Section: Atlantic Council (USA)
Ukraine Urgently Needs ‘Front-Loaded’ Financial Aid Package, says Ukrainian Finance Minister
Jaresko says money will not have desired effect if ‘dribbled out over 12 or 15 months’ Ukraine urgently requires a “front-loaded” financial package from the International Monetary Fund to help its economy recover from the challenges posed by a recession and a war with Russian-backed separatists, according to Ukrainian Finance Minister...
US Should Provide Arms, Military Aid to Ukraine, Eight Ex-Officials Say
‘We Face a Critical Juncture’ in Halting Russian Aggression in Eastern Europe, Group Says Eight former senior US officials—diplomats, ranking Pentagon and State Department office-holders, military commanders and US appointees to NATO—today urged the Obama administration and its NATO allies to strengthen support for Ukraine by urgently...
US and Europe ‘Face a Critical Juncture in Ukraine’
Send Ukrainians Arms to Defend Against Russian Invasion, Eight Former US Officials Say Eight former senior US officials—diplomats, ranking Pentagon and State Department office-holders, military commanders and US appointees to NATO—today urged the Obama administration and its NATO allies to strengthen support for Ukraine by urgently providing...
Report Calls on US to Provide Lethal Defensive Military Aid to Ukraine
Goal is to make further aggression ‘too costly’ for Russia The United States must provide lethal defensive military assistance to Ukraine’s armed forces to make it “too costly” for Russia to continue meddling in its neighbor, according to a new report. The report, Preserving Ukraine’s Independence, Resisting Russian Aggression:...
EU Sending ‘Wrong Signals’ to Aspiring Members
Moratorium on enlargement seen changing ‘rules of the game’ The European Neighborhood Policy, intended to create a “ring of friends,” has instead created a “ring of fire,” according to a senior Ukrainian official. The European Union needs to overcome inertia against further enlargement or it risks experiencing “more of the same” conflicts...
Ukraine is ‘Bleeding Not Just Blood, But Money’
Kyiv official says US, EU financial support ‘crucial’ Ukraine is “bleeding not just blood, but money” as it fights Russian-backed separatists in the eastern part of the country, according to a top Ukrainian official. Since Russia annexed Crimea in March of 2014, the Ukrainian government has been waging a war against separatists that risks...
New ‘Formula’ Needed to Deal with Putin
Stephen J. Hadley advocates tougher line to convince Kremlin its strategy in Ukraine will fail The United States and Europe need to take a more forceful stand against Russian President Vladimir Putin to convince him that his strategy of fomenting unrest in Ukraine is not going to succeed, Stephen J. Hadley, who served as National Security Advisor...
Ukraine Needs Support Now, Latvian Foreign Minister Says
Rinkēvičs cites urgent need for backing on territorial integrity, economy Ukraine requires strong support for its territorial integrity and economy well before an Eastern Partnership summit in Riga in May, according to Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs. Describing Ukraine as the “biggest challenge,” Rinkēvičs said, “we need to address...
Russian Marine, Home From Donetsk Battle, Says ‘A Lot of Russian Military’ Are Fighting in Ukraine War
Troops from Russia’s Pacific Far East Region Are Prominent in a War 4,200 Miles to the West The Russian island of Sakhalin, in the Pacific Ocean just north of Japan, is fully a continent away from the war raging in southeastern Ukraine. But Konstantin Gorelov, a 22-year-old, active-duty Russian naval infantry commando, made the 4,200-mile...
DIRECT TRANSLATION: Nadiya Savchenko’s Lawyer Warns Putin She May Die in Moscow Prison
Ukrainian Officer-Pilot Reaches 45 Days on Hunger Strike Against Her Abduction and Politicized Trial Nadiya Savchenko, the Ukrainian army officer and pilot who was captured in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and spirited to prison in Moscow, may die in captivity there on the hunger strike she has pursued for 45 days, her lawyer wrote...
