Pro-Russian militants in eastern Ukraine have seized six Ukrainian armoured vehicles, the defence ministry in Kiev says.
Reports say the occupants were disarmed after the vehicles were blockaded by locals in the city of Kramatorsk.
Sunday, 13 April, 2014
Ukraine: Armed forces plan to launch a full-scale operation against rebels
Ukraine’s armed forces plan to launch a “full-scale anti-terrorist operation” against pro-Russian separatists, acting president Oleksander Turchinov said on Sunday, raising the risk of a military confrontation with Moscow.
Angered by the death of a state security officer and the wounding of two of his comrades near the flashpoint eastern city of Slaviansk, Turchinov gave rebels occupying state buildings until Monday morning to lay down their weapons.
Friday, 28 March, 2014
Ukraine: Almost 100,000 Russian soldiers massed on Ukraine borders
Nearly 100,000 Russian forces have massed on Ukraine’s border, a top Ukrainian defense official told an American audience Thursday, giving a number far higher than US military estimates.
“Almost 100,000 soldiers are stationed on the borders of Ukraine and in the direction … of Kharkiv, Donetsk,” Andriy Parubiy, chairman of Ukraine’s national security council, said via a webcast from Kiev.
Sunday, 23 March, 2014
Turkey: Syrian warplane downed by Turkish pilots
A Syrian warplane violated Turkey’s airspace and was shot down by F-16 pilots, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said.
Speaking at a local election rally in Kocaeli, near Istanbul on Sunday, the Turkish leader told ruling AK Party supporters: “If you violate our airspace, then our response will be strong; you need to suffer the consequences.”
Russia: Russia ready to annex Moldova region, Nato commander claims
Nato’s most senior military commander said on Sunday that Russia had amassed a large military force on Ukraine’s eastern border, and warned that Moldova’s separatist Trans-Dniester region could be the Kremlin’s next target.
General Philip Breedlove, Nato’s supreme allied commander, described the Russian force that began exercises 10 days ago as very, very sizeable and very, very ready.