Section: International Business Times (USA)
EU Predicts Stable Gas Supply For Winter Despite Ukraine-Russia Payments Conflict
The European Union expects a steady gas supply to the continent during the winter following an interim deal between Ukraine and Russia, Reuters reported, citing a senior EU energy official. The statement comes despite Russia not having resumed its gas shipments and Ukraine yet to make payments to Russia. …read more Source: International...
Russian Air Force Sends 14 Advanced Su-27 And Su-30 Warplanes To Belbek Air Base In Crimea
Russia has moved more than a dozen advanced warplanes to Belbek, an airbase on the outskirts of Crimea’s capital Sevastopol, adding significant airpower in the Black Sea peninsula it took over earlier this year. Capt. Vyacheslav Trukhachev, a spokesman for Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, told Russian news agency RIA Novosti the planes...
Russia Calls Western Sanctions Over Ukraine ‘Blackmail’ Tool, Costing Country $40B A Year
Russia has called the sanctions that Western countries have imposed on it over the Ukraine crisis a form of blackmail that has cost the country billions of dollars in a year, according to reports. …read more Source: International Business...
Three More Ukrainian Soldiers Killed: Kiev Military
(Reuters) – Three Ukrainian servicemen have been killed in the past 24 hours in fighting with pro-Russian separatists in the east despite a ceasefire in place since early September, a Ukrainian military spokesman said on Monday. Ukraine lost four other serviceman on Saturday, and the death toll among Ukrainian soldiers since the ceasefire...
Russia Will Not Rebuild Iron Curtain In Wake Of Economic Sanctions Over Ukraine: Vladimir Putin
Russia’s economy has felt the effects of sanctions imposed by the European Union and the U.S. over its alleged role in the rebellion in Ukraine, but the country has no desire to engage in the isolationism that characterized the Cold War, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with the state-owned Tass news agency published...
Ukraine Defense Minister Says 7,500 Russian Troops Present In Eastern Of Country
Ukraine’s defense minister said that 7,500 Russian troops are present in the east of the country, which has been witnessing months of violence between the pro-Russian separatists and the government troops. The statement, from Colonel General Stepan Poltorak comes as four Ukrainian soldiers have been reported dead and 10 others injured in...
US Delivers Counter-Mortar Radar Systems To Ukraine Following Russia’s Warning Against Aiding Kiev
The United States’ Department of Defense (DoD) announced Friday that the U.S. military delivered three lightweight, counter-mortar radar systems to the Ukrainian armed forces on Thursday. According to a statement released by DoD, the radar systems are the first of 20 that will be delivered to Ukraine over the next several weeks. The DoD...
Russia Sends Mig-31 Foxhound Fighter Jets To Ukraine Border, In Escalation Of Tension Over Separatist Region: Report
In a move that could tip the balance of the Ukrainian conflict in favor of the Russian-backed separatists, Russia is sending a unit of advanced interceptor fighters to an airbase close to the Ukrainian border. Operating from there, the Mig-31 fighter jets would be able to survey airspace well inside Ukraine without actually flying over the...
Ukraine Crisis: Russia Angered By US Suggestion That Washington Provide Lethal Military Aid To Kiev
Russia warned the U.S. Thursday not to provide arms to Ukrainian government forces fighting pro-Russian rebels in the east of the country, after a U.S. official suggested that the Obama administration was considering supplying lethal military assistance. Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said that the suggestion that the...
Ukrainian Soldiers Fire At OSCE Observers In Eastern Ukraine
A Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) positioned in Ukraine by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) reported late on Wednesday that Ukrainian soldiers had fired at an international team of observers while they were travelling east from Kurakhovo, about 19 miles west of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. According to the SMM...
