Tycoon Petro Poroshenko’s initiative meets a major demand put forward by Moscow and helps address growing concern among rights groups about Kiev’s use of tanks and air power in heavily populated areas to suppress the pro-Russian insurgency.
But the 48-year-old chocolatier and political veteran stopped well short of accepting the Kremlin’s request to allow Russian aid into the eastern rustbelt, a move Kiev fears could be used to help arm the rebels.
NATO in fresh war games
“In order to avoid new victims in the zone of the anti-terrorist operation, the president has ordered the responsible ministers to bring about all necessary conditions for civilians who want to leave,” Poroshenko’s office said in a statement. Meanwhile, NATO launched one of its largest military maneuvers on June 9 in the Baltic states.
- Around 4,700 troops and 800 military vehicles from 10 countries including Britain, Canada and the United States are participating in the Sabre Strike exercises near the Latvian capital Riga.
Separately, the U.S. Air Force has deployed two nuclear-capable B-2 stealth bombers to a British air base for exercises with NATO allies. The Pentagon said it was pre-planned and short-term move. The two B-2 bombers arrived June 8 at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, England, where they joined three other B-52 strategic bombers that got there on June 4.
[hurriyetdailynews.com]
10/6/14
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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has ordered "humanitarian corridors" to be formed for civilians who want to leave the east of the country where clashes are continuing.....
ReplyDeletePoroshenko on Tuesday ordered the central government and local authorities to work together to help civilians leave Donetsk and Luhansk where separatists, who declared independence in May, and Ukrainian forces are continuing to clash.
Civilians leaving the regions are to be provided with medical assistance, drinking water and food, he said.
After being sworn-in as the fifth president of Ukraine on Saturday, Poroshenko pledged to solve the instability in the country by peaceful means and to forgive "peaceful" pro-Russian separatists.
Tensions are running high in Ukraine's east after separatists in the two eastern regions declared independence from Kiev following Russia's annexation of Crimea on 21 March.
Western countries have blamed Russia for instigating the conflict in Ukraine and supporting separatist groups and have sought to punish Moscow by imposing economic sanctions and excluding it from the G8 group.
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