Tag: Ukraine
Pentagon Puts 8,500 Troops on ‘High Alert’ Amid Ukraine Tensions
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III has put 8,500 American troops on “high alert” for possible deployment to Eastern Europe, as NATO an [...]
Russia risks ‘a new Chechnya’ if it invades Ukraine – Johnson
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned Russia it risked "a new Chechnya" if it invaded Ukraine, that would cause bloodshed and trigger possible econo [...]
Ukraine: Boris Johnson warns Russian invasion would be disastrous
Members of the Nato alliance, including Denmark, Spain, Bulgaria and the Netherlands, are sending more fighter jets and warships to Eastern Europe to [...]
Ukraine: UK withdrawing some embassy staff from Kyiv
About half of the staff working in Kyiv will return to the UK amid fears of a Russian invasion.
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U.S. Orders Family Members of Embassy Staff to Leave Ukraine
WASHINGTON — The State Department said on Sunday that it had ordered family members of U.S. Embassy personnel in Kyiv, Ukraine, to leave the country a [...]
Dominic Raab: ‘We stand with Ukraine’
Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab has said there is a "very significant risk" that Russian forces will invade Ukraine. Speaking to the BBC's Sophie R [...]
US State Dept will evacuate families of embassy personnel in Ukraine as soon as Monday
No one knows if Russia is going to invade Ukraine but there are plenty of reasons to worry.Starting Monday, the US St [...]
UK accuses Kremlin of trying to install pro-Russian leader in Ukraine
The British foreign ministry declined to provide evidence to back its accusations, which came at a time of high tensions between Russia and the West [...]
Britain Says Moscow Is Plotting to Install a Pro-Russian Leader in Ukraine
KYIV — The British government said Saturday that the Kremlin was developing plans to install a pro-Russian leader in Ukraine — and had already chosen [...]
UK must do more to support Ukraine – Commons Defence Chair
Putin is taking advantage of 'weakened West' says Tobias Ellwood, with Ukraine's invasion 'imminent'.
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Can Russia back down in Ukraine?
“My guess is he will move in. He has to do something,” President Joe Biden said of Russian President Vladimir Putin during a Wednesday press confer [...]
Ukraine tension: Foreign Secretary Liz Truss urges Putin to step back
An invasion by Russia into Ukraine "would come at a massive cost", the UK foreign secretary warns.
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On Ukraine, Biden Flusters European Allies by Stating the Obvious
Her party leader and chancellor, Olaf Scholz, has been more circumspect, saying after a meeting with the NATO secretary-general, Jens Stoltenberg, on [...]
Russia, Ukraine Crisis Ignored by Financial Markets?
RUSSIA, UKRAINE, US DOLLAR, MILITARY STOCKS, RUSSIAN RUBLE, CRUDE OIL, NORD STREAM 2 - TALKING POINTSRussia-Ukraine tension embroiling the US - fears [...]
Biden Predicts Russia Will Invade Ukraine
“If any Russian military forces move across the Ukrainian border, that’s a renewed invasion, and it will be met with a swift, severe and united respon [...]