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Ukraine claims Russia ignoring call for crunch talks to avert all-out war in Donbass, but Moscow says it never received an invite
The Kremlin has denied ignoring requests from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to hold a crisis summit after days of bloody escalations in the war-torn Donbass region, insisting it hasn’t actually been invited to take part.
Apr 12, 2021 12:55
Russia & Former Soviet Union
Ukraine’s NATO fantasy is a suicide pill in disguise; military action by the alliance against pro-Russian forces would be crushed
Ukraine's President Zelensky hopes that NATO will assist Kiev in forcefully expelling Russia from Crimea and re-taking control of the breakaway Donbass. This dangerous fiction could lead to the destruction of his troubled country.
Apr 8, 2021 13:26
Russia & Former Soviet Union
Since Zelensky became Ukrainian president, discussions on peace in war-torn Donbass haven’t advanced ‘one iota,’ laments Kremlin
There has been no progress at all in implementing the Donbass peace deal since Volodymyr Zelensky was elected president of Ukraine in 2019, and Kiev considers the Minsk agreement to be unenforceable, the Kremlin said on Tuesday.
Mar 30, 2021 14:19
Russia & Former Soviet Union
Ukraine’s Zelensky approves strategy for ‘return’ of Crimea from ‘military adversary’ Russia & names NATO membership as key goal
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a decree explicitly naming Russia as a “military adversary” of his country and accusing Moscow of an “aggressive foreign and military policy” that may lead to conflict in Europe.
Mar 26, 2021 12:30
Russia & Former Soviet Union
President Zelensky must BAN main opposition party, Western Ukrainian politicians insist branding political bloc ‘internal enemy’
Ukraine’s largest and, according to recent polls, most popular opposition party could be prohibited under proposals put forward by a major city council, just weeks after opposition-owned TV channels were banned from the airwaves.
Mar 12, 2021 11:35
Russia & Former Soviet Union
Zelensky wants to establish ‘dictatorship’ says Ukrainian opposition leader, as Kiev bids to put him behind bars on terror charges
Viktor Medvedchuk, the head of Ukraine’s largest opposition party, has accused the country’s president of trying to establish a dictatorship, after the government shuttered media outlets and unveiled sanctions against politicians.
Feb 20, 2021 13:45
Russia & Former Soviet Union