Russian President Vladimir Putin’s initiative to deploy UN peacekeepers to Donbass may help ease tensions with Moscow, German Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Tuesday, August, 5. Ukraine: Putin gave green light to UN mission in Donbass https://t.co/itRdjSqSVR — ANSANewEurope (@ANSANewEurope) September 5, 2017 “I see reports that Putin has publicly voiced…
Category: Conflict
Russia Today reporter killed in Syria
A reporter working with RT Arabic, Khaled Alkhateb (25), has been killed in shelling from Islamic State (IS) in the eastern suburb of Homs, Syria. Alkhateb was covering the Syrian Army’s operations against IS terrorists. Journalist working with RT Arabic killed in Homs province of Syria during ISIS shelling https://t.co/8TBiMGxOKo pic.twitter.com/SNGWmEJ3IA — RT (@RT_com) July…
EU knitting brows at Malorossiya
The European External Action Service reacted to Malorossiya project declared by the leader of Donetsk (pictured) Alexander Zakharchenko with the following statement: “Recent “declarations” and provocative rhetoric from so-called leaders regarding certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine not currently under the control of the government run counter to the objectives of the…
Approaching Mosul victory
Islamic State militants vowed to “fight to the death” in Mosul as Iraqi military commanders said they would take full control of the city from the insurgents at any moment during the weekend. Iraqi military says "victory is very near" in fight to retake Mosul https://t.co/GJaRXMcpIt pic.twitter.com/vdWwzVIfWy — CNN (@CNN) July 8, 2017 Dozens…
EU sanctions on Russia to stay
Luxembourg. 19.06.2017. Today during press-conference of the Foreign Affairs Council the EU top diplomat Federica Mogherini expressed a suggestion that the EU restrictive measures concerning Russia are there to stay. Mogherini underlined the importance of the Normandy format and Minsk Agreements in conflict resolution in Ukraine, however she did not notice a tangible progress in…
Taliban strikes in Afghanistan
Dozens of people were killed or wounded when as many as five suicide bombers attacked a police headquarters in eastern Afghanistan on , officials said. The attack, claimed by the Taliban, began around 6:30 a.m. (0200 GMT) on Sunday, June 18, when one bomber detonated a car packed with explosives at the gate of the…
US soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Three American soldiers were killed and one wounded on 10th of July (10.06.2017), when an Afghan soldier opened fire on them in eastern Afghanistan, according to three U.S. officials. The shooting occurred in the Achin district of Nangarhar province, where U.S. special forces have been fighting alongside Afghan troops against Islamic State and Taliban militants,…
Conflict-famine link
The United Nations has declared famine in parts of South Sudan and warned that more than 20 million people risk dying from starvation because of drought and conflict in Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan and northeast Nigeria, while more than 100 million face acute malnutrition worldwide. Stephen O’Brien, the United Nations’ top humanitarian official underlined the…
PM Michel condemns violence near Turkish Consulate
The Belgium Prime minister Charles Michel “condemned firmly” the violence erupted next to the Turkish Consulate in Brussels. The government has “zero” tolerance to violence related to Turkish referendum. Charles Michel condamne fermement les violences devant l’ambassade turque https://t.co/HzGBy9hk8I pic.twitter.com/6KUPOlYwkC — Le Soir (@lesoir) March 30, 2017 After three kurdish votes were stabbed, the police…
EU prolongs individual sanctions aganist Russians
On 13 March 2017, the Council prolonged the restrictive measures over actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine for a further six months, until 15 September 2017. The measures consist of asset freezes and a travel bans. The assessment of the situation did not justify a change in the…
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