Section: International Business Times (USA)
NATO Starts ‘Rapid Trident’ Exercise In Ukraine As Fighting Continues in East
NATO and a handful of outside states have kicked off the Rapid Trident exercise in western Ukraine along the Polish border. The annual exercise’s 2014 iteration is the first time U.S. troops have operated there since deadly conflict has erupted between eastern pro-Russian separatists and the European-backed Ukrainian government. …read...
Shelling Continues In East Ukraine Despite Fragile Cease-Fire Said To Benefit Russia
A fragile cease-fire deal reached this month between Ukraine’s government and pro-Russian separatists was under threat Sunday as neighborhoods in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk were shelled. The target of the attacks appears to be the city’s airport. …read more Source: International Business...
Russia Wants To Take ‘All Of Ukraine’, Recreate Soviet Union: Ukraine PM
Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said Saturday that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to destroy Ukraine as an independent country and re-establish the Soviet Union. Yatsenyuk made these comments at a news conference in Kiev, being attended by European and Ukrainian lawmakers. …read more Source: International Business...
Ukraine Conflict: Moscow Stifles Dissent As Soldiers Return In Coffins
Late last month Yelena Tumanova was handed the body of her son in a coffin at her home in Russia’s Western Volga region. Anton Tumanov was 20 and a soldier serving in the Russian army in the North Caucasus region of Chechnya. The documents Yelena Tumanova was given with the body raised more questions than they answered – questions...
EU Imposes New Economic Sanctions On Russia Over Ukraine
(Reuters) – The European Union put into effect on Friday a new round of sanctions against Russia over its role in Ukraine, including restrictions on financing for some Russian state-owned companies and asset freezes on leading Russian politicians. …read more Source: International Business...
Russia Slashes Gas Exports To Poland In Retaliation Over Ukraine, Polish Gas Officials Say
Russia slashed nearly half its natural gas exports to Poland earlier this week amid soaring tensions over Ukraine, Poland’s state gas firm is claiming. The shortfall forced Poland to halt gas deliveries to Ukraine through “reverse-flow” pipelines, which some analysts say was Russia’s original goal, according to media reports....
Russia Fires Nuclear Missile, Hits Target 3,500 Miles Away
Russia successfully tested its latest Bulava intercontinental nuclear missile Wednesday amid rising tensions with NATO over the conflict in Ukraine. The nearly 37-ton missile was launched from Russia’s new submarine, the Vladimir Monomakh, as part of its sea trials. Deputy Defense Minister Yuriy Borisov said a total of five test launches...
Ukraine Says Russia Withdrawing Forces From East, Sees Boost For Peace
(Reuters) – Ukraine’s president said on Wednesday Russia had removed the bulk of its forces from his country, raising hopes for a peace drive now underway after five months of conflict in which more than 3,000 people have been killed. Moscow denies sending troops into eastern Ukraine to support pro-Russian rebels battling Ukrainian...
Poroshenko Says Ukraine To Stay United, Sees Special Status For Rebel-Held Areas
(Reuters) – A peace roadmap agreed last week between Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists preserves the concept of a sovereign, united country within its current borders, President Petro Poroshenko said on Wednesday. Poroshenko also told a televised meeting of the government that a ceasefire between government forces and the rebels in...
Jews Flee Mariupol Amid Fears Of Anti-Semitism In Ukraine
Hundreds of Jews have reportedly fled the port city of Mariupol, in eastern Ukraine, despite a shaky cease-fire that went into effect Friday between the Ukrainian army and Moscow-backed rebels. And, as the war drags on, fewer Jews are expected to return to the region’s embattled cities and instead choose to migrate to Israel or to safer...
