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Putin’s Ukraine War: Can the West prevent a new Russian offensive? Russian President Vladimir Putin has sparked an international security alert in recent weeks by ordering a major military build-up close to the border with Ukraine. (Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin via REUTERS) In recent weeks, a major Russian military build-up on the Ukrainian border has sparked fears of a possible major escalation in the simmering seven-year conflict between the two countries. Speaking in Brussels on April 1...

Russia is expanding ‘offensive’ military strength near Ukraine border, Kyiv warns Robyn Dixon © Sergei Karazy/Reuters Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba speaks during a news conference Tuesday in Kyiv. (Sergei Karazy/Reuters) MOSCOW— Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Tuesday called on Western countries to escalate “painful” economic sanctions against Russia in response to Moscow’s massive military buildup on Ukraine’s borders. “History pro...

Ukraine, France, Germany, And Russia Meet To Discuss Leaders Summit April 19, 2021 06:35 GMT Share share Print Top advisers to the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France, and Germany will hold consultations on April 19 to chart a path for a possible summit aimed at easing tensions in eastern Ukraine. The talks come after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel last week called on Russia to reverse a troop buildup near the Ukra...

France, Germany, Ukraine Urges Russia To Retreat Troops Ukraine President Zelensky hopes for truce, revival of Normandy Format talks. France, Germany and Ukraine on Friday jointly called on Russia to dismantle troops at the Ukraine border and de-escalate the current crisis. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is on an official visit to Paris, held talks with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Me...

Bookmark Aurel Braun is a professor of international relations and political science at the University of Toronto and an associate of the Davis Center at Harvard. Vladimir Putin – the Russian President now in his third decade in power – likes to keep his opponents guessing. And now, with as many as 85,000 Russian troops currently massed on Ukraine’s borders, Moscow may be tempted to add the country to its growing list of international victories that includes Transnistria, Georgia, Crime...

Readout of the telephone conversation between President Charles Michel and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy A phone call between the President of the European Council Charles Michel and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy took place on Thursday 15 April 2021. President Charles Michel expressed deep concern with regard to the large ongoing build-up of Russian military forces on Ukraines border and in illegally-annexed Crimea. Such large-scale military movements represent threate...

Ukraine Says Russia Ignoring Calls For Dialogue Amid Rising Tensions April 12, 2021 11:42 GMT Share share Print Ukraine says it has requested talks with Russia to discuss escalating tensions in eastern Ukraine but has yet to receive an answer -- a claim denied by Moscow. Kyiv and the West blame Kremlin-backed separatists holding parts of Ukraines eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk for a recent spike in hostilities, while Moscow has pointed the finger at Kyiv. A recent accumulation of photog...

The Kremlin has denied ignoring requests from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to hold a crisis summit after days of bloody escalations in the war-torn Donbass region, insisting it hasn’t actually been invited to take part.

Ukrainian army soldier is on duty in the trench at the frontline in Donbas, Eastern Ukraine. Photo: Anastasiia Rodion / Shutterstock Since the beginning of the year, the situation along the 450-kilometre front line in eastern Ukraine has deteriorated with the number of shelling and casualties increasing. Starting in March, Russian media began running headlines with titles like: “A sense of horror”; “Is a new war in Donbas real?”; “When will the war in Donbas begin?” Ukrainian media ...

News From Antiwar.com Original and up-to-date news After Emergency Visit to Ukraine, Polish Foreign Minister Calls Nord Stream 2 Pipeline ‘Present Danger to Peace in Europe’ In the whirlwind of diplomatic activity in Europe and the U.S. related to the upsurge in fighting in the Donbass region of Ukraine, the coming and going of government and military officials in the Ukrainian capital can provide revealing insights. The head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s Military Committee ...