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Ukraine/Russia News - Feb 3, 2015

By bartolo - Posted on 02 February 2015

Officials Say U.S. Considers Supplying Arms to Ukraine Forces, Report Urges to Send $3 billion in Weapons and Equipment - NYTimes.com

U.S. has not made decision on lethal support for Ukraine: State Department - Fox News

White House adviser: More weapons not the answer to Ukraine crisis - Reuters

Military conflict between US and Russia over Ukraine would be unwise: President Obama on CNN - Firstpost

VIDEO: Obama on Russian relations - CNN Video

Obama asks for $168 Mln to counter Russia, the budget includes also $789 Mln to expand US military presence in Europe - Sputnik

Italian Newspaper: U.S. 173rd Airborne Brigade Heading to Ukraine to Train Forces - AR15.COM

Merkel: Germany won't give weapons to Ukraine, favors talks - Yahoo News

Russia's Putin is "extremely concerned", calls for end to fighting in east Ukraine:TASS - Reuters

Experts fear US military aid to Ukraine would be dangerous move - GlobalPost

Opinion: Arming Ukraine Is Still a Terrible Idea - The American Conservative

Analysis: Ukraine’s Conflict With Russia Isn't America's Fight, Part 2 - forbes.com

Henry Kissinger, Mikhail Gorbachev separately warn about Ukraine crisis blowing out of control - National Post

REPORT: Preserving Ukraine’s Independence, Resisting Russian Aggression: What the United States and NATO Must Do - Brookings Institution

VIDEO: Presentation of the findings in the report entitled "Preserving Ukraine's Independence, Resisting Russian Aggression: What the United States and NATO Must Do."- YouTube

West must be ready for long standoff with Russia: NATO official - Yahoo News

Keynote address by NATO Deputy Secretary General: Russia’s aggression is a game-changer in European security - NATO

VIDEO: NATO Secretary General's Annual Report 2014: Press Conference - YouTube

TRANSCRIPT: Introduction and Press conference by the NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, for the launch of the Annual Report 2014 - NATO

REPORT: The Secretary General's Annual Report 2014 - NATO

LPR parliament speaker says Kiev army uses NATO-marked munitions in eastern Ukraine - TASS

Putin s humanitarian convoy: 80 trucks arrive in Donetsk, 90 in Luhansk - Ukrinform

Russia's Emergencies Ministry to form extra humanitarian convoy carrrying building materials to Donbas next week - TASS

Russian Soldiers' Mothers Organisation Reports Complaints Of Conscripts Forced To Sign Contracts, Sent To Rostov Region - Interpreter_Mag

Russia Begins WMD Defense Drills in Armenia and Near Ukraine - Sputnik International

Sanctions Send Russia's Gazprom East to Find Financing, Chinese Agency Dagong Assigned Gazprom its Highest AAA Credit Rating on Monday - The Moscow Times

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Ukraine separatists vow to mobilise 100,000 fighters - Yahoo News UK

VIDEO: 'DPR will mobilise five additional brigades before spring’: Zakharchenko - YouTube

Ukraine Rebels Upbeat After an Infusion of Aid - NYTimes.com

Kuchma: DPR, LPR envoys threatened in Minsk to resume full-scale fighting unless their demands are met - interfax.com

Ukraine troops fight to avoid being surrounded by rebels in Debaltseve - Yahoo News

Ukrainian Reinforcements, Including Attack Helicopters, Seen Headed Towards Debaltseve - Interpreter_Mag

VIDEO: What It's Like To Get Trapped Inside Devastating Debaltseve Battle In East Ukraine - YouTube

The Ukrainian line of defense further collapses: the fall of Nikishyne - Conflict Report

Ukraine Says It Still Holds Uglegorsk (Vuhlehirsk) But Russia Is Pouring In Fighters And Drones - Interpreter_Mag

PHOTO: This is wounded Ukraine militia leader Semenchenko now - Conflict Reporter on Twitter

Separatists captured near Debaltseve confirm they were trained by Russian officers (VIDEO) - Censor.NET

Ukraine: Horror of civilian bloodshed in indiscriminate attacks by both sides - Amnesty International

Ukraine's war is getting worse and not everyone wants to fight, Whether out of fear or political frustration some are dodging the Kiev government’s draft - GlobalPost

Number of Ukrainians of conscription age seeking refuge in Russia up by 20,000 in a week - TASS

Ukraine Gas Deadline Heightens Threat of Shrinking Stockpiles - Bloomberg Business

Lies And Deception In Ukraine's Energy Sector - oilgasdaily.com

Hasenstab Sees $3 Billion Vanish in Ukraine as Big Bet Sours - Bloomberg Business

Russia to Stop Buying Ukrainian Space Rockets - The Moscow Times

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