Putin calls Obama to discuss U.S. diplomatic proposal on Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin called U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday to discuss a U.S. diplomatic proposal for Ukraine, the White House said, adding that Obama told him that Russia must pull back its troops and not move deeper into Ukraine. The Kremlin also reported ...
Six years after losing land in a war with Russia, Georgians believe the struggle for Ukraine will decide their own fate, and hope NATO and the European Union will now speed up their integration into the Western fold. Alone among the former Soviet republics of ...
Russia's military staged training exercises Tuesday in Transnistria, a breakaway sliver of Moldova that is a focus of tension following Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region. NATO's top military commander said Sunday he was worried that Russia might have its eye on Transnistria, a largely ...
Ukraine crisis could have implications for Nonproliferation Treaty: Ban
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned international leaders Monday that the Ukraine crisis could have profound implications for the integrity of a global treaty designed to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. Ukraine gave up its Soviet-era nuclear arsenal under the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, which it ...
Republicans in Congress on Sunday urged the Obama administration to dispatch small weapons and other military equipment to aid Ukraine as Russian troops amassed at the country's eastern border. "You can do noncombatant military aid in a way that allows them to defend themselves," House ...
Top NATO official warns of Russian threat to separatist Moldova region
NATO's top military commander said on Sunday that Russia had built up a "very sizable" force on its border with Ukraine and Moscow may have a region in another ex-Soviet republic — Moldova — in its sights after annexing Crimea. Russia was acting more like ...
Initially cautious, Abe takes hard line with Russia
In the government’s sharpest terms yet, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and other officials “condemn” Moscow for its attempted annexation of Crimea and promise further economic sanctions.
Western and Asian powers will begin pressing this week for North Korea to be held liable for crimes against humanity documented in a United Nations report, but concede that their chances of influencing the isolated country are slim. North Korean security chiefs and possibly even ...
As tensions between Russia and the West grew more heated with Vladimir Putin's rapid move Monday to recognize Crimea as an independent state, his actions and motives remain opaque to U.S. and European officials. Some in the U.S., including former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, ...
