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May 5, 2014

DIRECT TRANSLATION: An End to Peace in Odessa

By Irena Chalupa

The Black Sea port of Odessa, Ukraine’s third-largest city and a coveted metropolis both for Ukrainians and Russians, became a battleground between pro-Russian militants and Ukrainians opposed to the country’s division. Accounts in Ukraine’s news media say the city’s police responded much as in the eastern Ukrainian cities hit by separatist violence so far, doing […]

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Canadian soldiers departing for Poland, May 2, 2014

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May 5, 2014

Canadian Troops in Poland for Multinational Exercise

By CBC News

Prime Minister Stephen Harper says Canada will send soldiers to Poland to take part in NATO exercises amid growing concerns about Russian aggression toward Ukraine.

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New Atlanticist

May 5, 2014

Putin’s Invasion of Eastern Ukraine: Is It Next Week or Never?

By James Rupert

Ukraine’s escalated violence over the past four days is just the event that seems likely to trigger the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian ground forces massed near its eastern border. Indeed, following the Ukrainian army’s counter-attack against Russian-backed separatists around the eastern Ukrainian city of Slaviansk, and the weekend fighting in the seaport […]

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SACEUR Gen. Philip Breedlove

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May 5, 2014

NATO Commander Says Russia Doesn’t Need to Invade to Take Over Eastern Ukraine

By Sara Sorcher, National Journal

Russian President Vladimir Putin may be able to annex pieces of Ukraine simply by encouraging unrest among pro-Russian forces inside the country, said Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove, who commands U.S. and European NATO forces.

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New Atlanticist

May 5, 2014

Ukraine News Roundup | May 5

By Irena Chalupa

How Pro-Russia Trolling Is Affecting Ukraine Stories from The Guardian Intercepted Phone Calls Show Putin Called The Shots On European Hostages In Ukraine from Forbes Opinion: Putin’s Not Post-Communist, He’s Post-Fascist from Spiegel Odessa Mob Rule: Who Gave Police Order to Release Detainees, and Why? from The Kyiv Post Russia to Prosecute Crimean Tatar Protesters Over Unrest […]

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In the News

May 3, 2014

Karatnycky on Conflicting Loyalties within Ukraine

By Adrian Karatnycky

The International Business Times quotes Transatlantic Relations Program Senior Fellow Adrian Karatnycky on how Ukrainians are split politically regarding the crisis in their country:

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Latvia's state secretary of defence Janis Sarts

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May 2, 2014

NATO Countries Planning Comms Mission in Ukraine

By Paul D. Shinkman, U.S. News & World Report

NATO countries may be ramping up their war of words in the coming weeks in Ukraine, where Russian propaganda flows freely into the east while ill-prepared security forces can’t even talk to one another.

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New Atlanticist

May 2, 2014

Despite Death Threats, Here is the News From Donetsk . . . .

By Irena Chalupa

Oleksiy Matsuka, 31 has been for a decade one of Donetsk’s most prominent journalists. In 2003, he founded Novosti Donbassa (Donbas News), a website to cover his home region. Matsuka soon built a reputation as a courageous investigative journalist, writing stories that most journalists in the Donbas (Donetsk Basin) region avoided. Last week, the Paris-based […]

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New Atlanticist

May 2, 2014

Ukraine News Roundup | May 2

By Irena Chalupa

Here’s some of what we’re reading on Ukraine today: Beyond Crimea: What Vladimir Putin Really Wants from World Affairs Can the West find the Energy To Deter Russia? from Washington Post Putin’s American Toady at ‘The Nation’ Gets Even Toadier from The New Republic Portraits from Ukraine: Lesya Orobets’s Campaign from The New Yorker Ukraine: […]

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In the News

May 2, 2014

Hansen on Unrealistic Views of NATO

By Ian Hansen

Atlantic Council Program Assistant Ian Hansen writes for New Eastern Europe on why the belief that NATO expansion is partially culpable for Russian aggression is flawed:

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