Tag: NATO

Ukraine Live Day 282: Heavy Fighting In Lugansk Region

November 26, 2014

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Putin’s Loose Talk About Nuclear Weapons Threatens Russia and Putin Himself

November 24, 2014

Staunton, November 24 – Loose talk by Vladimir Putin and others in Moscow about using nuclear weapons has not only united the West in ways that nothing else, including Russian aggression in Ukraine, could, but it is spreading fear among those near Putin about their future prospects in such a brave new world, according to […]

Ukraine Live Day 280: 3 Ukrainian Soldiers Killed Over Last 24 Hours

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Peskov Says Ethnic Russians In Latvia Would Revolt If Radical Nationalists Came to Power

November 21, 2014

Staunton, November 21 – During a BBC interview in which he said Moscow wants “a 100 percent guarantee” that Ukraine will not become a member of NATO, Vladimir Putin’s press secretary also said that if radical nationalists came to power in Riga and if Brussels recognized that as it did in Ukraine, then “Latvian citizens […]

Proper Response to Kremlin is to Make Ukraine a NATO Member Now

November 19, 2014

Staunton, November 18 – Dmitry Peskov, Vladimir Putin’s press secretary, says that Russian wants to receive “a 100 percent guarantee” that “no one will think about Ukraine entering NATO.” The only proper response to that outrageous example of imperial overreach is to offer NATO full membership in the alliance immediately. To do otherwise at this […]

Ukraine Live Day 275: 3 Civilians Killed, 4 Wounded – Including Two Children – In Bakhmutka Shelling

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Ukraine Live Day 266: Russian and Separatist Tanks on the Move in Ukraine

November 10, 2014

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If Putin Goes Nuclear in Ukraine, the West Won’t Respond in Kind, Ex-Polish Defense Official Says

November 7, 2014

Staunton, November 7 – In a comment the Warsaw newspaper Fakt described as extremely disturbing, Romuald Szeremietiew, a former Polish deputy defense minister, says that if Vladimir Putin uses nuclear weapons in Ukraine or in the Baltic region, the West likely would not react in kind. His suggestion follows the Kremlin leader’s incautious and outrageous […]

Ukraine Liveblog Day 255: Russian Gas Deal In Doubt

October 30, 2014

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Ukraine Liveblog Day 249: Heavy Shelling And Movements Of Armour Reported In Donetsk

October 24, 2014

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