Tag: Crimea
Russia orders troops back to base after buildup near Ukraine
Russia announced on Thursday it was ordering troops back to base from the area near the border with Ukraine, apparently calling an end to...
“Ambiguous warfare” providing NATO with new challenge
Since Russia's annexation of Crimea in March, NATO has been publicly refocusing on its old Cold War foe Moscow. The threats it...
Three dead in east Ukraine, Putin warns of ‘abyss’
Separatists attacked a base of the Ukrainian national guard overnight and Kiev said three separatists were killed, the worst bloodshed yet in...
U.S. bans licenses for military exports to Russia
The United States said on Thursday it imposed a ban this week on the issuance of licenses for the export of defense...
Defiant Putin says Crimea will become Russian
Russian President Vladimir Putin, defying Ukrainian protests and Western sanctions, told parliament on Tuesday that Russia will move forward with procedures to...
