Following comments from Ukraine’s Defense Minister Valery Geletey of MOSCOW threatening with a nuclear attack on its neighbor, MOSCOW said it was shocked by the statement. Russia warned that such rhetoric only deepens the civil stand-off in Ukraine. “Geletey’s calls to get ready for ‘tens of thousands’ of new victims in what he called ‘Great […] Continue reading → 
Pro-Russian rebels attacked two Ukrainian coastal guard vessels for the first time, just hours after European Union governments agreed to impose new sanctions on Russia if the conflict worsens. Fighting in southeast Ukraine continued and the situation there remains “tense,” according to military officials in Kiev. While EU leaders disagreed about possible military assistance to […] Continue reading → 
The European Union moved to slap tougher sanctions on Russia as Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said hundreds of foreign tanks are operating in his country and pleaded for EU help. “We are close to the point of no return,” Poroshenko told reporters in Brussels today during a summit of EU leaders. “Thousands of foreign troops […] Continue reading → 
Separatists in eastern Ukraine are battling government forces on two fronts near the Sea of Azov and south of Donetsk as NATO reports a surge of Russian troops and advanced equipment into the war-zone. The U.S. and the European Union are threatening Russian President Vladimir Putin with further sanctions, even as the EU began talks […] Continue reading → 
Ukrainian government forces engaged with a separatist armored column near the southeastern town of Novoazovsk, about 10 km (6 miles) from the Russian border, Ukraine’s military information service said on Monday. Border guards halted the advance of the column about 5 km northeast of the town, which is on the Azov Sea, it said in […] Continue reading → 
The U.S. and the European Union joined the government in Kiev in condemning Russia’s decision to send a truck convoy filled with what it says is humanitarian aid into battle-torn eastern Ukraine. The convoy of about 280 trucks that reached the city of Luhansk is a “flagrant violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty” and Russia risks added […] Continue reading → 
The Red Cross demanded safety guarantees before it begins inspecting the first 16 trucks from a convoy Russia says is carrying humanitarian aid at the Ukrainian border, as the nations’ top diplomats met to discuss a possible truce. Ukraine agreed to let Russian aid cross into separatist-held territory under the supervision of the International Committee […] Continue reading → 
Michael Schaus I never knew that horticulture was such an offensive field of study. According to some leftist professor (who is likely addicted to feeling like a victim), a local gardening show is promoting racism, fascism, and nationalism. Cordials, rhododendrons, and roses are apparently part of some vast Nazi conspiracy in England. Let’s back up […] Continue reading → 
Ukrainian authorities said they succeeded in halting a Russian military convoy heading toward its border as Kiev swept away the last of blockades first erected by anti-government protesters eight months ago. The column of Russian soldiers and army equipment stopped before crossing the border into Ukraine’s embattled east after leaders asked the U.S., Russia and […] Continue reading → 
From his perch as Vladimir Putin’s adviser for building ties with fellow former Soviet republics, Sergei Glazyev perceives the world shifting to a war footing. There’s a war waged against Russia with economic sanctions and military conflicts roiling Ukraine to Iraq, according to Glazyev, 53, an academician and a native of Ukraine who for the […] Continue reading → 
As the military endgame in Ukraine approaches, President Vladimir Putin must decide just how far he’s prepared to go to defend the pro-Russian insurgency. His options range from an invasion under the guise of a peacekeeping mission to abandonment of the rebels to avoid further sanctions from the U.S. and the European Union, said politicians, […] Continue reading → 
For everybody except Obama’s patrons, his policies regarding Ukraine are disastrous U.S. President Barack Obama’s war against Russia isn’t only causing Russia to cooperate more strongly with the other BRIC countries to break the U.S. dollar’s reign as the global reserve currency, but it’s also causing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s job-approval rating in Russia to […] Continue reading → 
Ukraine expressed concern about a renewed buildup of Russian forces on its border as it pressed ahead with an offensive against pro-Moscow separatists in the east of the country. The Ukrainian operation against the rebels may give Russia “an excuse” to invade, Mykhailo Koval, deputy head of Ukraine’s National Defense and Security Council, said yesterday. […] Continue reading → 
Austrian law student Max Schrems appealed to a billion Facebook users around the world on Friday to join a class-action lawsuit against Facebook’s alleged violations of its users’ privacy, stepping up a years-long data-protection campaign. Schrems, a thorn in Facebook’s side who has a case involving the social network pending at the European Court of […] Continue reading → 
Investigators began searching the wreckage of Malaysian Air (MAS) Flight MH17 after two weeks of delays, finding more body parts and personal effects of victims as the pro-Russian revolt in eastern Ukraine raged on around them. Dozens of forensics experts, mainly Dutch and Australian, followed scouts on a four-hour journey from the regional capital, Donetsk, […] Continue reading →