Section: International Business Times (USA)
Ukraine, US Plotting To Use Chemical Weapons Against Donetsk Rebels, Russian Media Claims
The Defense Ministry of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) claimed Friday that Kiev forces were preparing to use chemical weapons against the pro-Russia rebels. The ministry’s official spokesman, Eduard Basurin, said Ukrainian Armed Forces had begun in recent weeks to strengthen security within its facilities and...
Putin Fears Mounting Russian Casualties In Ukraine, Passes Law To Keep Them Secret
When Ukrainian forces withdrew from the city of Debaltseve last February, after one of the fiercest battles in the conflict with Russian separatists, Western media outlets reported that scores of dead and injured Ukrainian soldiers were left on the snowy battlefield, too many for the Ukrainian army to carry as it escaped the city it once...
Putin Fears Mountng Russian Casualties In Ukraine, Passes Law To Keep Them Secret
When Ukrainian forces withdrew from the city of Debaltseve last February, after one of the fiercest battles in the conflict with Russian separatists, Western media outlets reported that scores of dead and injured Ukrainian soldiers were left on the snowy battlefield, too many for the Ukrainian army to carry as it escaped the city it once...
About 100 US, European Jets Join Arctic Exercise Near Russia
About 100 fighter jets from the United States and eight European nations began an Arctic training exercise in the Nordic nations on Monday, a region worried by increased Russian military activity. The exercise, based in the north of Norway, Sweden and Finland with 4,000 personnel, is meant to test cooperation among Arctic nations near Russia. It...
Ukraine Crisis: Alexei Mozgovoi, Ukrainian Separatist ‘Ghost’ Battalion Rebel Commander Who Opposed Women Going To Pubs, Killed In Ambush
Alexei Mozgovoi, a 40-year-old businessman-turned-separatist-commander, was killed in an ambush on a highway in eastern Ukraine, according to a video statement released Sunday by the pro-Russian Prizrak (“Ghost”) battalion Mozgovoi led. …read more Source: International Business...
Shelling Halts Production At Avdiyivka Coke Plant In East Ukraine: Metinvest
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine steelmaker Metinvest said on Sunday it has halted production at its Avdiyivka facility in eastern Ukraine, one of Europe’s biggest coke plants, after heavy shelling caused major damage. Avdiyivka produces 40 percent of Ukraine’s coke and any production outages will threaten output at the country’s...
One Ukrainian Serviceman Killed In Separatist East: Kiev Military
KIEV (Reuters) – One Ukrainian serviceman was killed and five wounded in clashes between government forces and Russian-backed separatists over the past 24 hours despite a ceasefire, Ukrainian military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said on Saturday. Violence has lessened significantly in Ukraine’s east since the ceasefire was brokered in...
Both Sides In Ukraine Conflict Torture War Prisoners And Civilians: Amnesty
A new report from rights group Amnesty International says it has found “overwhelming evidence” of war crimes, including torture and summary executions of prisoners, on both sides of the conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: International Business...
The New Cold War Is Getting Serious: US To Send B-52s To Sweden
The ultimate symbol of the Cold War is back to play a leading role in the confrontation between NATO and Russia that began last year over the Ukrainian conflict. The United States is sending the B-52 Stratofortress, the giant nuclear bomber that stood on alert for decades to strike the Soviet Union, to take part in an exercise in Sweden next...
Russia’s Lavrov Calls G8 An ‘Informal Club’ After Germany’s Merkel Calls Russia’s Return ‘Unimaginable’
More than a year after being suspended from the G8 over Crimea’s annexation, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called the group an “informal club” and said Thursday that nobody had actually expelled Russia. His comments come after German Chancellor Angela Merkel said earlier in the day that Russia is not allowed to join the meetings of...
