Russia's Seizure Of Ukrainian Ships Is An 'Outrageous Violation,' Haley Says At U.N. - NPR

December 14, 2018

Russia Ukraine Russia's Seizure Of Ukrainian Ships Is An 'Outrageous Violation,' Haley Says At U.N. - NPR Some see 'devil's work' as Ukrainian Church prepares to split with Russia - Channel NewsAsia EU leaders agree to prolong Russia sanctions over Ukraine - Idaho Statesman U.S. call to release Ukraine sailors can't trump Russian law: Kremlin - Reuters Ukraine-Russia tensions reach Greece's holy Mount Athos - The Guardian Russia's Seizure Of Ukrainian Ships Is An 'Outrageous Violation,' Haley Says At U.N. - NPR NPR The Nikopol gunboat (left) and the Yany Kapu tugboat of the Ukrainian navy are tugged to the Kerch Seaport. Read More Some see 'devil's work' as Ukrainian Church prepares to split with Russia - Channel NewsAsia Channel NewsAsia KOROSTEN, Ukraine: Ukrainian security service officers raided the Orthodox Christian cathedral in this northwestern town this month, saying it suspected its Russia-aligned clergy of spreading religious hatred. Read More EU leaders agree to prolong Russia sanctions over Ukraine - Idaho Statesman Idaho Statesman A top European Union official says EU leaders have agreed to prolong economic sanctions against Russia over its destabilization of Ukraine. Read More U.S. call to release Ukraine sailors can't trump Russian law: Kremlin - Reuters Reuters MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Friday that a U.S. call to release Ukrainian sailors and ships seized near Crimea could not take precedence over Russia’s justice system, but that Moscow remained interested in a top level bilateral meeting with the United States. Read More Ukraine-Russia tensions reach Greece's holy Mount Athos - The Guardian The Guardian In the chilly pre-dawn gloom one recent morning, Father Makarios hurried to his chapel, one of dozens of churches and cathedrals across Mount Athos, to perform morning liturgy. A two-hour marathon of biblical recitations and sonorous chanting, it would be just one of many services that day. Read More

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U.S. urges Hungary not to block Ukraine's NATO engagement - Reuters

December 13, 2018

Russia Ukraine U.S. urges Hungary not to block Ukraine's NATO engagement - Reuters Cabinet sets up interagency commission to draft Ukraine's claim to Russia for armed aggression - Interfax Ukraine Russia's actions in Crimea, Donbas "crippled" Ukraine – historian - UNIAN UNIAN: Ukrainian sailor refuses to testify, tells Russian investigators he's war prisoner - Kyiv Post Donbass Brothers: How Serbian Fighters Were Deployed in Ukraine - Balkan Insight U.S. urges Hungary not to block Ukraine's NATO engagement - Reuters Reuters BUDAPEST (Reuters) - The United States urged Hungary on Thursday to repair relations with neighboring Ukraine and not try to block Kiev’s cooperation with NATO, saying “if Ukraine fails, Hungary will be on the front line of Russian aggression”. Read More Cabinet sets up interagency commission to draft Ukraine's claim to Russia for armed aggression - Interfax Ukraine Interfax Ukraine 12:43 13.12.2018 Cabinet sets up interagency commission to draft Ukraine's claim to Russia for armed aggression Read More Russia's actions in Crimea, Donbas "crippled" Ukraine – historian - UNIAN UNIAN Russia's actions in Crimea, Donbas "crippled" Ukraine – historianThe Russian Federation was never going to allow the accession of Donbas. REUTERS Vakhtang Kipiani, a journalist, publicist, historian, and editor-in-chief of the Historical Pravda online publication, believes that the Russian Federation, through its actions in Crimea and Donbas, has "crippled" Ukraine.The Ukrainian State cannot give up on the seized peninsula, the expert said during a chat with readers at Glavred. Read More UNIAN: Ukrainian sailor refuses to testify, tells Russian investigators he's war prisoner - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post UNIAN: Ukrainian sailor refuses to testify, tells Russian investigators he’s war prisoner Published Dec. Read More Donbass Brothers: How Serbian Fighters Were Deployed in Ukraine - Balkan Insight Balkan Insight Milosevic defends his actions by claiming Ukraine has not respected the Minsk agreements, signed by Kiev and Moscow in 2014 and 2015, which were supposed to ensure a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine. Read More

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Poroshenko: Russia can launch ground operation against Ukraine any moment - UNIAN

December 12, 2018

Russia Ukraine Poroshenko: Russia can launch ground operation against Ukraine any moment - UNIAN U.S. House Of Representatives Condemns Russia's Nord Stream 2 Pipeline - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty The EU’s response to Russia must be bold and unanimous - The Guardian Ukraine's National Police put Russian Sarkisov brothers on wanted list - Kyiv Post Law on non-prolongation of Treaty of Friendship with Russia enters into force in Ukraine - UNIAN Poroshenko: Russia can launch ground operation against Ukraine any moment - UNIAN UNIAN Poroshenko: Russia can launch ground operation against Ukraine any momentPoroshenko says Ukraine needs an improving military and technical cooperation. Photo from UNIAN Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko does not rule out Russia's move to launch ground operation against Ukraine any moment.Ukraine needs to enhance military and technical cooperation with its partners, including on the supply the lethal weapons helping the country protect itself  from the possible "huge" ground operation "we do not exclude Russia can launch any moment," Poroshenko said in an interview to Fox News. Read More U.S. House Of Representatives Condemns Russia's Nord Stream 2 Pipeline - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty The U.S. House of Representatives has condemned the Russian-backed Nord Stream 2 natural-gas pipeline, saying the undersea project will boost Russian control over Europe’s energy supplies. Read More The EU’s response to Russia must be bold and unanimous - The Guardian The Guardian It was always just a matter of time before the smouldering conflict between Russia and Ukraine in the Sea of Azov, a body of water to the north-east of Crimea, escalated militarily. Read More Ukraine's National Police put Russian Sarkisov brothers on wanted list - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Ukraine’s National Police put Russian Sarkisov brothers on wanted list Published Dec. Read More Law on non-prolongation of Treaty of Friendship with Russia enters into force in Ukraine - UNIAN UNIAN Law on non-prolongation of Treaty of Friendship with Russia enters into force in UkraineThe Treaty will expire on April 1, 2019. Ukraine is Not Russia / Photo from open sources On December 12, the law on non-prolongation of the Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership with Russia from April 2019 came into force.On December 11, the law was published in the parliamentary gazette Holos Ukrainy. Read More

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Germany to Back Russian Gas Link Despite Ukraine Tensions - VOA News

December 11, 2018

Russia Ukraine Germany to Back Russian Gas Link Despite Ukraine Tensions - VOA News Russia's Disinformation Chief Takes Fresh Aim at America - The Daily Beast Ukraine is ‘constant problem to European Security’ – Greek alternate foreign minister - RT Ukraine to terminate Friendship treaty with Russia - The Siasat Daily EU eyes ways to bolster Ukraine economy amid Russia tension - Dayton Daily News Germany to Back Russian Gas Link Despite Ukraine Tensions - VOA News VOA News BERLIN —  Germany will not withdraw its political support for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline with Russia, its foreign minister said on Monday, as some lawmakers suggested curtailing the project to punish Moscow for its seizure of Ukrainian ships and their crew. Read More Russia's Disinformation Chief Takes Fresh Aim at America - The Daily Beast The Daily Beast ST. PETERSBURG, Russia—This city’s infamous “troll factory,” the focus of one of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s indictments almost 10 months ago, is still out of bounds to journalists even if its efforts to swing the 2016 U.S. Read More Ukraine is ‘constant problem to European Security’ – Greek alternate foreign minister - RT RT Kiev’s belligerent policies pose a “constant” security threat to Europe, Greece’s alternate foreign minister said, adding that the last thing Europe needs is another “hotspot of tension.” Read More Ukraine to terminate Friendship treaty with Russia - The Siasat Daily The Siasat Daily Posted by Shameen on Dec 10, 2018, 11:42 PM IST Delhi World Kiev [Ukraine]: Ukraine has decided to terminate the 1997 Russian-Ukrainian Friendship Treaty in the wake of the Kerch Strait incident with President Petro Poroshenko signing law number 206 to terminate the treaty on Monday. Read More EU eyes ways to bolster Ukraine economy amid Russia tension - Dayton Daily News Dayton Daily News BRUSSELS —  The European Union is studying ways to help bolster the economy in strife-torn eastern Ukraine, the EU's top diplomat said Monday, amid tensions with Russia over a naval confrontation in the Black Sea last month. Read More

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Russia's VTB to focus on organic growth - Reuters

December 10, 2018

Russia Ukraine Russia's VTB to focus on organic growth - Reuters Ukraine counterintel exposes ex-defense official spying for Russia - UNIAN Satellite spots hundreds of Russian tanks near border with Ukraine - Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news Response to Russian Naval Spat Does Ukraine's Leader No Favors - Bloomberg Xinhua: Turkey keen to act as mediator in Russia-Ukraine rift - Kyiv Post Russia's VTB to focus on organic growth - Reuters Reuters MOSCOW (Reuters) - VTB, Russia’s second biggest bank, plans to focus on organic growth over the next three years after snapping up smaller peers to expand across the country, the bank’s First Deputy Chief Executive Dmitry Olyunin said. Read More Ukraine counterintel exposes ex-defense official spying for Russia - UNIAN UNIAN Ukraine counterintel exposes ex-defense official spying for Russia09:00, 10 December 2018 Ukraine 22 Read More Satellite spots hundreds of Russian tanks near border with Ukraine - Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news Russia has deployed a significant number of military hardware on the border with Ukraine, including hundreds of tanks, which was recorded on satellite images, according to online military magazine Defense Blog. Read More Response to Russian Naval Spat Does Ukraine's Leader No Favors - Bloomberg Bloomberg Response to Russian Naval Spat Does Ukraine's Leader No Favors  BloombergThe push by Ukraine's leader to impose martial law after a naval standoff with Russia struck many as odd. Why take this step now, they asked, when it wasn't ... Read More Xinhua: Turkey keen to act as mediator in Russia-Ukraine rift - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Xinhua: Turkey keen to act as mediator in Russia-Ukraine rift Published Dec. 10 at 12:30 pm Read More

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Defense Blog: Satellite imagery shows hundreds of Russian tanks near Ukraine border - UNIAN

December 09, 2018

Russia Ukraine Defense Blog: Satellite imagery shows hundreds of Russian tanks near Ukraine border - UNIAN Ukraine Can Create Its Own Nukes, Former Envoy to NATO Claims - Sputnik International Royal Navy chief warns Russia NATO Ukraine threat like days before WW1 | Daily Star - Daily Star Paul Goble: Russians will celebrate return of Crimea to Ukraine if Putin tells them to - Kyiv Post Poroshenko asks church to mediate in release of Ukrainian sailors captured by Russia - UNIAN Defense Blog: Satellite imagery shows hundreds of Russian tanks near Ukraine border - UNIAN UNIAN Defense Blog: Satellite imagery shows hundreds of Russian tanks near Ukraine border13:55, 09 December 2018 War 2 Read More Ukraine Can Create Its Own Nukes, Former Envoy to NATO Claims - Sputnik International Sputnik International Europe10:42 09.12.2018(updated 10:43 09.12.2018) Get short URL On December 5, 1994, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus, the US and the UK signed the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances, which obliged Kiev to give up nuclear weapons. Read More Royal Navy chief warns Russia NATO Ukraine threat like days before WW1 | Daily Star - Daily Star Daily Star Admiral Lord West issued the dire warning as Putin’s forces are accused of massing to invade Ukraine – with president Petro Poroshenko begging for NATO aid. The former First Sea Lord laid out the danger of the situation as both sides test each other – warning about the possibility of NATO’s intervention against Russia in the Black Sea. Read More Paul Goble: Russians will celebrate return of Crimea to Ukraine if Putin tells them to - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Paul Goble: Russians will celebrate return of Crimea to Ukraine if Putin tells them to Published Dec. Read More Poroshenko asks church to mediate in release of Ukrainian sailors captured by Russia - UNIAN UNIAN Poroshenko asks church to mediate in release of Ukrainian sailors captured by RussiaPoroshenko had conversations with head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate Onufriy. Read More

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