Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko addresses the UN General Assembly meeting at the UN headquarters in New York, Feb. 20, 2019. At a UN General Assembly meeting held here on Wednesday, Ukraine and Russia clashed over border issues following remarks by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko that a...
See Taras Kuzio, "Borders, Symbolism and Nation-State Building: Ukraine and Russia," Geopolitics and International Boundaries, Vol. 2, No. 2, 1997, pp. 36-56; and Taras Kuzio, "Russia Continues to Hold Up Border Demarcation with Ukraine," RFE/RL Newsline, 30 October 2001....
a close Russia ally to the north of Ukraine – in late 2021 under various pretenses while remaining vague on its intentions. By December of that year,tens of thousandsof Russian troops were hovering on the border, virtually surrounding the country and stoking tensions that led to acallbetween ...
BEIJING, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- As uncertainty on the Russia-Ukraine border keeps growing, intensive diplomatic efforts are underway, aiming to resolve the tensions through peaceful settlement. Jens Stoltenberg, secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), on Thursday met with B...
Ukrainian and Russian officials wrapped up a critical round of talks Monday near the border with Belarus. Officials from both countries said the sides could hold more negotiations amid Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine's armed forces continue to hold off Russian troops, defending and retaining...
It's not the first time the groups have been active with two of thepro-Ukrainian Russian rebel groups launching raids into Russia's Belgorod region last May and June. Roman Starovoit, the governor of Russia's Kursk region, which is on the border with Ukraine, said earlier Tuesday that a...
The Belgorod region lies on the Russia-Ukraine border. This is not the first time Russia has accused Ukraine of an attack in the region. Regional leaders have reported attacks in the border region earlier this year. 9:07 p.m. 9:59:49, September 14, 2023 Why has Ukraine stepped up ...
The latest on the Ukraine-Russia border crisis By Tara John, Adrienne Vogt, Melissa Macaya and Maureen Chowdhury, CNN Updated 5:58 AM EST, Fri February 18, 2022 Video Ad Feedback Blinken: 'I am here today not to start a war, but to prevent one' ...
The stage is set for a meeting between Russia and Ukraine Monday on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, near the Pripyat River. Is this a diplomatic breakthrough or a political sideshow while Russia continues its offensive in Ukraine? Let’s be clear what this isn’t: The meeting is not a...
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine On February 24 2022, the world awoke to news that Russian missiles had struck targets across Ukraine and used tanks to blast through the border. The invasion came after months of rare public warnings from western intelligence agencies. It would soon escal...