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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
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...
National Security and Defense Council: Ukrainian counter-intelligence neutralized militant spy ring in Luhansk region
Kyiv, March 18, 2015 – Ukraine’s Security Service uncovered and liquidated a militant spy ring in the Luhansk region subordinated to the Russian Special Services. The ringleader gathered intelligence on the number of personnel and weapons of the Ukrainian forces, personal data of Ukrainian servicemen, as well as progress of the mobilization...
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
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...
National Security and Defense Council: Military Prosecutor’s Office investigates tragedy in Kostyantinivka
Kyiv, March 17, 2015. An 8-years-old girl died as a result of a traffic accident that involved Ukrainian soldiers in Kostyantinivka, Donetsk region. Her mother and another child are in intensive care now. The officers of the Military Prosecutor’s Office, as well as the Ukrainian policemen, started the investigation of the accident. Lieutenant...
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...
Greece rejects EU ‘blackmail’
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has requested a meeting with top European leaders, as Athens insisted it would not be ‘blackmailed’ over its debt crisis. ||| Athens – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has requested a meeting with top European leaders including German Chancellor Angela Merkel at this week’s EU summit,...
Poroshenko and Merkel consulted how to stop Russian violence in Ukraine
On Monday, March 16, 2015 Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and German Chancellor Angela Merkel hold a joint news conference in Berlin, Germany. The leaders talked about the ways to reach peace in Eastern Ukraine and to stop Russian invasion in Ukraine. German Chancellor Angela Merkel underlined that Germany provides everything possible to...