Section: News & Summaries

      The United Kingdom has started to train soldiers fighting pro-Russian terrorists in Eastern Ukraine
      Mar19

      The United Kingdom has started to train soldiers fighting pro-Russian terrorists in Eastern Ukraine

      The United Kingdom has sent 35 military specialists in Ukrainian southern city of Mykolaiv for two months. The UK Prime Minister David Cameron announced this decision in February 2015. British military trainers will share their experiences in medicine and defensive tactics. The British government also starts supplying non-lethal equipment such as...

      U.S. President decided to conduct training for the Ukrainian National Guard servicemen
      Mar19

      U.S. President decided to conduct training for the Ukrainian National Guard servicemen

      US Vice President Joe Biden pledged in the phone conversation that training for Ukrainian soldiers to begin as soon as possible: “Joseph Biden has informed on the decision of the U.S. President to conduct training for 780 Ukrainian servicemen of the National Guard in the nearest time.” says the Press office of President. Ukrainian...

      Ukraine, Moscow clash over rebel laws

      Russia and pro-Moscow rebels on Wednesday condemned Ukraine for ratifying two bills on greater autonomy for the separatist east, saying they violated a peace deal and threatened a shaky month-long truce. …read more Source:...

      EU Will Kick the Can Down the Road on Russia Sanctions
      Mar18

      EU Will Kick the Can Down the Road on Russia Sanctions

      Europeans do not want to undermine Minsk II, says analyst European Union leaders meeting in Brussels on March 19 are unlikely to either ramp up or lift sanctions on Russia over its actions in Ukraine, says Edward W. Walker, a professor of political science at the University of California at Berkeley. “It’s very likely that the EU will...

      Obama, Merkel will keep up Russia sanctions

      US President and German Chancellor agree that sanctions on Russia cannot be eased until Moscow upholds a peace deal on Ukraine. ||| Washington – US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agree that sanctions on Russia cannot be eased until Moscow upholds a peace deal on Ukraine, the White House says.In a phone call, the...

      Sanctions Are Still the Answer
      Mar18

      Sanctions Are Still the Answer

      Last week, UkraineAlert linked to an interesting piece by Clifford Gaddy criticizing the West’s sanctions on Russia for its aggression in Ukraine. His point is this: Putin believes that Russia is “under assault” by the West and cannot allow Ukraine “to be brought fully into the sphere of influence of its enemy.” Therefore, the West cannot...

      NATO intercepts Russian fighter jets

      A NATO patrol intercepted Russian fighter jets over the Baltic Sea, as Moscow marks the anniversary of its takeover of Crimea. ||| Vilnius – A NATO patrol intercepted Russian fighter jets over the Baltic Sea, Lithuanian authorities said on Wednesday, as Moscow marks the anniversary of its takeover of Crimea with one of its largest military...

      EU don’t want visa-free regime with Ukraine until there is a war in Donbas – Klimkin
      Mar18

      EU don’t want visa-free regime with Ukraine until there is a war in Donbas – Klimkin

      Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin stated that despite all necessary reforms and launched the process of issuing biometric passports the European Union slows with a visa-free regime with Ukraine. It was supposed that the free-visa regime to be set in May 2015 during Eastern Partnership Summit in Riga. As Pavlo Klimkin said in an interview...

      Putin, Erdogan confer over gas project

      Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan have discussed the “Turkish Stream” gas project, says the Kremlin. ||| Moscow/Ankara – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan discussed the “Turkish Stream” gas project during a phone call, the Kremlin said in a statement on Tuesday, as Moscow...

      Why has the West forgotten about Crimea?
      Mar17

      Why has the West forgotten about Crimea?

      One year after Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in a brazen act that violated international treaties and rewrote Europe’s borders for the first time since World War II, Western governments and the media have largely forgotten the peninsula’s plight.In Russia, however, that land grab is far from forgotten. Crimea annexation day will...