Tag: Crimea
NATO warns Russia over troop buildup close to Ukraine
BRUSSELS — NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned Moscow on Tuesday not to push its troop buildup along the frontier with Ukraine, and expressed...
Russia says troop buildup near Ukraine is a response to NATO
MOSCOW — Russia's defense minister said Tuesday that the country's massive military buildup in the west was part of readiness drills amid what he...
Ukraine leader’s request to talk to Putin ignored: official
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has asked for a phone call with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin about the Russian troop buildup across...
Ukraine’s president visits conflict area as tensions rise
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s president on Thursday visited the area of conflict in his country's east amid an escalation of tensions that has raised...
Leaders of Russia and China tighten their grips, grow closer
MOSCOW — They're not leaders for life — not technically, at least. But in political reality, the powerful tenures of China's Xi Jinping and,...
Ukraine says firefight kills 2 soldiers in country’s east
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s military said Tuesday that two of its servicemen were killed within 24 hours in the country's east, where Ukrainian forces...
Russian FM says relations with West have ‘hit the bottom’
MOSCOW — Russia's top diplomat said Thursday that the country's relations with the United States and its allies have “hit the bottom” and no...
Populist leaders meet, seek ‘European renaissance’
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban hosted talks Thursday with populist politicians from Italy and Poland in a bid to create a...
Putin critic Navalny loses weight, blames harsh prison
MOSCOW — Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has lost a substantial amount of weight in custody, his organization said Thursday, a day after...
Leaders of Russia, France, Germany discuss global crises
MOSCOW — The leaders of Russia, France and Germany met by conference call Tuesday and discussed coronavirus vaccines, the Iranian nuclear standoff and the...
