Section: Africa&ME
Ukraine: A war funded by people’s donations
Kiev, Ukraine – Every day volunteers stand with clear plastic collection boxes in Maidan, the scene of deadly protests that eventually escalated into full-blown war. People walking past flower-strewn steps in Independence Square or along the memorial-lined streets leading to it pause and dig into their pockets for small bills. The donations...
Ukraine: A war funded by people’s donations
Cash-strapped Ukrainians are supplying fighters with much-needed aid, as the government struggles to support its army. …read more Source: AL...
US-Ukraine joint military mission begins
US paratroopers have started training national guard units in Ukraine, despite Moscow’s warnings that it could destabilise the peace process with Russia-backed rebels in the east of the country. …read more Source: World...
Ukraine soldier killed in rebel east: army
A Ukrainian soldier was killed on the frontline in fighting with pro-Russian separatists in the east, the army says …read more Source: The Daily...
Mother of Ukraine Pilot Held in Russia Seeks Global Support
UNITED NATIONS—The mother of a Ukrainian helicopter pilot imprisoned in Russia is on a global campaign seeking support from world leaders to pressure President Vladimir Putin to free her daughter. Nadezhda Savchenko was captured by a pro-Russian militia and has been in Russian custody since June 2014 on charges that she was involved …...
Mom of jailed Ukranian pilot seeks global help
The mother of a Ukrainian helicopter pilot imprisoned in Russia is on a global campaign seeking support from world More… …read more Source: Emirates...
Mom of Ukranian pilot jailed in Russia seeks global help
The mother of a Ukrainian helicopter pilot imprisoned in Russia is on a global campaign seeking support from world More… …read more Source: Emirates...
Wall Street rallies
Wall Street ended sharply higher on Monday after China moved to stimulate its slowing economy while investors bought up technology stocks on cautious optimism on upcoming earnings reports. ||| New York – Wall Street ended sharply higher on Monday after China moved to stimulate its slowing economy while investors bought up technology stocks...
US Forces Launch Ukraine Military Training
[unable to retrieve full-text content]U.S. troops have begun a training program for Ukrainian forces at a base in western Ukraine, far from the fighting in the east, but linked to it very closely. VOA’s Al Pessin reports from London. …read more Source:...
US, Ukraine kick off joint military exercise
YAVORIV: Troops from the United States and Ukraine kicked off joint training exercises on Monday intended to help bolster Ukraine’s defences against incursions from Russian-backed separatists in the east. Speaking under driving rain at a military base in the western region of Lviv, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said the...
