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Ukraine Lawmakers Suspend Military Cooperation With Russia
Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday voted to suspend military cooperation with Russia in a long-anticipated move signaling a further break in relations between the once-close partners. …read more Source:...
Ukraine Files Terror Charges Against Suspected Russian Soldiers
Ukraine has charged two suspected Russian soldiers, who were captured during a gun battle in the separatist eastern region of Lugansk, with involvement in “terrorist activity,” a security official said Wednesday. …read more Source:...
Russian Officers Captured in Ukraine on Way to Kiev: Officials
Two Russian officers captured while fighting in war-torn eastern Ukraine are being transported to the capital, Kiev, a Ukrainian military spokesman said Monday. The Russians were wounded and taken prisoner near the front line town of Shchastia in the Luhansk region on… …read more Source:...
France Opts for Buyout of Arms Deal Stalled by Russia Sanctions
France has offered Russia 785 million euros to scrap a contentious contract to supply two warships that was suspended due to the Ukraine crisis, a report said Friday.Russian defense sources told Kommersant newspaper that the documents are now being studied by the Russian… …read more Source:...
Hollande Denounces ‘Unacceptable’ Violations of Ukraine Ceasefire
France’s President Francois Hollande on Thursday denounced as unacceptable ceasefire violations in eastern Ukraine, after speaking briefly with his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko in Germany. …read more Source:...
Baltics to Ask NATO for Thousands of Boots on Ground
The Baltic states will formally ask NATO to deploy several thousand troops as a deterrent, Lithuania said Thursday, amid tensions with Russia over the conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
No Breakthrough as Kerry Meets Russia’s Putin
The United States and Russia emerged Tuesday from their most extensive, high-level talks in years vowing closer cooperation on Ukraine and Syria but unable to point to any breakthrough or new approach to bridge the major differences separating the two powers.The atmosphere… …read more Source:...
Kerry to Meet With Putin Amid Ukraine, Syria Tensions
Secretary of State John Kerry is in Russia to meet President Vladimir Putin with an eye on easing badly strained relations over conflicts in Ukraine and Syria.Kerry laid a wreath at a World War II memorial in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi on Tuesday before holding… …read more Source:...
Murdered Dissident’s Last Work: 220 Russian Soldiers Killed in Ukraine
Moscow spent more than 53 billion roubles, or $1.04 billion, supplying a separatist rebellion in east Ukraine and at least 220 Russian soldiers have been killed there, a report by Russian opposition activists said on Tuesday. The report was the last project of the murdered… …read more Source:...
Ukraine Fighting Has Killed Almost 7,000 Civilians: President
Nearly 7,000 civilians have been killed in the war in eastern Ukraine between government forces and Russian-backed separatists since fighting erupted in April last year, the nation’s president said Friday. …read more Source:...
