Report: NATO Allies Plan To Create Rapid Reaction Force
Reuters reports: Seven NATO allies plan to create a new rapid reaction force of at least 10,000 soldiers as part of plans to boost NATO defenses in response to Russia's intervention in Ukraine, the...
View ArticleLithuanian President: Russia Effectively At War With EU
Reuters reports: Russia is at war with Ukraine and so effectively at war with Europe, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite said on Saturday, calling on Europe to supply Kiev with military equipment....
View ArticleEU Mulls New Russia Sanctions
The European Union is poised to slap new sanctions on Russia over its role in the Ukraine crisis at a summit in Brussels, the Associated Press reports. French President Francois Hollande and Swedish...
View ArticleDraft Statement: EU To Draw Up Possible New Sanctions On Russia
Reuters reports: European Union leaders will ask officials on Saturday to prepare urgently possible new sanctions against Russia over its involvement in Ukraine, according to a draft statement seen by...
View ArticleRebels: Separatist Leader Escapes Shooting
Reuters reports: Several shots were fired on Saturday at a car carrying Alexander Zakharchenko, leader of the breakaway Donetsk People's Republic, but he escaped unscathed, another separatist leader,...
View ArticlePoroshenko: EU Agrees To Prepare New Russia Sanctions
EU leaders agree to prepare fresh sanctions against Russia, #Ukraine's President Poroshenko says http://t.co/bQh2d5Q73P— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) August 30, 2014
View ArticlePoroshenko Says EU Sanctions Conditional On Peace Plan
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Saturday that European Union leaders had agreed to prepare additional sanctions on Russia, Reuters reports. He told a news conference after meeting the EU...
View ArticleEU Gives Russia Ultimatum: Pull Back In Ukraine Or Face Sanctions
The European Union is giving Russia a one-week ultimatum to scale back its intervention in Ukraine or face additional economic sanctions. EU summit chairman Herman Van Rompuy said early Sunday that the...
View ArticleMilitary: 15 Soldiers Killed
According to the Ukrainian military, 15 Ukrainian soldiers have died in fighting with separatists in the past 24 hours.
View ArticleMore Than A Million Displaced
The UN's refugee agency warns that more than a million Ukrainians have been displaced by fighting between separatist rebels and government troops. Reuters reports: More than one million people have...
View ArticlePipeline Opens
Pipelines for reserve flow of gas from EU into Ukraine opened today by Slovakia. An important step.— Carl Bildt (@carlbildt) September 2, 2014
View ArticleEurope Proposes Tough New Sanctions
Via Reuters: European officials proposed sweeping new sanctions on Tuesday to starve Russia's companies of capital and technology as punishment for Moscow's intervention in Ukraine, where Kiev...
View ArticleUkraine May Need Another Bailout
The IMF warns that Ukraine may need another bailout if fighting continues. The Associated Press reports: While Ukraine's leaders are trying to win the war against Russian-backed separatists in the...
View ArticlePM: Russia Is A Terrorist State
Ukraine's Prime Minister called Russia a "terrorist state" on Wednesday and reaffirmed his desire for Ukraine to join NATO. Reuters reports: Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk on Wednesday...
View ArticleArtillery blasts rock Donetsk
Reuters reports: Loud artillery explosions rocked the outskirts of the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on Wednesday, shortly after Kiev and Moscow said they had agreed on steps intended to end...
View ArticleObama Reassures
At start of meeting with Presidents of Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania, Pres Obama says NATO commitment to their security is rock solid.— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) September 3, 2014
View ArticleYatseniuk Tweets
In a series of tweets on Wednesday, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yatseniuk kept up his condemnations of Russia. We launch a project named "The Wall". It means constructing a real state border...
View ArticleObama: 'These Are The Facts'
U.S. President Obama addressed the crisis in Ukraine during a visit to Estonia ahead of tomorrow's NATO summit. "Today Ukrainians have a new democratically elected president and I look forward to...
View ArticleRussian Journalist Killed
Russia's foreign ministry confirmed on Wednesday that photographer Andrei Stenin has died in Ukraine. Stenin disappeared in August while working for Russia’s largest state-run news agency Rossiya...
View ArticlePoroshenko: Hope That Peace Process Will Start On Friday
Ukrainian President Poroshenko said on Wednesday that he hopes a peace process to solve the tensions in the east of the country will start at the end of the week. "I greatly hope that on Friday in...
View ArticleWhere Ukraine's Refugees Are Headed
Ukraine: Where are refugees heading to flee the crisis? #AFP pic.twitter.com/uRrmUj2PP0— AFPgraphics (@AFPgraphics) September 3, 2014
View ArticleFrance Suspends Delivery
France announced on Wednesday it is suspending the delivery of the first Mistral class vessel to Russia. French presidency: despite prospect of ceasefire, conditions to authorize delivery of 1st...
View ArticleMore On France's Decision
From Reuters: The French government cannot go ahead for now with the planned delivery of a first of two helicopter carriers to Russia, the president's office said on Wednesday, citing Moscow's actions...
View ArticleNATO Officer: Thousands Of Russian Troops In Ukraine
A NATO officer told Reuters on Thursday that Russia has several thousand combat troops inside Ukraine. Reuters reports: Russia has several thousand combat troops and hundreds of tanks and armored...
View ArticleLivestream From Wales
Today & tomorrow, catch live coverage from the floor of #NATOSummitUK in Wales. Livestream: http://t.co/BDD9KEDqCv pic.twitter.com/UIEpCKIKfH— Department of State (@StateDept) September 4, 2014
View ArticleBlasts Heard Near Mariupol.
Reuters reports that witnesses have heard blasts near the port city of Mariupol. A Reuters witness heard about a dozen blasts and saw plumes of black smoke rising a few km (miles) to the east of the...
View ArticlePoroshenko Tweets
The key element of my peace plan is a ceasefire. Hopefully, its implementation will start tomorrow. #NATO #NATOforUkraine— Петро Порошенко (@poroshenko) September 4, 2014
View ArticleWhite House: NATO Leaders Say Russia Should Face More Sanctions
Reuters reports: Key NATO leaders agreed during a summit meeting on Thursday that Russia should faced increased sanctions for its actions in eastern Ukraine, the White House said. U.S. President Barack...
View ArticleUkraine Reinforces Defenses At Key Port
Ukraine is reinforcing its defenses at the country's largest port amid reports that separatist rebels are advancing on Mariupol, Reuters reports. A Ukrainian soldier told Reuters he had seen...
View ArticlePresident, Rebel Leader Both Willing To Order Cease-Fire Friday
Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko and the main rebel leader in east Ukraine both say they will order cease-fires on Friday if a peace plan is agreed. Reuters reports: Speaking on the sidelines of a...
View ArticleRebel Leader Demands 'Proper Guarantees' In Ukraine Cease-Fire
Pro-Russian separatist leader Oleg Tsaryov told Reuters that rebels insist on "proper guarantees" from Kiev before agreeing to a cease-fire. "There will be no ceasefire without guarantees because in...
View ArticleMerkel: Prepared To Talk
At the NATO summit in Wales, German leader Angela Merkel said they're prepared to talk with Russia about a political solution for the crisis in Ukraine. Merkel added that they're prepared to lend...
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In several posts on Twitter, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen once again accused Russia of deepening the crisis in Ukraine. Just had an important meeting w/ Pres @poroshenko on the grave...
View ArticleCease-Fire Reports
Reports negotiators in Minsk have reached a cease-fire deal. Interfax #Ukraine reporting cease-fire deal signed in Minsk, citing sources close to talks— greg white (@whitegl) September 5, 2014
View ArticleMore On The Ceasefire Reports
More on the ceasefire reports from Reuters: MOSCOW, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels signed an agreement on a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine starting at 6 p.m. (1500 GMT) on Friday,...
View ArticleRebels Still Seek To Split
Reuters notes that separatist rebels in Ukraine's east are still seeking to split from the country, despite reports that negotiators reached a ceasefire deal in Minsk. Pro-Russian rebels are still...
View ArticlePoroshenko Confirms Deal On Twitter
Ukrainian President Poroshenko confirmed on Twitter that a peace deal was signed. В Мінську підписали попередній протокол до угоди про припинення вогню. Цей протокол має набути чинності в п'ятницю....
View ArticlePresident Tells Commanders To Cease Fire
Ukraine's president told military commanders to cease fire from 6 pm on Friday. Ukraine president says gives order to military commanders to cease their fire from 6 pm Friday.— Reuters Top News...
View ArticlePoroshenko's Full Statement
Read the full statement by Ukrainian President Poroshenko. My international negotiations in Brussels and Minsk demonstrated a powerful request for peaceful political-diplomatic settlement of the...
View ArticleObama: Hopeful But Skeptical
Via Reuters: U.S. President Barack Obama said he was hopeful but skeptical about a ceasefire agreed in Ukraine on Friday and urged European allies to agree on new sanctions against Russia that could be...
View ArticlePeace Deal Outlined
New York Times Moscow bureau chief Neil MacFarquhar outlines the different aspects of the Ukrainian peace deal. The Ukrainian National Information Agency released a list of the 14 points included in...
View ArticleRebel Leader: Prisoner Exchange To Take Place Saturday
A separatist leader said that the rebels and Ukrainian government will begin the exchange of prisoners of war, part of the peace roadmap, later on Saturday, Reuters reports. Meanwhile, Kiev said the...
View ArticlePutin, Poroshenko Agree Cease-Fire Holding
Reuters reports: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko agreed on Saturday in a telephone call that a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine was generally holding but said...
View ArticleICRC Says Aid Trucks Forced Back By Shelling
The International Committee of the Red Cross said its aid trucks were forced to turn back on Saturday morning due to shelling in east Ukraine. This morning we sent aid trucks to #Lugansk but shelling...
View ArticleReports Of Shelling In Mariupol
BBC journalists Fergal Keane and Will Vernon in Ukraine's Mariupol say that shelling of the port city has resumed. #Ukraine shelling started at approx 2235 local and is continuing— Fergal Keane...
View ArticleRockets Fired In Ukraine Amid Ceasefire
The Associated Press reports: Witnesses in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol are reporting sustained explosions outside the city and a volunteer battalion of Ukrainian fighters says Grad rockets are...
View Article#RussiaViolatedCeasefire Trends On Twitter
Twitter users are using the hashtag #RussiaViolatedCeasefire to blame Moscow for renewed violence in east Ukraine. In Newport, media were wondering on how long ceasefire would hold. It did for 1 day....
View ArticleUkraine Battalion: Reports Of Civilian Casualties In Shelling
'@Batalion_Azov: #Mariupol is shelled from Grad & howitzers from Shyrokyne side. Acc. to preliminary reports, there're civilian victims— Natalia S. (@tanais_ua) September 6, 2014
View ArticleFactory Ablaze After Artillery Fire Near Mariupol
Reuters reports: Prolonged artillery fire was heard late on Saturday to the east of the port of Mariupol in eastern Ukraine, a Reuters reporter said, in what may be the first significant violation of a...
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