# ukraine-crisis - Tuesday 7 June, 2022
# Ukraine Crisis
# Ukraine Crisis
Major General Meelis Kiili, spoke to The Journal about Neutrality, NATO and his country’s plan to fight Russia.
# ukraine-crisis - Monday 7 March, 2022
# Ukraine
# Ukraine
Dooley said Ireland will have to play its part in providing accommodation “and lots of it” to refugees fleeing Ukraine.
# ukraine-crisis - Saturday 26 February, 2022
# Ukraine
# Ukraine
The Russian Embassy is located in South Dublin.
# ukraine-crisis - Wednesday 23 February, 2022
# Ukraine Crisis
Ukraine has urged its citizens to leave Russia immediately and issued an order to mobilise reservists. The EU has announced a that a snap summit will take place tomorrow due to the escalating tensions. Putin praised the battle-readiness of the Russian army and said the country continues to develop state-of-the-art weapons.
# Ukraine Crisis
# Ukraine Crisis
Micheál Martin said that if war does break out it would be “catastrophic”.
# ukraine-crisis - Tuesday 22 February, 2022
# Ukraine Crisis
The Russian President has asked the country's upper house to approve using the army outside its borders to support separatists in Ukraine. European Union foreign ministers will adopt sanctions against Russia today after Putin ordered troops into breakaway regions. The Taoiseach met German Chancellor Olaf Scholz earlier , who is suspending the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project.
# Ukraine Crisis
# Ukraine Crisis
Yury Filatov was speaking from his Dublin office as Russian troops deployed to the Donetsk and Lugansk areas of Ukraine.
# ukraine-crisis - Monday 21 February, 2022
# Ukraine Crisis
Putin signed mutual aid agreements with rebel leaders in the Kremlin. European Union leaders warned the bloc and its allies will react with sanctions. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had convened his own National Security and Defence Council
# Explainer
# Explainer
Vladimir Putin this evening recognised the independence of the two regions.
# Ukraine Crisis
# Ukraine Crisis
Here are some pivotal moments over the past few months that got us to this point.
# ukraine-crisis - Sunday 20 February, 2022
# Moscow
Emmanuel Macron talked with Vladimir Putin today, before calling Volodymyr Zelensky Minister Simon Coveney said that the prospect of war in Ukraine is now the expectation Joint Russian and Belarusian military drills are continuing today amid increased tension with Ukraine
# ukraine-crisis - Thursday 17 February, 2022
# Ukraine Crisis
# Ukraine Crisis
It comes despite Russia announcing that more troops had been pulled back from the Ukrainian border.
# False Flag
# False Flag
Boris Johnson said he feared more violence following the shelling of a nursery school in clashes between Ukraine and Moscow-backed separatists.
# ukraine-crisis - Tuesday 15 February, 2022
# Ukraine Crisis
Talks between new German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Russian President Vladimir Putin took place this afternoon. Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba, says that if a 'real withdrawal' follows the Russian statements, it will be the beginning of a real de-escalation. Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg said that there should be 'cautious optimism', but there are no signs of de-escalation on the ground.
# Opinion
# Opinion
The security analyst says a Russian invasion of Ukraine could mean the largest conventional ground offensive in Europe since World War II.
# Ukraine Crisis
# Ukraine Crisis
Larysa Gerasko’s appearance before an Oireachtas committee comes after days of warnings that a Russian invasion of Ukraine may be imminent.
# ukraine-crisis - Monday 14 February, 2022
# Ukraine Crisis
The US has warned that Moscow could invade Ukraine at any moment. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is visiting Kyiv for crisis talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky. Scholz plans to continue on to Russia to hold talks with Putin.
# ukraine-crisis - Sunday 13 February, 2022
# Kyiv Embassy
# Kyiv Embassy
Ukraine today vowed to keep its airspace open to international travel.
# Ukraine Crisis
# Ukraine Crisis
A Russian diplomat said Moscow “doesn’t give a s**t” about the risk of Western sanctions if it were to invade Ukraine.
# ukraine-crisis - Saturday 12 February, 2022
# Ukraine Crisis
# Ukraine Crisis
Russian officials scoffed at the American claims with a Foreign ministry spokeswoman accusing the White House of “hysteria”.
# ukraine-crisis - Thursday 3 February, 2022
# Ukraine Crisis
# Ukraine Crisis
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg raised concerns about Russian troop buildup in Belarus.
# ukraine-crisis - Wednesday 11 March, 2015
# Against The Odds
From The42
# Against The Odds
The Ukrainian side held Bayern Munich to a scoreless draw in their Champions League round of 16 first-leg tie.
# ukraine-crisis - Thursday 19 February, 2015
# Ukraine
# Ukraine
As we waited to be evacuated, a shell hit and a woman lost her leg. By the time the ambulance arrived five hours later, she had bled to death.
# ukraine-crisis - Sunday 11 May, 2014
# Deepening Crisis
# Deepening Crisis
The ballots are being held in provinces where insurgents hold more than a dozen towns. The US has said they “violate international law”.
# ukraine-crisis - Saturday 10 May, 2014
# Ukraine Crisis
# Ukraine Crisis
France and Germany are warning Russia it may face further sanctions if Ukraine’s presidential election fails to go ahead as planned at the end of the month.
# ukraine-crisis - Tuesday 29 April, 2014
# Ukraine Crisis
# Ukraine Crisis
Meanwhile, Russia’s defence minister has raised concerns over an “unprecedented” rise in US and Nato activity near his country’s borders.
# ukraine-crisis - Sunday 20 April, 2014
# Crisis
# Crisis
Maxim Peshkov said that his country has received no calls from eastern regions to allow them to join the Russian Fedration.
# ukraine-crisis - Monday 14 April, 2014
# Ukraine Crisis
# Ukraine Crisis
Tensions have been rising over the past 48 hours, with pro-Kremlin militants seizing official buildings in orchestrated attacks.
# ukraine-crisis - Thursday 10 April, 2014
# Supply And Demand
# Supply And Demand
Nearly a third of the EU’s natural gas comes from Russia, and about 13 per cent transits through Ukraine.
# ukraine-crisis - Friday 21 March, 2014
# Ukraine Crisis
# Ukraine Crisis
The Russian President has signed off on legislation to absorb Crimea into Russia. He says he will holding off on any return punitive measures, following the announcement of US sanctions.
# ukraine-crisis - Sunday 16 March, 2014
# Ukraine Crisis
# Ukraine Crisis
Crimeans have been going to the polls to decide on whether to leave Ukraine and join Russia. Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has condemned the ballot as ‘illegal’.
# ukraine-crisis - Thursday 6 March, 2014
# EPP Congress
# EPP Congress
Yulia Tymoshenko and Klitschko have addressed the EPP Congress in Dublin where the situation in Ukraine has dominated.
# ukraine-crisis - Wednesday 5 March, 2014
# Crimea Crisis
# Crimea Crisis
America’s top diplomat said last night that Moscow was looking for a “pretext” to invade Ukraine further.
# ukraine-crisis - Tuesday 4 March, 2014
# Ukraine Crisis
# Ukraine Crisis
The Russian President has called an end to the drill near Ukraine’s border involving army, navy and airforce troops.
# ukraine-crisis - Monday 3 March, 2014
# Ukraine Crisis
# Ukraine Crisis
Over the last 24 hours, 10 Russian combat helicopters and eight military cargo planes have landed on the Black Sea peninsula.
# Ukraine Crisis
# Ukraine Crisis
Russia’s partners in the G8 have condemned Moscow’s military escalation and cancelled their participation in preparations for the group’s summit in Sochi this June.
# ukraine-crisis - Thursday 27 February, 2014
# Ukraine Crisis
# Ukraine Crisis
Up to 50 men with weapons marched into the buildings in the Crimea region overnight. Regional leaders have said they will “take measures”.
# ukraine-crisis - Tuesday 25 February, 2014
# Ukraine Crisis
# Ukraine Crisis
The White House has called for a technocratic government to be installed to promote early elections.
# ukraine-crisis - Monday 24 February, 2014
# Kiev
# Kiev
The interim interior minister posted on Facebook that the ousted president was wanted in connection with the “mass murder of peaceful citizens”.
# Ukraine Crisis
# Ukraine Crisis
The US has warned Russia against sending troops into Kiev, with National Security Adviser Susan Rice saying such a move would be a “grave mistake”.