Several members of the United Nations Security Council have on Monday condemned Russia’s moves to escalate its crisis with Ukraine. The UNSC held an emergency meeting after Russian President Vladimir Putin recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine and deployed Russian troops to them, for what he described as a peacekeeping operation, in defiance of international law. Al Jazeera’s Shihab Rattansi reports from the UN headquarters in New York. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #UkraineCrisis #Donetsk #UNSC
Ukrainian government soldiers in front-line trenches in Ukraine’s east said on Monday that heavy shelling from Russian-backed separatists had intensified to provoke all-out conflict amid fears of Russia seeking a pretext for a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian troops have battled Russian-backed separatists in the Donetsk and Luhansk breakaway regions bordering Russia since 2014. A ceasefire deal in 2015 halted the worst fighting, but shelling has intensified along the “line of contact” since last week as Russia masses forces along Ukraine’s borders. Al Jazeera’s Charles Stratford is on the road with a Ukrainian army patrol near the Russian border. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: […]
Russian President Vlamidir Putin has signed the presidential decree recognising the independence of separatist regions in eastern Ukraine – a move that will severely ratchet up tensions with the West amid fears of a Russian invasion. Putin’s announcement comes after a meeting of the presidential Security Council and paves the way for Russia to openly send troops and weapons to the long-running conflict pitting Ukrainian forces against Moscow-backed rebels. Al Jazeera’s Andrew Simmon reports from Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #RussiaUkraineTensions #UkraineCrisis #Donetsk
In the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic, a breakaway region of eastern Ukraine, little has changed since the fighting broke out in 2014. Most of the people who used to live there are too scared to return because of sporadic shelling and because fears are growing about potential renewed conflict. But the young generation, many of whom were children when the conflict started, seem determined to live their lives as normally as they can. Al Jazeera’s Charles Stratford reports from Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #RussiaUkraineTensions #RussiaUkraineCrisis #Donetsk
Many in eastern Ukraine have been living with conflict for years as fighting between Russian-backed separatists and Ukrainian forces killed estimated thousands of people. As the latest international standoff continues, prospects for peace in the region are looking even more fragile. People in Avdiivka have learned to live to the rhythm of the frontline – but the devastating effect of this long war will continue to impact their lives, many say, for several generations to come Al Jazeera’s Hoda Abdel-Hamid reports from Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #RussiaUkraineTensions […]
The United States has accused Russia of planning a so-called “false flag” operation in eastern Ukraine, in an attempt to create an excuse for an invasion. The Pentagon says there is evidence Russian agents might already be in the country to carry out acts of sabotage and blame Ukraine for them. A Kremlin spokesman has dismissed the reports as “unfounded”. Al Jazeera’s @Mike Hanna reports from Washington, DC. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Russia #Ukraine #UnitedStates
