Section: Newsweek (USA)
What Is Russia Up To in the Arctic?
The Mågerø air defense monitoring base is inside a mountain at the end of an unmarked country road two hours south of Oslo, Norway. With only a rudimentary sentry box, a simple draw gate and a lone soldier guarding its entrance, the installation looks more like the set for a movie about the Nazi occupation of the country than a key link in the...
EU’s Mogherini Says Ukraine Peace Deal Only Way Forward
A European-brokered ceasefire deal remains the only way to secure peace in Ukraine, the European Union’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said on Tuesday. “We have to make it succeed. This is the only agreement that was signed by the parties, it has been supported by U.N. Security Council resolution, and it is the only way we...
Rocket Launcher Attack Threatens to Open New Front in East Ukraine
The Ukrainian security services accused Russia of arming and training a group of terrorists who allegedly launched a deadly attack on a peaceful demonstration the as yet untouched Eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv yesterday. An explosion, thought to have been caused by a rocket attack, ripped through the crowd at a march towards a vigil in honour...
Russian Company to Start Selling Ukrainian Separatist Bikini Range
While most of the fashion world turns its gaze toward London’s runways in search of the latest avant-garde designs for London Fashion Week, one Russian company has drawn sartorial inspiration much closer to home, in neighbouring Ukraine’s eastern, war-stricken regions. Moscow-based company Voenpro has launched a 2015 collection of...
Russian Snap Military Drill ‘Could Turn Into Assault on Baltic Capital’
Increasingly frequent snap military drills being carried out by Russia near its eastern European neighbours could be part of a strategy that will open the door for a Russian offensive on the Baltic states according to defence expert Martin Hurt, deputy director at Estonia’s International Centre for Defence and Security. The Lithuanian and...
Kiev Says It Cannot Withdraw Heavy Weapons as Attacks Persist
Ukraine’s military said on Monday it could not start withdrawing heavy weapons from the front line in the east as required under a tenuous ceasefire because pro-Russian separatists who advanced last week were still attacking its positions. A truce to end fighting that has killed more than 5,600 people appeared stillborn last week after...
Ukraine Blames Russia After Bomb Attack at Rally
At least two killed in Kharkiv; Kiev said it arrested suspects who had been armed and instructed in Russia. …read more Source:...
Debaltseve in Rubble as Pro-Russian Rebels Take Control
Separatist forces battled for the east Ukrainian town during what was supposed to be a truce. …read more Source:...
U.S., Allies Discuss New Russia Sanctions Over Ukraine
Secretary of State Kerry accuses Moscow of ‘extraordinarily craven behavior at the expense of…a nation.’ …read more Source:...
‘Time Running Out’ for Hunger Striking Ukrainian MP Held by Russia
“Her condition is immediate release from unlawful imprisonment, or death”, say Nadiya Savchenko’s lawyers. …read more Source:...
