Section: Main news
As Russia Prepares a Next Offensive, It’s Time for Obama to Lead
Provide Weapons to Ukraine, More NATO Cover to Baltics—and Leadership for Europe President Barack Obama has given space for Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel to lead recently in the Western response to Russia’s war on Ukraine. But now, writes former Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns, it’s time for Obama to take the reins...
National Security and Defense Council: Ukrainian military is ready to withdraw Uragan rocket launchers tomorrow
Kyiv, March 5, 2015. Ukrainian Armed Forces are ready to start removing Uragan multiple rocket launchers as part of the third stage of the withdrawal process in accordance with Minsk agreements. The media is invited to cover the event in Artemivsk railway station scheduled for tomorrow, 11 am. The first stage of removing 100-mm MT-12 Rapira and...
The Myth of the West’s Threat to Russia
Did NATO Provoke a War By Trying to ‘Take’ Ukraine From Russia? Much Western thinking about the causes of the Russo-Ukrainian War is rooted in a myth. It posits that the West—or, more specifically, NATO—attempted to wrest Ukraine from Russia’s sphere of influence, thereby forcing Vladimir Putin to defend Russia’s legitimate...
Ukraine mourns mine disaster victims
Ukraine on Thursday observed a day of mourning after 32 miners perished in a blast in a notoriously dangerous mine just a few kilometres from the frontline, where Kiev is reporting an increase in attacks by pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source:...
The Ukrainian ex-Minister of Finance Kolobov is arrested in Spain for financial crimes of Yanukovych regime
The ex-Minister of Finance of Ukraine Yuriy Kolobov is the first minister from Yanukovych’s adminstration to be detained by Interpol. The Ukranian Interior Ministry reported on Wednesday, March 4, 2015, that Yuri Kolobov has been detained in Spain, in Altea, a hilltop village on the Mediterranean coast, where he lived: “We confirm the...
National Security and Defense Council: 17th Russian “humanitarian convoy” invades Ukraine
Kyiv, March 4, 2015. Russian 17th so-called “humanitarian convoy” has invaded Ukraine: 166 trucks illegally crossed the Russia-Ukraine border through “Donetsk” and “Matveev Kurgan”. Most of the vehicles were transporting non-humanitarian cargo. The trucks moved in blatant violation of the international law as representatives of the International...
The Murder of Boris Nemtsov – And Three Other Deaths
The shocking murder of Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov, literally in sight of the Kremlin, clearly marks the beginning of a new era in Russian politics and Russiawatching alike. And it is unlikely to be pretty. Who killed Nemtsov, who was behind it? At this stage, I have absolutely no idea. The government? I find it hard to think Vladimir...
Concern as Ukrainian banks shut doors
A day after Ukraine’s central bank declared Ukraine’s fourth largest bank insolvent, Delta Bank customers could only knock on locked doors. ||| Kiev – A month ago, Natalia Sorokun, 40, went to a downtown Kiev branch of Delta Bank to ask if the bank was solid enough to continue keeping her safe deposit box of valuables there....
Seventeen miners killed in Donetsk
Seventeen miners died in an explosion at a coal mine in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukrainian, where a blast trapped dozens of people. ||| Moscow – Seventeen miners died in an explosion at a coal mine in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukrainian, where a blast trapped dozens of people, the news agency RIA Novosti...
30 feared dead in Ukraine mine blast
Thirty-two miners in eastern Ukraine were missing and feared dead following an explosion at a coal mine in the rebel-held city of Donetsk. ||| Donetsk – Thirty-two miners in eastern Ukraine were missing and feared dead on Wednesday following an explosion at a coal mine in the rebel-held city of Donetsk.The blast took place at Zasyadko mine...