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Russia bolstering rebel forces, heavy arms, air defenses in Ukraine: U.S.
The United States accused Russia Wednesday of building up its forces along the border with Ukraine, boosting air defense systems in the country and training Ukrainian rebels in the east. “Combined Russian-separatist forces continue to violate the terms of the ‘Minsk 2′ agreement signed in mid-February,” acting State Department spokeswoman Marie...
Its Tax Time In Ukraine And Financial Discrepancies Suggest Corruption Endures
KYIV — Yulia Tymoshenko didn’t have much of an income in 2014. The former Ukrainian prime minister spent part of the year in prison, part of it rehabilitating in the hospital, and much of it in … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Ukrainian forces get U.S. paratrooper training to fight pro-Russia rebels
U.S. paratroopers Monday began training Ukrainian government forces who will fight pro-Russian separatists in the east, angering Moscow as the deadly conflict rumbles on in the ex-Soviet country. Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko welcomed troops from the U.S. 173rd Airborne Brigade in a rain-soaked ceremony at a military base in Yavoriv, western...
Ukraine accuses pro-Russians rebels of launching attacks
The Ukrainian military on Sunday accused pro-Russian rebels of bombarding its positions with heavy armament, including missile launchers, which are ostensibly prohibited under the Minsk peace accord … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Kiev Ready to Restore Work of Banking Sector in Donbass
In November 2014, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed a decree, essentially imposing an economic blockade in southeastern Ukraine. The decree, in particular, stipulated the suspension of … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
World › Dutch team finds more remains at Ukraine MH17 crash site
Dutch investigators have recovered more body parts at the MH17 plane crash site in Ukraine after searching a location that was previously inaccessible, the Netherlands announced on Thursday. All 298 passengers and crew onboard the Malaysia Airlines jetliner — 193 of them Dutch — died when it was shot down… …read more Source:...
Hillary Clinton Calls For Greater Military Assistance And Financial Aid For Ukraine
Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that the U.S. must do more to help Ukraine. Pictured: Clinton talks to small-business owners as she campaigns for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
MH17 fragment to be displayed at museum by group of Russian veterans
A Russian veterans organization is planning to display a piece of the Malaysia Airlines passenger jet shot down over Ukraine at a museum. The fragment was given to veterans organization Boyevogo Bratstva in the town Yeisk by residents near the crash site as a sign of respect, the head of the group, Finat Shaikhulin, told […] The post MH17...
Morgan Stanley Stock Rises Today on Potential Oil Trading Business Sale
before U.S. sanctions against the country for its role in a border dispute with the Ukraine caused the company to withdraw interest.The sale of the business would be in line with the Morgan … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
World › Fighting in eastern Ukraine rages on despite talks
Fighting raged overnight and in the early hours on Tuesday on the outskirts of the rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine despite an agreement reached by the Ukrainian and Russian foreign ministers a day earlier. The yearlong military conflict between Russian-backed rebels and government forces has claimed more than… …read more...
