Section: International Business Times (USA)
On First Anniversary Of Crimea Referendum, Russians Love Vladimir Putin More Than Ever
MOSCOW — One year after the March 16 referendum that resulted in the annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, Russian media is awash in images of flag-waving citizens celebrating the first anniversary. Yet the reality is far from rosy. The 2014 plebiscite saw an overwhelming majority of the peninsula’s ethnic Russians vote to be part of...
Putin Says Russia Was Ready For Nuclear Confrontation Over Crimea
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow was ready to put its nuclear forces on alert to ensure Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine last year, President Vladimir Putin said in a pre-recorded documentary aired on Sunday. Putin also said that Russia had saved the life of Ukraine’s former pro-Moscow president, Viktor Yanukovich, who he...
Ukraine’s President Says Truce Not Working, Urges More Russia Sanctions: Newspaper
(Reuters) – Ukraine’s president accused Russian-backed separatists in the east of failing to respect a ceasefire with Ukrainian troops and called for further sanctions on Russia in comments to a German newspaper to be published on Monday. Attacks have become less frequent since the latest ceasefire came into force in mid-February, but...
How The Ukrainian Diaspora In The US Is Funding The War Effort In East Ukraine
At the Holy Cross Ukrainian Catholic Church in the Queens borough of New York on a Sunday afternoon in late February, Ivan Rodichenko is delivering a presentation to a rapt audience before him. As images of war-torn eastern Ukraine appear on the projector screen behind him, it becomes clear he has not traveled all the way from Kiev to deliver a...
Biden And Poroshenko Discuss Ukraine Ceasefire And US Military Aid
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden spoke with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko by phone Saturday to discuss U.S. military aid to Ukrainian fighters and to call on Russian-backed fighters to adhere to a ceasefire agreement, according to U.S. and Ukrainian government statements. Both leaders urged Russia and separatists in eastern Ukraine to abide...
EU Russia Sanctions: Europe Expected To Hold Off Extending Economic Measures
The European Union isn’t ready to extend economic sanctions on Russia over the crisis in Ukraine, something that will be decided upon next week at a European Council summit, according to EU sources. …read more Source: International Business...
Poland, Which Has US Weapons, Weighs Sending Lethal Aid To Ukraine
Poland’s Ministry of National Defense began discussions Thursday on whether to send weapons to Ukraine. While the Polish government has said that no firm decision has been made, the head of the country’s National Security Bureau, Stanislaw Koziej, said both parties were in agreement “that the stronger the Ukrainian army, the higher...
MH17: Did Sukhoi-25 Take Down Passenger Plane? Fighter Jet Designer Says Allegations ‘A Cover-Up’
Ukrainian Sukhoi-25 fighter jet could not have possibly taken down the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, the chief designer of the fighter jet said in an interview to German media. The investigation into the MH17 disaster is ongoing in eastern Ukraine where the aircraft crashed on July 17, 2014, killing all 298 people on board. …read more...
Russia Conducts Military Drills In Crimea, Ukraine’s Forces Train Near Border Amid Ceasefire Deal
Members of the Russian army in the Southern Military District, which includes Crimea, South Ossetia, Abkhazia and Armenia, started military exercises in the region while Ukrainian forces also began drills very close to the line of contact with Russia. The move by the two rivals comes even as a fragile ceasefire agreement stands amid frequent...
NATO Begins Exercises In Black Sea, As Russia Says It Can Deploy Nuclear Weapons To Crimea
NATO ships from six countries have commenced exercises off the coast of Bulgaria in the Black Sea, just over 300 miles (500 km) from Russian-held Crimea. The training, which started Tuesday and will last a little over two weeks, comes as a Russian officials say that they have the right to position nuclear weapons in the peninsula that was annexed...
