Putin Quietly Detaches Ukraine’s Rebel Zones as U.S. Waffles.
The International Court of Justice, or The Hague, ruled against Ukraine’s bid to force ’emergency measures’ on Moscow to prevent them from funding and supporting pro-Russian rebels in Donbass, or East Ukraine. The court ruled Ukraine “has not put before the court evidence which affords a sufficient basis” to show…
Judges at the International Court of Justice at The Hague will rule today in a case brought by Ukraine against Russia for the simmering conflict in East Ukraine and the annexation of the Crimean Peninsula. Judges could issue the ruling at any moment now in Ukraine’s request for ’emergency measures’…
Putin, Merkel, Hollande, Poroshenko Discuss Situation In Ukraine.
The port city of Mariupol, on the Sea of Azov in Ukraine, has been at the forefront of the conflict in the Donbass region between government troops and pro-Russian separatists since the conflict began in 2014. The historic area was controlled by the rebels for some time and then retaken…
TOP US GENERAL IN EUROPE SAYS WEST SHOULD ARM UKRAINE
The commander of U.S. forces in Europe, General Curtis Scaparrotti, says the West should arm Ukraine in its fight against the pro-Russian rebels who are claiming Donbass territory in the east. “I personally believe we need to consider lethal defensive weapons for Ukraine,” Army General Curtis Scaparrotti, who is NATO’s…
As the blockade in East Ukraine shuts down rail lines from Donetsk into the government-controlled regions of the country for another week, gravely impacting the nation’s economic growth, the International Monetary Fund and the government in Kyiv announced today that the IMF is delaying further disbursement of aid until they…
Poroshenko Flips, Now Supporting Rail Blockade In East Ukraine.
Steel production in Ukraine could grind to a halt and severely impact economic growth if blockades against rail lines into rebel held territory by nationalists continue. Veterans and volunteers, tired of seeing the Ukrainian government in Kyiv providing an economic lifeline to pro-Russian separatists who are killing their brothers, sons,…