- 15 May, 2024
Geopolitics & National SecurityDonbass
Ukraine military conducts drills with U.S. missiles near separatist region
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian military forces have conducted combat drills with U.S.-made Javelin anti-tank missiles in a conflict area with separatists in eastern Ukraine as tensions run high with Russia,…
Factbox: How rebel-held regions of eastern Ukraine have grown closer to Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow has cultivated close ties with pro-Russian rebels controlling swathes of the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine but denies being a party to their seven-year war with…
Ukrainian president does not exclude referendum on Crimea and Donbass
By Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday said he did not exclude holding a referendum on the future status of war-torn eastern Ukraine and the Crimea…
Biden assures Zelenskiy that NATO membership in Ukraine’s hands, Kyiv says
By Matthias Williams and Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden assured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that Kyiv's bid to join the NATO military alliance was in its…
Russia keeps tensions high over Ukraine while waiting for next Biden move
By Tom Balmforth and Andrey Ostroukh MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia kept up a barrage of hostile rhetoric towards Ukraine on Thursday and compared the crisis there to the most dangerous moment…
Russia sending snipers and tanks to try to provoke Ukraine in Donbass, Kyiv says
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine on Tuesday accused Russia of deploying tanks and additional sniper teams to the frontline of the conflict in eastern Ukraine, ready to inflict casualties on Ukrainian…
Ukraine uses Turkish drones in Donbass conflict zone, Putin tells Erdogan
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Ukraine is using Turkish-made drones in the conflict zone in the Donbass region, sticking to "destructive" behaviour, Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan…
Large scale Russian offensive possible in January, Ukraine says
By Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) - Russia has massed more than 94,000 troops near Ukraine's borders and may be gearing up for a large-scale military offensive at the end of…
Russia accuses Ukraine of troop build-up, starts its own winter drills
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia accused Ukraine on Wednesday of deploying half its army to confront pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country, and said it had launched its own regular…
Kremlin says Russia cannot de-escalate due to Ukrainian troop presence nearby
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Wednesday it could not de-escalate tensions with the West over Ukraine due to a large concentration of Ukrainian forces near its border. U.S.,…
Russia says Ukraine has deployed half its army to Donbass conflict zone
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia accused Ukraine on Wednesday of deploying half of its army or 125,000 troops to Donbass, a conflict zone in eastern Ukraine, where government forces have been…
Ukraine accuses Russia of wanting to wreck four-way peace talks on Donbass
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Thursday said Russia was not interested in engaging in the four-way 'Normandy' peace talks on the war in eastern Ukraine, and…
