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    President Obama Pledges Baltics Support Against Russia
    Sep04

    President Obama Pledges Baltics Support Against Russia

    Thursday, September 4 , 2014 - 7:07 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    President Barack Obama has arrived in Britain for a NATO summit that will focus on Ukraine. The U.S. president spent Wednesday in Estonia where he offered reassurances to Baltic States against possible Russian aggression. White House correspondent Luis Ramirez is traveling with the president and has this report. …read more Source: Voice of...

    Open Source: Missing Russian Photographer Was Killed in Ukraine
    Sep04

    Open Source: Missing Russian Photographer Was Killed in Ukraine

    Thursday, September 4 , 2014 - 7:07 (EEST) Section: The New York Times (USA)

    Andrei Stenin was killed in an attack on a convoy in Ukraine last month, Russia’s state news agency reported on Wednesday. …read more Source: The New York...

    Why Arming Ukraine Would Only Make Matters Worse
    Sep04

    Why Arming Ukraine Would Only Make Matters Worse

    Thursday, September 4 , 2014 - 4:42 (EEST) Section: Time (USA)

    The arguments for sending weapons to Ukraine have felt convincing in part because their premises are true. Ukraine’s military has fallen back. The separatist rebels have advanced. The Russian military’s role in the conflict has become so overt that calling it anything other than an invasion has come to look like willful ignorance. The...

    Ukraine Russia Crisis: What Can NATO Do To Stop Ongoing Turf War
    Sep04

    Ukraine Russia Crisis: What Can NATO Do To Stop Ongoing Turf War

    Thursday, September 4 , 2014 - 4:42 (EEST) Section: International Business Times (USA)

    NATO will meet for two days at its 26th summit in Wales this week, and much of those 48 hours will be spent discussing the crisis in Ukraine and what NATO’s plan is moving forward. The alliance has been talking tough over Russia’s alleged incursion into eastern Ukraine, but the summit offers a chance to weigh options. The question is...

    As NATO talks near, Merkel appears to be losing patience with Putin
    Sep04

    As NATO talks near, Merkel appears to be losing patience with Putin

    Thursday, September 4 , 2014 - 4:42 (EEST) Section: Los Angeles Times (USA)

    As Russia has expanded its military footprint in neighboring Ukraine, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has held repeated consultations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, so numerous that the German magazine Der Spiegel recently tried to count the phone calls between Berlin and Moscow since… …read more Source: Los Angeles...

    In Estonia, Obama vows to defend Baltic states, invokes NATO policy
    Sep04

    In Estonia, Obama vows to defend Baltic states, invokes NATO policy

    Thursday, September 4 , 2014 - 4:42 (EEST) Section: Los Angeles Times (USA)

    President Obama pledged Wednesday that the U.S. would go to war if necessary to protect former Soviet territories in the Baltic region from Russia and signaled new steps to strengthen Ukraine’s ability to defend itself, sharply raising the stakes in the confrontation with Moscow over its… …read more Source: Los Angeles...

    Obama casts Russia as threat to peace in Europe
    Sep04

    Obama casts Russia as threat to peace in Europe

    Thursday, September 4 , 2014 - 4:42 (EEST) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)

    Multiple rounds of U.S. and European economic sanctions have done little to shift Putin’s tactics, and Obama remains staunchly opposed to U.S. military intervention. Unlike the Baltics and other Eastern European nations, Ukraine is not a member of NATO, meaning the U.S. and other allies have no treaty obligation to come to its defense....

    Putin Sets Out Peace Terms
    Sep04

    Putin Sets Out Peace Terms

    Thursday, September 4 , 2014 - 4:42 (EEST) Section: The Wall Street Journal (USA)

    The Russian president pushed a cease-fire deal with Ukraine that would freeze in place gains made by Russian-backed separatists, setting the stage for the kind of partitioning Moscow has used to tame other neighbors. …read more Source: The Wall Street...

    Ukraine, Russia looking for way to end fighting
    Sep04

    Ukraine, Russia looking for way to end fighting

    Thursday, September 4 , 2014 - 4:42 (EEST) Section: USA TODAY (USA)

    Kremlin leader lays out a seven-point peace plan that he hopes will be adopted by all sides this week. …read more Source: USA...

    Confusion as Ukraine and Russia announce progress
    Sep04

    Confusion as Ukraine and Russia announce progress

    Thursday, September 4 , 2014 - 4:42 (EEST) Section: USA TODAY (USA)

    Ukraine and Russia send conflicting statements over a possible ceasefire, sowing confusion over the Ukraine conflict on the eve of a NATO summit. Mana Rabiee reports. Video provided by Reuters …read more Source: USA...