Russian soldiers parachuted into open fields in western Serbia on Friday as part of an unprecedented joint military drill that has stirred controversy in the European Union candidate-country given the West-Russia standoff over Ukraine.

• Date: 14.11.2014  |  Published on EGF: 14.11.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Ukraine said on Wednesday it was redeploying troops in the east because of fears that separatists will launch a new military offensive, despite Russia's denials it has sent troops to reinforce the rebels.

• Date: 12.11.2014  |  Published on EGF: 12.11.2014  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

NATO is concerned about convoys of trucks taking artillery and supplies into east Ukraine from Russia, and wants to see international borders respected, the supreme allied commander said on Tuesday.

• Date: 11.11.2014  |  Published on EGF: 11.11.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Ukraine's military accused Russia on Friday of sending a column of 32 tanks and truckloads of troops into the country's east to support pro-Russian separatists fighting government forces.

• Date: 07.11.2014  |  Published on EGF: 07.11.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Russia has told the United States that it will not attend a 2016 nuclear security summit, the State Department said on Wednesday, in the latest sign of frosty ties between Washington and Moscow.

• Date: 05.11.2014  |  Published on EGF: 05.11.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine staged swearing in ceremonies for their leaders on Tuesday after votes dismissed as a farce by Kiev, which says they violated terms of a peace plan to end a war that has killed more than 4,000 people.

• Date: 04.11.2014  |  Published on EGF: 04.11.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Russia has moved troops closer to the border with Ukraine and continues to support rebels in the country's east, NATO's chief said on Tuesday, after an election held by the pro-Russian separatists and condemned by Kiev and Western leaders.

• Date: 04.11.2014  |  Published on EGF: 04.11.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

China will dispatch an elite unit of the People's Liberation Army to help Ebola-hit Liberia, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday, responding to U.N. calls for a greater global effort to fight the deadly virus in West Africa.

• Date: 31.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 31.10.2014  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/