LAST UPDATE: 16:23 Russian President Vladimir Putin today called on Ukraine to sit at the negotiating table with separatists in the east of the country, citing rising tensions in the region, according to Reuters. He also called for the implementation of the Minsk peace process At a news conference in Moscow, Putin also said that […]
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Guterres warns of ‘catastrophic’ consequences of conflict in Ukraine
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres used his opening speech at the Munich Security Conference to warn of a conflict in Ukraine, saying it was “time for serious de-escalation”. “With a gathering of Russian forces around Ukraine, I am deeply concerned about the escalation of tensions and speculation about a military conflict in Europe. I still believe […]
Ukraine: Mass evacuation of civilians to Russia announced by pro-Russian separatists
LAST UPDATE: 16.44 The mass evacuation of the territories they control in the Ukrainian province of Donetsk (which they have called the “Donetsk People’s Republic”) by the elderly, women and children to Russia, in consultation with Moscow, was announced shortly after 3 p.m. (Greek time) the pro-Russian separatist guerrillas, through the mouth of the head […]
Ukraine: Mass evacuation of civilians announced by pro-Russian separatists
LAST UPDATE: 16.44 The mass evacuation of the territories they control in the Ukrainian province of Donetsk (which they have called the “Donetsk People’s Republic”) by the elderly, women and children to Russia, in consultation with Moscow, was announced shortly after 3 p.m. (Greek time) the pro-Russian separatist guerrillas, through the mouth of the head […]
Ukrainian crisis: Recognition of separatists, Moscow’s last and most explosive paper
An “unarmed attack”. The threat of recognizing the independence of the separatist-held territories in eastern Ukraine that Moscow is wielding is a double-edged sword capable of blackmailing or destroying the resumption of the Minsk peace process. In the midst of the crisis between Russia and the West, Russian lawmakers on Tuesday called on Vladimir Putin […]
Up to 190,000 Russian troops around Ukraine – The largest concentration of troops in Europe since World War II
LAST UPDATE: 16.42 The US ambassador to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has said that Russia’s military presence in and around the occupied territories of Ukraine has risen to 190,000. Russian-Ukrainian crisis earlier on Friday. “We estimate that Russia has amassed troops numbering 169,000-190,000 men and women in and around Ukraine, […]
N. Dendias: A conflict in Ukraine will not have a winner
LAST UPDATE: 14.14 Security in Europe, with an emphasis on Ukraine and the Eastern Mediterranean, was the focus of Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias’s meeting with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, in Moscow. The talks ended shortly after 1 pm Greek time, while Turkey’s attitude towards Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean region as a whole was […]
N. Dendias: A conflict in Ukraine will not have a winner – S. Lavrov: Greece’s supplies of natural gas are safe
LAST UPDATE: 14.14 Security in Europe, with an emphasis on Ukraine and the Eastern Mediterranean, was the focus of Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias’s meeting with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, in Moscow. The talks ended shortly after 1 pm Greek time, while Turkey’s attitude towards Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean region as a whole was […]
Poland ready to welcome people who will leave Ukraine in case of Russian invasion
LAST UPDATE: 14:05 European states are preparing sanctions against Russia that will be much harsher than those imposed after the annexation of Crimea in 2014, the Polish prime minister said today. “We are working on a package of specific sanctions, which will be much stronger than they were in 2014,” Mateusz Morawiecki told a news […]
Russia: Moscow launches Putin-led ‘strategic deterrent’ exercise tomorrow
LAST UPDATE: 11:50 Russia announced on Saturday that it was conducting exercises of Russian strategic forces led by Vladimir Putin, launching ballistic missiles and cruise missiles, amid the crisis between Moscow and the West over Ukraine. “On February 19, under the leadership of the Supreme Commander of the Russian Armed Forces Vladimir Putin, a planned […]
