Ukraine to block Russian aid convoy August 12, 2014 A Russian aid convoy will be turned back from the Ukrainian border amid fears the mission may be used to send in soldiers. The Ukrainian government has said that the convoy lacks Red Cross (ICRC) certification and will not be allowed to enter the country. If the aid is to cross the border, a Ukrainian [...]
NATO fears Russian aid to Ukraine may disguise invasion August 11, 2014 TENSIONS between Russia and the West threatened to flare up again yesterday as President Putin vowed to press on with plans to send an aid convoy into eastern Ukraine. It comes as the Russian leader, blamed for arming rebels and stoking conflict in the ex-soviet state, has amassed 45,000 troops on the border with its [...]
West warns Russia not to use humanitarian mission as a pretext to invade Ukraine August 9, 2014 The UK and US governments have advised Russia against using humanitarian assistance as a cover-up for sending troops to eastern Ukraine. "I am deeply concerned by reports of an increased flow of heavy weapons crossing into Ukrainian sovereign territory from Russia and by reports of Russian armed forces exercising for a 'humanitarian intervention' in [...]
Draghi: Ukraine crisis a threat to the Eurozone economy August 7, 2014 Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank (ECB), today admitted that the Ukraine crisis represented a threat to the Eurozone economy. The geopolitical concerns surrounding the Ukraine crisis and in particular the import ban imposed by Russia, were highlighted as a potential risk to European economic outlook by Draghi, but he insisted that [...]
Ukraine concerns drive German bond yields to an historical low August 6, 2014 GERMAN bond yields touched another historical low yesterday, with the benchmark 10 year bond’s yield dropping to just 1.1 per cent, down from just below two per cent at the beginning of the year. Some analysts attributed a build up of Russian troops on the Ukrainian border as one of the reasons for the drop. [...]
London Report: Ukraine and poor data weigh on FTSE but easyJet climbs August 6, 2014 THE FTSE 100 yesterday fell after being pummelled by disappointing economic data and growing fears over the crisis in Ukraine. The FTSE 100 fell 46.32 points, or 0.7 per cent, to 6,636.16 points after earlier hitting a three-month low of 6,588.43 points. Pharma stocks were the biggest fallers as investors worried that interest from US [...]
Ukraine rebels hand over black boxes from MH17 flight to Malaysian officials July 21, 2014 Pro-Russian militants have handed over the two black boxes from the downed MH17 aircraft to Malaysian officials. After an agreement with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Monday evening, separatist leader Aleksander Borodai signed them over to the Malaysian experts at a meeting in the eastern Ukranian city of Donetsk. A number of reporters were [...]
Ukraine challenges Russian media with launch of international news channel Ukraine Today July 21, 2014 An international news channel is being launched in Ukraine to challenge the allegedly pro-Putin narrative of Russian state broadcasters as the two countries continue to place blame on each other for the downing of flight MH17. As the two neighbour states continue their war of words amid growing tensions over the disaster, English-language channel Ukraine Today, run [...]
Russia and Ukraine political row over MH17 moves online to wikipedia edits July 19, 2014 Russia and Ukraine’s political row over who is responsible for shooting down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 has surfaced on wikipedia after a Russian state broadcaster was caught changing a wikipedia page about the disaster. A change was made to the Russian language wikipedia page on flight disasters by a user with the IP address for [...]
Malaysian Airlines flight MH17: Ukraine crash reignites crisis July 17, 2014 A passenger jet was shot down over Ukraine near the Russian border yesterday, killing around 300 people and straining the already tense geopolitical situation. Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 from Amsterdam and Kuala Lumpur lost contact with the ground at around 2:15pm GMT. Six of the passengers killed are believed to have been British, and 80 [...]