Washington (AFP) – US Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday accused Russian leaders of lying “to my face” about Moscow’s involvement in the conflict in Ukraine and denounced what he called Russia’s “propaganda.”
Russians celebrating the Army’s Day holiday paraded through the streets of St. Petersburg this week with a prop “ballistic missile,” threatening to “personally deliver” the missile to American President Barack Obama.
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Britain is to send troops to Ukraine to help train their soldiers in the fight against Russian backed separatist forces. Non-lethal equipment will also be supplied to Ukraine as a show of friendship, Prime Minister David Cameron has confirmed. Mr
Asked while providing congressional testimony whether Russia had lied to the public and the United States regarding whether its troops were present in Eastern Ukraine, Secretary of State John Kerry answered for the first time in the affirmative, implying that he had previously believed Moscow even though journalists provided evidence of Russians on the ground in almost every month of 2014.
The pro-Russian separatists in east Ukraine announced on their website they are withdrawing their military equipment from Debaltseve, Gorlovka, Donetsk, and Telman. Despite the declaration, Kiev has indicated officials believe these alleged withdrawals are a way to mask advancements in other cities.
Economic woes may force Russia to shrink its military budget by 10 percent in 2015. State owned defense conglomerate Rostec vowed to keep an eye on military spending this year while announcing a plan to give Iran Antey-2500 missiles.
This week, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed a deal at the International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) to buy weapons from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Ukraine is in dire need of weapons due to Russia’s invasion and minimal support from the West.
According to reports, Pope Francis has accepted an invitation to travel to Ukraine. The news was released by a Ukrainian senior official involved in the exchange of prisoners in the war-torn Donbas region of eastern Ukraine and is coursing around the web in Cyrillic.
In response to Russia’s increasing military belligerence in Ukraine and threats to expand to other parts of Europe, former Governor Rick Perry has released a video with his take on America’s foreign policy toward Ukraine and what actions the government should take.
On the anniversary of the ousting of ex-President Viktor Yanukovych, a bomb ripped through Kharkiv, Ukraine, killing at least three people.
Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said, “I’m ashamed of my country, I’m ashamed of my president and ashamed of myself, ” over Ukraine response McCain said, “I believe that the German chancellor and president of
More than half of the Ukrainian casualties in the battle against Russian-backed separatists are killed by friendly fire and lack of training, a British army veteran who volunteered with the Ukrainian forces has revealed. The soldier, known only as “Saffron”, confirmed
A new documentary on Russian President Vladimir Putin from German television claims he received a face-lift, beat up his ex-wife, and drank heavily as a KGB agent in East Germany.
General Sir Adrian Bradshaw, NATO’s deputy commander of forces in Europe, told an audience at the Royal United Services Institute that Moscow’s ambitions on Ukraine are “an obvious existential threat to our whole being.”
The Russian propaganda machine is desperate to discredit Ukraine and will use anyone to achieve its goal. The latest victim is ex-porn star Sasha Grey, whose obituary was posted on Russian social media sites. The Ukrainian army, the post claimed, kidnapped, raped, and butchered her in revenge for her work nursing wounded pro-Russian soldiers.
Columnist Charles Krauthammer declared that Europe and the US were engaging in a “complete sellout” of Ukraine that was “the worst sellout of a European country since the Munich Agreement of 1938” on Friday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News
Germany, France, Ukraine, and Russia can deny it, but the alleged ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia collapsed before it even began. The Russian soldiers and pro-Russian rebels in east Ukraine broke it 250 times since it was supposed to go into effect on February 15.
A House of Lords committee has claimed Britain and other EU nations “sleepwalked” into the crisis in the Ukraine, accusing leaders of “catastrophic misreading” of the mood in the Kremlin. Peers on the House of Lords EU Scrutiny Committee said
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CNN International Correspondent Nick Paton Walsh reported from Donetsk, Ukraine that “one of the bloodiest episodes in the Ukrainian War” was “playing out under an alleged ceasefire” on Tuesday’s “Wolf.” “There is significant shelling on the road to Debaltseve, and
A newly released poll shows Americans are increasingly unhappy with the President’s handling of the Islamic State, also known as ISIS.
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Russian soldiers and pro-Russian separatists continue to shell in strategically important Debaltseve, Ukraine, despite an official ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia set to begin at midnight on February 15. In response, the European Union (EU) passed new sanctions and admitted Russia sent forces to east Ukraine.
