World press on the sealing of borders between Russia and Ukraine"Ukraine claims full control of its border with Russia" is an article which appeared today in the Washington Post. "The announcement that troops had recaptured the border area near the village of Izvaryne in the Luhansk region comes as President Petro Poroshenko is set to unveil the details of his 14-point peace plan. Poroshenko has already outlined many elements of the plan, including the ceasefire, amnesty, safe passage out of the country for foreign “mercenaries” and a decentralization of power from Kiev to the provinces. The plan also reportedly includes a proposal for a border zone buffer of 10 kilometers, about six miles," the article reads."The one encouraging development was a phone call late Thursday night between Poroshenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss Poroshenko’s peace proposal. It was their second late-night call in a week. Ukrainian and NATO officials have said that Russia is deploying more troops closer to the border, though there is no indication yet that Russia intends to respond to a rebel leader’s call to invade and help them survive a punishing onslaught by the Ukrainian army. Moscow may be signaling that its interests need to be taken into account before the crisis can end.""Russia Says It Moved Troops to Border With Ukraine to Strengthen Security" is another article on the subject which appeared today in the Wall Street Journal."The speaker of Ukraine's parliament and the defense minister claimed that government forces had succeeded in taking back several border posts abandoned two weeks ago to pro-Russian separatists, but a rebel leader rejected the idea and said the border remained in separatist hands," the article reports.Commenting on the subject of sanctions which has been raised again recently, the author of the article writes: "The bloc may also start targeting Russian companies in what could quickly prove a significant scaling-up of pressure, diplomats say. In a more aggressive scenario, the Europeans could decide to impose sanctions against specific sectors of the Russian economy—measures that could eventually range from symbolic steps such as banning caviar imports to broader restrictions such as curtailing defense, financial or energy ties."
"Ukraine claims full control of its border with Russia" is an article which appeared today in the Washington Post.
"The announcement that troops had recaptured the border area near the village of Izvaryne in the Luhansk region comes as President Petro Poroshenko is set to unveil the details of his 14-point peace plan. Poroshenko has already outlined many elements of the plan, including the ceasefire, amnesty, safe passage out of the country for foreign “mercenaries” and a decentralization of power from Kiev to the provinces. The plan also reportedly includes a proposal for a border zone buffer of 10 kilometers, about six miles," the article reads.
"The one encouraging development was a phone call late Thursday night between Poroshenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss Poroshenko’s peace proposal. It was their second late-night call in a week. Ukrainian and NATO officials have said that Russia is deploying more troops closer to the border, though there is no indication yet that Russia intends to respond to a rebel leader’s call to invade and help them survive a punishing onslaught by the Ukrainian army. Moscow may be signaling that its interests need to be taken into account before the crisis can end."
"Russia Says It Moved Troops to Border With Ukraine to Strengthen Security" is another article on the subject which appeared today in the Wall Street Journal.
"The speaker of Ukraine's parliament and the defense minister claimed that government forces had succeeded in taking back several border posts abandoned two weeks ago to pro-Russian separatists, but a rebel leader rejected the idea and said the border remained in separatist hands," the article reports.
Commenting on the subject of sanctions which has been raised again recently, the author of the article writes: "The bloc may also start targeting Russian companies in what could quickly prove a significant scaling-up of pressure, diplomats say. In a more aggressive scenario, the Europeans could decide to impose sanctions against specific sectors of the Russian economy—measures that could eventually range from symbolic steps such as banning caviar imports to broader restrictions such as curtailing defense, financial or energy ties."
