Trump briefed on Ukraine as he ponders putting off Putin meeting
U.S. President Donald Trump has been briefed on tensions between Russia and Ukraine as he considers whether to cancel a meeting this weekend in Argentina with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a senior White House official said on Wednesday.
Russia says planning for new U.S. nuclear missiles in Europe
Russia said on Monday it was planning for a U.S. deployment of new nuclear missiles in Europe following Washington’s planned withdrawal from a landmark Cold war-era arms control treaty despite the United States denying it has such plans.
Ukraine reserves right to defend itself against Russia: foreign minister
kraine reserves the right to defend itself against Russia and does not rule out Moscow committing further acts of aggression either on land or at sea, Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin told reporters on Monday.
Merkel expressed concern about situation in Ukraine in call with Poroshenko-spokesman
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday expressed concern during a telephone call with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko about the situation in Ukraine and said it needed to de-escalate, her spokesman said on Monday.
Russia ignores Western protests over seized Ukrainian ships, Ukraine mulls martial law
Russia on Monday ignored Western calls to release three Ukrainian naval ships and their crews it fired on and captured near Crimea at the weekend and accused Kiev of plotting with its Western allies to provoke a conflict.
Trump praises Saudi Arabia amid pressure over ally
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday praised Saudi Arabia for helping to lower oil prices as pressure intensified for the United States to impose tougher sanctions on its Middle East ally over dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder.
Putin did not discuss nuclear arms pact with Trump: Ifax cites Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump did not discuss a landmark Cold War-era missile treaty which Washington plans to quit when they briefly talked in Paris on Sunday, Interfax cited Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying.
Natural that Europe should want an army, says Russia's Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday it made sense for a powerful economic bloc like the European Union to want to defend itself militarily.
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