‘NATO Would Stand No Chance’ Against Russia-China Military Alliance

The United States has historically worked to prevent an alliance between Russia and China, but the two global powers have joined together in an effort to guard themselves against Western aggression.

Zelensky: Ukraine Preparing Attack on Crimea, Russia

Ukraine is readying an offensive to try and seize Russia’s Crimean peninsula, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, adding that Kiev is forming new units specifically for the task, with servicemen undergoing training abroad.

Russia launches new military drills in south, Crimea - RTE

The Russian military said it had launched exercises involving some 6,000 troops and at least 60 fighter jets in southern Russia near Ukraine and in Moscow-annexed Crimea.

Moscow has no plans of allowing OSCE observers to Crimea

Russia does not think it is necessary to allow OSCE representatives to its territory, Russian Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Alexander Lukashevich told Life TV channel on Friday.

Ukraine at UN says Putin's Crimea decree 'null and void'. Kiev said about the possibility of imposing sanctions

Ukraine's UN ambassador on Thursday dismissed as "null and void" a decree by President Vladimir Putin incorporating annexed Crimea into the southern region of Russia.

Putin united Southern, Crimean federal districts

Russian President Vladimir Putin has united the Crimean federal district into the Southern federal district, the Kremlin press service said on Thursday.

One year from Crimea referendum, EU condemns its reunification with Russia

The European Union Council said on Monday it condemns Crimea’s reunification with Russia and reaffirms support for Ukraine’s territorial integrity a year after the historic referendum took place.

Poroshenko prometió que Crimea volverá a ser parte de Ucrania

"El Estado ucraniano restablecerá el control sobre el territorio provisionalmente ocupado, pero no voy a decir hoy que esto ocurrirá fácil y rápidamente", aseguró Poroshenko a través de la página web de la Presidencia.

Russia won’t be blackmailed, Putin says / US hostility to Russia jeopardizes global stability

Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned Washington that further tensions over Ukraine could threaten global stability and that his country would not be blackmailed by sanctions.

Putin made the comments during an interview with the Serbian daily Politika on Wednesday, ahead of a brief visit to the Serbian capital Belgrade scheduled for Thursday.

UN says 14,000 have fled Crimea since joining Russia

The fourth report from the United Nations' human rights agency on Ukraine said most of those leaving were Tatars and other minorities who faced 'intensified' discrimination...

GENEVA 
More than 14,000 people, mostly Tatars, have fled Crimea since the peninsula voted to become part of the Russian Federation, the United Nations has reported.
The UN human rights agency revealed on Monday that harassment and discrimination against Tatars and other minorities, as well as political activists opposed to the March 16 referendum to join the Russian Federation, has intensified.

Transfer of Ukrainian Weaponry from Crimea to Remain Suspended Amid Ongoing Clashes (to prevent its use in the war against Ukraine's own people)

SEVASTOPOL, July 27 (RIA Novosti) - Russia decided not to resume the suspended transfer of military equipment, left in the Crimea to Kiev against the backdrop of ongoing fights in the east of Ukraine, the Russian Black Sea Fleet commander Admiral Alexander Vitko said on Sunday.

"This equipment is outdated, the Russian Army and Navy do not need civillians dying [amid ongoing clashes in Ukraine], and we have suspended the transfer of weaponry to prevent its use in the war against Ukraine's own people," Admiral Vitko told the press at a briefing, explaining the reasons for extending the suspension transferring to Ukraine the military equipment, left in Crimea after its reunification with Russia.

Canada levels sanctions against Russia, Ukrainian rebels

Canada has announced economic and travel ban sanctions against Russian entities and Ukrainian rebels as a result of the ongoing crisis in eastern Ukraine. 
The sanctions come after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, en route to Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam, was shot down last week near Hrabove in Donetsk, Ukraine -- about 40 kilometers from the Ukrainian-Russian border, killing all 298 people - 283 passengers and 15 crew members on board.
" Earlier this week, we announced our intention to broaden the range of entities sanctioned in response to the Putin regime’s illegal occupation of Ukraine’s Crimean region, and its persistent, provocative military activity targeting parts of eastern Ukraine," Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in a written statement on Thursday.

Moscow suspends handover of weapons, hardware from Crimea to Ukraine armed forces over civilians' deaths...

The Russian Foreign Ministry has reported the suspension of the handover of weapons and other military hardware left in Crimea to the Ukrainian armed forces. 

"This decision will be in effect until the Ukrainian security forces completely stop military activities in eastern Ukraine and settle the situation in a peaceful way," it said.

Approval for Russian military intervention in Ukraine revoked

The upper house of Russia's parliament voted Wednesday to revoke a resolution approving military intervention in Ukraine at the request of President Vladimir Putin.

The issue was discussed in a Federation Council plenary meeting, with Putin's request being carried 153 votes to one.

The decision was "a goodwill gesture" made to facilitate the negotiation process in Ukraine, said Viktor Ozerov, head of the Council's Defense and Security Committee.

Tschetschenien-Chef Kadyrow bekommt Medaille „Für die Befreiung der Krim“

Die Leitung der Halbinsel Krim, die sich im März von der Ukraine losgelöst und sich mit Russland wiedervereinigt hat, hat den Chef der russischen Kaukasus-Republik Tschetschenien, Ramsan Kadyrow, aber auch den Gouverneur der Schwarzmeerregion Krasnodar, Alexander Tkatschow, mit den Medaillen „Für die Befreiung der Krim“ ausgezeichnet.  

Der amtierende Leiter der Republik Krim, Sergej Aksjonow, begründete am Samstag die Entscheidung damit, dass Kadyrow und Tkatschow die Krim bei ihrer Selbstbestimmung unterstützt hatten. Kadyrow und Tkatschow hätten ihn in der für die Krim schweren Zeit als erste angerufen. Die Kosaken aus Kuban (Krasnodar) und die tschetschenische Diaspora hätten der Krim-Bevölkerung Beistand geleistet. „In diesem Zusammenhang hat die Selbstverteidigung der Krim beschlossen, Kadyrow und Tkatschow mit den Medaillen auszuzeichnen“, sagte Aksjonow.

Poroshenko Says Crimea 'Is, Was, Will Be' Ukrainian

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko says Crimea "is, was and will be Ukrainian."
The billionaire businessman took the oath of office as the country's fifth president since the breakup of the Soviet Union Saturday in the capital, Kyiv, in front of parliament, world leaders and dignitaries, including U.S. Vice President Joe Biden.
Poroshenko said during his inaugural address he will not accept Russia's annexation of Crimea.  Moscow sent troops to the Black Sea peninsula earlier this year and took control of it in March.

"la Crimée nous appartient, et il ne peut pas y avoir de compromis à ce sujet" (Porochenko)

L'intégrité territoriale de l'Ukraine ne peut pas faire l'objet de discussions, a déclaré vendredi le président ukrainien élu Piotr Porochenko lors de son investiture.

"J'ai dit au dirigeant russe: la Crimée nous appartient, et il ne peut pas y avoir de compromis à ce sujet", a affirmé le président investi.

Il s'est en outre déclaré résolument hostile à l'idée de transformer l'Ukraine en un Etat fédéral.

The Opinion-Makers: How Russia Is Winning the Propaganda War

With the help of news services like RT and Ruptly, the Kremlin is seeking to reshape the way the world thinks about Russia. And it has been highly successful: Vladimir Putin has won the propaganda war over Ukraine and the West is divided.
Ivan Rodionov sits in his office at Berlin's Postdamer Platz and seems to relish his role as the bad guy. He rails in almost accent-free German, with a quiet, but sharp voice, on the German media, which, he claims, have been walking in "lockstep" when it comes to their coverage of the Ukraine crisis.

EU president meets Ukrainian leaders over crisis

Visiting European Council President Herman Van Rompuy met with Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk to discuss ways to stabilize the situation in Ukraine ahead of the May 25 presidential election, the government's press service said Tuesday.

At a briefing following the meeting on Monday, Van Rompuy denounced the referendums on independence in Donetsk and Lugansk regions and Crimea's joining into Russia.

Des avions militaires russes aperçus dans le ciel de Crimée. - Poutine doit se rendre dans la péninsule prévue jeudi.

Selon des témoins et des analystes, des bombardiers et des avions de combat ont été vus samedi, alors que Poutine doit se rendre dans la péninsule prévue jeudi.

Plusieurs dizaines d’avions russes, dont ce qui semblaient être des bombardiers et des avions de combats, ont été aperçus dans le ciel au-dessus de la Crimée, samedi, selon des témoins et des analystes. Un expert de l’aéronautique local a indiqué dimanche à l’AFP avoir vu de nombreux avions survoler la ville de Simferopol samedi, dont des bombardiers stratégiques lourds supersoniques et de gros avions de transport militaire.