Section: International Business Times (USA)
Russia Urges Germany, France To Safeguard Peace In Ukraine
(Reuters) – Russia appealed to Germany and France on Saturday to ensure Kiev does not try to incite violence in east Ukraine to encourage the United States to send Ukrainian forces lethal weapons. Paris and Berlin helped mediate a peace deal in the Belarussian capital Minsk on Feb. 12 to try to end fighting between government forces and...
US Paratroopers In Ukraine By April, As ‘Normandy Four’ Ponder Paris Meet
The United States military is moving forward with plans to send paratroopers to Ukraine to help train volunteer forces. The mission, which was supposed to take place this month, was delayed because of fears that it would affect the fragile ceasefire agreement between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed rebels that came into force Feb. 18. Army...
EU Agrees Russia Sanctions To Stay Until Ukraine Peace Terms Met
(Reuters) – European Union leaders agreed on Thursday that economic sanctions imposed on Russia will stay in place until a Ukraine peace deal is fully implemented, effectively extending them to the end of the year if need be. The compromise reached at an EU summit in Brussels maintains EU unity on sanctions against Moscow over its role in...
Ukraine-Russia Crisis: Russian Soldier Arrested Allegedly Trying to Cross Crimean Border
Ukrainian border guards arrested a Ukrainian soldier-turned-Russian sergeant who was attempting to cross back into Ukraine from Crimea to see family, Ukrainian media reported Thursday. The soldier was likely one of the estimated 12,000 Ukrainian servicemen who defected to the Russian military following Russia’s annexation of Crimea. The...
Volunteers In West Ukraine Keep War Effort Alive, 600 Miles Away
LVIV, Ukraine — It’s a Friday night in this western Ukrainian city, and seven friends are spending it grinding walnuts, melting honey, and hand-rolling granola bars. They plan to send the bars to soldiers fighting in the east, packing more than one hundred of them with drawings from schoolchildren. The package will go to the eastern...
EU, US Officials, Including John Boehner, May Be Added To Russia’s Blacklist Of Over 200 Names
Russia is preparing a list of over 200 politicians and officials from the European Union and the United States, who may be barred from entering Russia, Sputnik News reported, citing local media. Over the past year, the U.S. and the EU have enacted sanctions against several Russian nationals and corporations for their alleged role in fomenting a...
Donetsk, Luhansk Leaders Refuse Compromise With Ukraine On Special Status; Lavrov Condemns Law
Authorities from eastern Ukrainian self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s republics on Wednesday ruled out compromise with Ukraine, which gave the regions a “temporarily occupied” status on Tuesday according to a law. Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, condemned the rebel status and called the move an attempt to turn all...
One Year On, Crimea Celebrates Russian Annexation, But Many Crimeans Are Unhappy
SIMFEROPOL, Crimea — On a breezy morning on March 16th, around two hundred people gathered on the square outside the local parliament in Crimea’s capital Simferopol. Ripples of applause rang out from the crowd as local musicians proclaimed their devotion to Russia from a stage overlooking a wave of blue, red and white flags. “I have...
Polish Foreign Minister Says New Russia Sanctions Not Necessary; More Deaths Recorded In East Ukraine
According to Poland’s foreign minister, the world does not need to discuss increasing sanctions against Russia, because the Ukrainian conflict that sparked the sanctions is essentially stalled. Grzegorz Schetyna, who made the comments while in Brussels on Monday, said that nothing has happened in recent weeks that would warrant an increase...
Russia Won’t Return Crimea To Ukraine Despite Threat Of Continued Sanctions, Kremlin Says
Russia reiterated Tuesday it will not return Crimea to Ukraine, one year after its much-criticized annexation of the region despite objections from Western leaders. The United States and European Union have each said they will not lift economic sanctions against Russia unless Crimea was returned to Ukrainian control. …read more Source:...
