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Pressure Mounts on Obama to Arm Ukraine
Resisting the pleas of bipartisan lawmakers and numerous defense officials, President Barack Obama has so far refused to send arms to Ukraine to help the nation defend itself from Russian-backed separatists, according to The New York Times. …read more Source:...
Germany Downplays Report of Rift with NATO over Breedlove Comments
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier downplayed a magazine report on Saturday of tensions with NATO over hawkish comments about Ukraine made by the Western alliance’s supreme allied commander. Der Spiegel news magazine said an official in Chancellor Angela… …read more Source:...
Polish PM Chastises Deputy for Warnings Over Ukraine
Poland’s prime minister has chastised her coalition partner for describing Ukraine’s economy as on the brink of disintegration and suggesting Poland could face a flow of hundreds of thousands of refugees across its frontiers. …read more Source:...
Russia Denies US Claim of ‘Thousands’ of Troops in Ukraine
Russian officials on Thursday dismissed a claim by the United States that Moscow has sent thousands of troops to fight alongside pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
US Commander: 12,000 Russian Soldiers in Ukraine Supporting Rebels
The U.S. military estimates around 12,000 Russian soldiers are supporting pro-Moscow separatists in eastern Ukraine, U.S. Army Europe Commander Ben Hodges said on Tuesday.The Russian forces are made up of military advisers, weapons operators and… …read more Source:...
Kerry, Lavrov in ‘Hopeful’ Talks as Ukraine Toll Tops 6,000
The U.S. and Russian foreign ministers expressed cautious optimism after holding talks in Geneva Monday to end fighting in Ukraine, where the U.N. says more than 6,000 people have died in less than a year. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s Leader Urges Peacekeeping Mission for the East
Ukraine’s president has a signed a decree opening the way to a formal request for international peacekeepers to be stationed in eastern regions where government forces are battling Russian-backed separatists.President Petro Poroshenko’s office said Monday the appeal for a… …read more Source:...
Two Killed as Clashes Threaten Fragile Ukraine Truce
Two people have been killed by shelling in east Ukraine as isolated clashes rattled a shaky truce with pro-Russian rebels and observers warned the country was at a crossroads. Photographer Sergiy Nikolayev from Ukrainian daily Segodnya died after getting caught in fighting… …read more Source:...
Nemtsov Planned to Reveal Russian Links to Ukraine Conflict: Poroshenko
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Saturday Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov was murdered because heplanned to disclose evidence of Russia’s involvement in Ukraine’s separatist conflict. …read more Source:...
Ally of Ousted Ukraine Leader Found Dead in Apparent Suicide
Ukrainian police on Saturday said a leading ally of former president Viktor Yanukovych was found dead after falling from his 17th story Kiev flat in an apparent suicide.Former lawmaker Mykhaylo Chechetov — one of the most prominent politicians during Kremlin-backed… …read more Source:...
