thursday and Friday, it seemed that it would be an...
Ukraine crisis: Europe looks to President Obama as Baltic states demand West takes tougher action against Russia
Barack Obama lands in a nervous Estonia this morning for talks with the leaders of the Baltic states, who will demand the United States and Nato take firmer steps to bolster their security amidst the continuing crisis in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: A timeline of the conflict from the Euromaidan protests to MH17 and civil war in the east
More than 2,600 people have been killed in the continuing crisis in Ukraine that shows no sign of slowing more than eight months after it began. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: Russia has started a great war and deaths will be measured in the thousands, Ukraine’s defence minister says
Russia is responsible for bringing a “great war” on Europe and will have caused “tens of thousands” of deaths, the Ukrainian Defence Minister Valeriy Heletey has said. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: Russian president Vladimir Putin – ‘I can take Kiev in two weeks’
Russian president Vladimir Putin has allegedly threatened he “can take Kiev in two weeks”, in remarks made to the outgoing president of the European commission. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: John Sweeney doorsteps Vladimir Putin over killings
A senior BBC journalist has doorstepped Russian President, Vladimir Putin, asking him whether he “regrets the killings in Ukraine”. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: Nato readies a rapid-reaction spearhead force in response to Russian intervention – with sizeable British contingent
Nato is to form a 4,000-strong spearhead force designed to go into action in 48 hours in response to Russian intervention in Ukraine. Stockpiles of military equipment will be stored at bases in Eastern Europe for the troops to use when they go into operation. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: Nato readies a rapid-reaction spearhead force to respond to Russian intervention – with sizeable British contingent
Nato is to form a 4,000-strong spearhead force designed to go into action in 48 hours in response to Russian intervention in Ukraine. Stockpiles of military equipment will be stored at bases in Eastern Europe for the troops to use when they go into operation. …read more Source: The...
