US President Barack Obama will hold talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Washington on February 9, The Associated Press reports, citing a White House report. Obama and Merkel will discuss the situation in Ukraine. Last week, they raised concerns about ...
The Wall Street Journal called on the United States and other Western countries to supply Ukraine with modern weapons, arguing that "the West must take measures so that Russia does not win." “We are all in favor of sanctions against the Kremlin, especially those that are reflected directly ...
US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on Wednesday warned Russia about the possibility of new sanctions against it by Western countries if it continues what he described as Russian "aggression" against Ukraine. Liu spoke to reporters in Kiev at ...
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has approved a new resolution on Ukraine, which harshly criticizes Russia. In particular, PACE accused the Russians of annexing Crimea and financing pro-Russian militants operating in the Donbass, and called for the release of the prisoners of war. It is reported by "Evropeyskaya Pravda". For this resolution ...
The EU foreign ministers at a meeting on Thursday, January 29, will discuss the possibility of disconnecting Russia from the international SWIFT payment system, as well as a list of new sanctions against companies and banks in the country. Reported on Bloomberg. In particular, Brussels is studying the possibility of expanding ...
European Union leaders have called for "appropriate action" against Russia, expressing outrage at the rocket fire at the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, which has resulted in civilian casualties. “In view of the deteriorating situation, we call on the participants in the upcoming meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council to assess ...
The death toll in the conflict in Ukraine, which began last April, has officially surpassed 5000, and in fact may be even higher, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said Friday. “The significant escalation of hostilities has resulted in ...
The Washington Post called on Western countries to make "greater commitments" to the Ukrainian government, which is threatened with financial deficits and renewed violence in the east of the country. An editorial published Thursday said that many Western leaders still see ...
Dozens of people were killed or injured in the ongoing heavy fighting in the Donetsk airport area. At the same time, hostilities intensified along the entire line of separation between the Ukrainian government and the separatists. The parties blame each other for crimes against civilians. Reported about ...
US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron said they intend to continue to put pressure on Russia to “diplomatically resolve the crisis” in Ukraine. The leaders of the United States and Great Britain declared their readiness to resist Russia’s “aggression” in Ukraine in a joint article...