(Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Monday Russia is sending an aid convoy to eastern Ukraine despite urgent Western warnings against using humanitarian help as a pretext for an invasion. With Ukraine reporting Russia has massed 45,000 troops on
(Reuters) – Russia has massed 45,000 troops on its border with Ukraine backed by an array of heavy equipment including tanks, missile systems, warplanes and attack helicopters, Ukrainian military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said on Monday. He said they were supported
Rockets pummeled a high-security prison in Donetsk, which immediately disabled all alarms. Officials said one person died and three were wounded, but 106 potentially dangerous criminals escaped. This could include people jailed for murder, robbery, and rape. “Extremely dangerous prisoners
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian government forces are preparing for the final stage of recapturing the city of Donetsk from pro-Russian separatist rebels after making significant gains that have divided rebel forces, a military spokesman said on Monday. The spokesman, Andriy
President Barack Obama’s weekend interview with New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman is a stunning portrait of incoherence and inadequacy. Friedman–a shameless promoter of Obama since the 2008 campaign, whose books have allegedly influenced Obama’s foreign policy views–tries his mightiest to
For years, commentators have attempted to peg down just what the Obama Doctrine is. His allies have labeled the Obama Doctrine a form of realism about the limits of American power. His critics have labeled the Obama Doctrine “leading from
With the plight of Israelis targeted by Hamas rockets at the forefront of mainstream media, the struggle of east Ukraine’s Jewish minority often goes unreported. The unstable region is under control of pro-Russian forces who choose to persecute anyone who
KIEV (Reuters) – The head of NATO called on Russia to “step back from the brink” of war by pulling its troops back from the Ukrainian border and warned further intervention in Ukraine would bring it greater isolation in the
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com ISIS targets 40,000 Yazidis for extermination on a mountaintop Russia appears poised to invade Ukraine, threatening war Panic over Ebola grows as Nigeria declares state of emergency ISIS targets 40,000 Yazidis for extermination on
Although you wouldn’t know it from the lack of media coverage, or even the AP’s own write-up of the poll (which gives new meaning to the phrase “buried lead”), a new Associated Press-GfK poll offers nothing but harrowing news for
In 2011, President Barack Obama ordered U.S. forces–without congressional authorization–to assist NATO in a war against the Gadhafi regime in Libya. The reason for that urgent and extraordinary action was a theory of liberal interventionism called “Responsibility to Protect,” eagerly
MOSCOW/DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Russia will ban all imports of food from the United States and all fruit and vegetables from Europe, the state news agency reported on Wednesday, a sweeping response to Western sanctions imposed over its support for
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Anti-Semitic mobs surface in European countries The cyclic resurgence of anti-Semitism The Jews and the Spanish Inquisition Anti-Semitic mobs surface in European countries Number of anti-Semitic attacks since the 1980s (Kantor Center, Tel-Aviv University)
UNITED NATIONS (AP)–A production of William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” that hopes to visit every country in the world in two years landed at the United Nations on Monday, with the tale of the dithering Danish prince getting a boisterous, standing ovation
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia may impose restrictions or a ban on European airlines using trans-Siberian routes, raising the cost of their flights to Asia in response to the European Union’s sanctions over Ukraine, the business daily Vedomosti reported on Tuesday.
The European Union pumped €436m (£348m/$586m) into Ukraine’s anti-Russian “civil society” groups in the seven years leading up to overthrow of the democratically-elected President Yanukovych in February this year. Civil society groups and other pressure groups – some of them
(Reuters) – Russia announced new military exercises involving bombers and fighter jets on Monday in a show of strength near the border with Ukraine. An air force spokesman was quoted by Interfax news agency as saying more than 100 planes
The chief-of-staff of Britain’s biggest trade union has launched a group supporting pro-Putin separatists in Ukraine. Andrew Murray, who is one of the most powerful figures in the Unite union, spoke at the inaugural meeting of campaign group Solidarity with
In her opening monologue on Saturday, “Justice w/Judge Jeanine” host Jeanine Pirro delivered yet another scathing rebuke of President Barack Obama and what declared to be his lack of interest in leadership. Pirro pointed to the situations in the Israel-Hamas
Britain will have just one tank regiment from today, meaning that it will have more horses than tanks, and will only be able to field around tanks in a war. The Times reports that thousands will gather in Wiltshire today
The UKIP Friends of Poland group has written to the Prime Minister questioning the European Union’s readiness to put sanctions onto Russia. The chairman Przemek Skwirczynski, who is in favour of sanctions, is nonetheless concerned that countries reliant on Russian gas
DEBALTSEVE, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities said Friday that at least 10 government troops were killed in an ambush by pro-Russian separatists in an area near the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, but international inspectors nonetheless set off for
You often hear the media lament about how the budget and staff cuts that have hit news outlets for decades primarily affect overseas news gathering. Gone first are the foreign bureaus, correct? You wouldn’t know that looking at today’s news
Roger Cohen at The Atlantic looks at current events and sets out a detailed scenario for how World War III could begin. Interestingly, he leaves terrorist and the Middle East completely out of his “dark imaginings,” focusing on a coincidental
Neo-Nazis from Sweden are in Ukraine fighting for the cause of the pro-European Union, US-backed Kiev government. They are fighting with the Azov Battalion, a Ukrainian squad which flies a flag with Nazi symbols and which one Swedish soldier says
