Section: Africa&ME
More remains found at Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash site
Malaysia Airlines MH17 was downed last July in eastern Ukraine killing all 298 passengers. …read more Source: Anadolu...
Kremlin criticizes arrival of US military in Ukraine
The U.S. Army announced the arrival of the paratroopers on April 16, saying they would train 900 members of a Ukrainian force that was called up in 2014 to bring volunteers and pro-government militia under government control. …read more Source: World...
US troops arrive in Ukraine to train national guard units, a move criticized by Moscow
About 300 US Army paratroopers have arrived in Ukraine for training exercises with national guard units, a move More… …read more Source: Emirates...
UN: death toll in Ukraine fighting now above 6,100
The UN says the number of people killed in a year of fighting in Ukraine has now passed 6,100, and says it’s increasingly worried that breaches in a cease-fire will further worsen the human rights situation in parts of the country’s east. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine wants global court to investigate crimes in Crimea and east
By Anthony Deutsch Ukraine wants the International Criminal Court to investigate all alleged recent war crimes in Crimea and eastern Ukraine, Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said in an interview, broadening an existing probe. Ukraine has already given the global court the authority to investigate crimes on its territory from November 21, 2013, to...
Russia Warns US Troops in Ukraine Could Destabilize Situation
Russia has warned that the presence of foreign military personnel could “destabilize” the situation in Ukraine, after U.S. paratroopers arrived this week to train Ukrainian solders. A spokesman for President Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Peskov, told reporters Friday that instructors from “third countries,” besides Russia or...
Russia condemns US over Ukraine mission
More to this story Russia has accused the US of wanting “complete dominance” after the arrival of 300 troops in Ukraine to train Ukrainian troops. Speaking at an annual security conference in Moscow on Thursday, Sergei Shoigu, Russian defence minister, said the US had crossed all possible lines and the move “could not have...
Russia condemns US over Ukraine mission
US accused of seeking “complete dominance” after 300 American troops arrive in Yavoriv to train Ukrainian soldiers. …read more Source: AL...
Kremlin criticizes arrive of US military in Ukraine
The U.S. Army announced the arrival of the paratroopers on April 16, saying they would train 900 members of a Ukrainian force that was called up in 2014 to bring volunteers and pro-government militia under government control. …read more Source: World...
Ukraine: ICC should investigate crimes in Crimea
Alex Whiting, a former senior ICC prosecutor, said a new referral could force an ICC investigation of the wider Ukraine conflict especially because of war crime allegations. …read more Source: World...
