Tag: Ukraine

June 6, 2014, is the 70th anniversary of the historic D-Day landings in Normandy, France, and Russian President Vladimir Putin is planning to attend the commemorations with Western leaders. “Such a trip is being worked out,” Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov

Russia’s aggression towards Ukraine and sanctions from the West are hurting the economy and the US announced there will be more sanctions if Russia recognizes the May 11 referendum in Donetsk. On Wednesday, Putin told Donetsk to delay the May 11

(AFP) President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Moscow had pulled back its forces from the Ukrainian border amid Western fears of an imminent military invasion of Russia’s crisis-hit Western neighbour.

(AFP) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday asked pro-Kremlin separatists in southeastern Ukraine to postpone a series of disputed referendums planned for this weekend on declaring greater autonomy or outright independence from Kiev. Pro-Russian militants who have seized government buildings

Germany suggested new Geneva talks between Ukraine, Russia, the European Union, and the US, but Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov immediately dismissed any chance of another meeting after Ukraine refused to allow the pro-Russian forces to participate. Russia claims Ukraine

OK, so the US seems to be losing in Syria and in Ukraine. And not doing too well at curbing Iran’s nuclear program. Nor is it bringing peace to the Israelis and Palestinians. And the economy doesn’t look too good,

The “People’s Donetsk Republic” and Luhansk plan on a referendum on Sunday, May 11, even though the Associated Press reported there are “no visible preparations for the vote.” Germany and the United States lashed out at the referendum, while Russia

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com As immigrants surge into Greece, 22 die on Aegean Sea U.S. considers helping Nigeria find its abducted girls Pakistan travel restrictions urged to stop spread of polio Violence in Odessa Ukraine revives memories of

Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told German citizens to leave south and east Ukraine and discouraged further travel to the country. He claimed the country is on the brink of war, which is the first time a western country described

The Associated Press reported Monday that Gen. Herbert Carlisle, Commander of United States Air Forces in the Pacific, acknowledged a significant increase in the activities by Russian long-range strategic aircraft flying along the California coast.   There was no comment about whether the

Ukraine’s Interior Ministry is reporting four soldiers were killed after a shootout in Sloviansk. Pro-Russian forces have a stronghold on Sloviansk since mid-April, but the Ukrainian army has pushed back and gained control of at least nine checkpoints. However, Interior

A private bank in Mariupol, Ukraine was the first non-government building attacked by the pro-Russian forces. The violence forced PrivatBank to close regional branches in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblast. Billionaire Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Governor Ihor Kolomoisky owns the banks. PrivatBank stated

In an interview with Spanish newspaper ABC, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe described the crisis in Ukraine as “a global problem concerning Asia,” one which he intends his government to be heavily involved in solving. Abe, who is in Spain

The Ukrainian government’s new initiative against pro-Russian militants in the east of the nation is beginning to yield results, according to a BBC report claiming that militants are beginning to retreat from Sloviansk after the government regained control of nine

Russia moved dozens of Mig-29 and Su-27 fighter aircraft and Tu-22 bombers from a Simferopol district airbase to the western coast of the Crimean peninsula on May 3rd following the bloody clashes between pro- and anti-Russian groups in the southern

ST. IVES, England–In a packed community center in a village 10 miles outside of the ancient university town of Cambridge, grassroots populism was on full display last week, as Nigel Farage and his UKIP movement came to town on a

Next March was set to be the time to elect a new leader for Ukraine.  Since the corrupt presidency of Viktor Yanukovych was brought to an end by the Ukrainian people and Russia responded by forcibly reintegrating Crimea, the election

On a recent trip to Egypt with a delegation of national security experts and journalists we had the opportunity to meet with senior-level Egyptian security officials, as well as several members of the country’s various religious and civil society movements.

Pro-Russians stormed police headquarters in Odessa, Ukraine, shortly after Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk visited the city, which last week witnessed the second deadliest day since Euromaidan protests started in November 2013. Yatsenyuk said the deadly clashes on May 2 were