Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk is accusing Russia of wanting
to occupy Ukraine "militarily and politically," as both Kyiv and Moscow
mass troops close to their mutual border.
Mr. Yatsenyuk warned Friday that Russia's actions could lead to a wider military conflict in Europe. He told an interim Cabinet meeting that Moscow "wants to start World War Three."
U.S. President Barack Obama also criticized what he called Russia's "further meddling" in eastern Ukraine, where armed, pro-Russian separatists have occupied government buildings.
Mr. Yatsenyuk warned Friday that Russia's actions could lead to a wider military conflict in Europe. He told an interim Cabinet meeting that Moscow "wants to start World War Three."
U.S. President Barack Obama also criticized what he called Russia's "further meddling" in eastern Ukraine, where armed, pro-Russian separatists have occupied government buildings.
Speaking in Seoul, Mr. Obama said he would talk to "key European leaders" later Friday about implementing wider sanctions in the event Russia further escalates the situation.
He said Russian President Vladimir Putin must decide whether he wants to see his country's already fragile economy weakened further because he failed to act diplomatically in Ukraine.
His comments echoed that of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who said Thursday that Moscow is making "an expensive mistake" by failing to restrain the separatists......etc....[voanews.com]
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Der Kiewer Regierungschef Jazenjuk erhebt schwere
Vorwürfe gegen Russland. Soldaten näherten sich der Grenze zur Ukraine
bis auf einen Kilometer. Kanzlerin Merkel ermahnt Putin und spricht mit
Obama.........http://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article127289709/Russland-will-den-Dritten-Weltkrieg-anzetteln.html
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- UKRAINE : Pour Kiev, Moscou veut lancer "une 3ème guerre mondiale"...
Le Premier ministre ukrainien Arseni Iatseniouk accuse la Russie de vouloir lancer une "une troisième guerre mondiale" en soutenant l'insurrection séparatiste dans l'est de l'Ukraine.
John Kerry, de son côté, accuse la Russie de faire "des efforts démesurés pour saboter activement le processus démocratique par le biais d'une campagne d'intimidation grossière"........http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/ukraine-la-revolte/20140425.OBS5202/en-direct-ukraine-pour-kiev-moscou-veut-lancer-une-3eme-guerre-mondiale.html?xtor=RSS-17
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Mi-8 helicopter explodes at Kramatorsk airport in Ukraine’s east...
ReplyDeleteA Mi-8 transport helicopter exploded on Friday at an airport in the city of Kramatorsk, in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk Region, Dmytro Tymchuk, the head of the Ukrainian Military and Political Studies Institute, told journalists.
Tymchuk added that no one was reported wounded in the incident, but did not give any more details on the explosion.
Local media reported earlier, that at least two blasts were heard from the Kramatorsk airport, where plumes of smoke rise in the air.............http://en.itar-tass.com/world/729599
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The US Department of Defense has not informed Russia that Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel wants a telephone conversation with Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov told ITAR-TASS on Friday....
ReplyDelete“Russia's Defense Ministry did not receive any notification recently from the United States that Chuck Hagel wants telephone talks with Sergei Shoigu,” he said.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused the West of wanting to "seize" Ukraine, amid escalating rhetoric between Russia and the US....
ReplyDeleteThe US says Russia has failed to live up to an agreement to end the crisis struck in Geneva last week.
American officials say Russia is behind unrest in eastern Ukrainian cities.
Ukraine has warned it will consider any crossing into its territory by Russian troops stationed on the border as a "military invasion".
"We do not accept false declarations about humanitarian action," the chief of staff of acting President Olexander Turchynov told the Interfax-Ukraine news agency.
"We will destroy the attackers."
In a separate development, Russia's foreign currency ratings have been cut by the credit ratings agency Standard & Poor to one notch above "junk" status.
The agency warned that further downgrades were possible if the West imposed tighter sanctions against Moscow..........http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27153909
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Russia questions NATO military buildup near border...
ReplyDeleteThe deployment of US and NATO aviation, ships and troops raises concerns, Russia’s Chief of General Staff told his American counterpart. In a phone conversation the two also spoke of Russian military exercises and “substantial” Ukrainian troop buildup.
“Our concern is caused by an increase of US air force and the American military personnel in the Baltic, Poland, and also the Alliance's ships in the Black Sea,” the Defense Ministry said in a statement, quoting General Valery Gerasimov. NATO wargames in Eastern Europe are also “not helping” to normalize the situation, Russia's defense minister Sergey Shoigu said earlier.
The first waves of US soldiers have already arrived in Poland and Latvia, after Tuesday announcement that the Pentagon is sending about 600 soldiers to Poland and the three Baltic states for infantry exercises. “If there's a message to Moscow, it is the same exact message that we take our obligations very, very seriously on the continent of Europe,” Defense Department spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby said at the time.
Also this week, the US frigate USS Taylor entered the Black Sea, with this NATO vessel – the French frigate Dupleix – reportedly scheduled to enter the Black Sea by the end of the week. France is also sending four fighter jets to help NATO’s air patrols over the Baltics.
In a phone call on Friday, Gerasimov also told US General Martin Dempsey that Ukraine deployed a “substantial group of forces” on its border with Russia, potentially capable of conducting sabotage. “On the Ukrainian side of the border with Russia, light mechanized border troops are operating, designed for subversive activities,” defense ministry’s statement read. .......http://rt.com/news/155020-russia-army-nato-buildup/
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