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Ukraine formally scraps non-aligned status

December 29, 2014December 30, 2014 VOANews Nato, Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine’s president Petro Poroshenko has signed a law revoking Ukraine’s non-aligned status as part of efforts to move the country

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Europe 

Russian moves provide new mission for Nato

December 29, 2014 Al Pessin of VOANews Nato, Russia, Ukraine

Russia’s more aggressive military posture in Europe during the past year has pushed Nato to take new steps to strengthen

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Europe 

USS Donald Cook to enter Black Sea

December 26, 2014January 1, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Romania, Russia, Ukraine

Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer USS Donald Cook was to enter the Black Sea on December 26 2014 “to

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Europe 

Poland concerned by Russia’s Baltic military actions

December 12, 2014 The Warsaw Voice Nato, Poland, Russia

Poland’s defence minister Tomasz Siemoniak said Thursday he was concerned by the level of Russia’s recent naval and air force

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Europe 

NATO chief: Russia violating Ukraine cease-fire

December 1, 2014 VOANews Nato, Russia, Ukraine

NATO says Russia is violating a truce in eastern Ukraine by sending in convoys with advanced weapons and personnel reinforcements

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria will not buy new jet fighters before 2017

November 28, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

The saga of Bulgaria’s long-delayed purchase of new military jet fighters to meet Nato requirements is set to continue unresolved

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Europe 

NATO commander warns of Crimea ‘militarisation’

November 28, 2014 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews Nato, Russia, Ukraine

The top U.S. general in Europe said he is alarmed at the Russian militarization of the Black Sea peninsula of

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Europe 

France to send armoured unit to Poland

November 26, 2014November 26, 2014 The Warsaw Voice Nato, Ukraine

French defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in Warsaw on November 25 that France plans to send an armoured military unit

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Europe 

NATO commander ‘concerned’ by flow of weapons into eastern Ukraine

November 12, 2014 VOANews Nato, Russia, Ukraine

NATO’s military commander expressed concern Tuesday over an increasing flow of weaponry and military supplies to Russia-backed separatists in eastern

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