Section: NPR (Canada)
Despite Cease-Fire, Skirmishes Carry On Along Ukraine’s Front Line
Ukrainian forces and pro-Russia separatists are still exchanging fire and inflicting casualties at hot spots in eastern Ukraine. The separatists haven’t withdrawn heavy weapons, Ukrainians say.» E-Mail This …read more Source:...
A New Front In The Ukrainian Conflict: Russian Gas Imports
Russia has cut off Ukraine’s gas supplies in the past and is threatening to do it again. The latest payment dispute comes at a sensitive moment in the crisis in eastern Ukraine.» E-Mail This …read more Source:...
Ukraine Starts Withdrawing Heavy Weapons From Front Lines
Ukraine’s military says the withdrawal of 100-millimeter guns “is the first step” in a process that will be monitored by the Organization for Security and Cooperation.» E-Mail This …read more Source:...
France Warns Russia And Its Allies Not To Advance On Ukrainian Port City
The foreign ministers of the four signatories to the Minsk ceasefire agreement met in Paris to discuss the fighting in Ukraine. Kiev worries the separatists’ next target will be Mariupol.» E-Mail This …read more Source:...
Separatists In Ukraine Say They’re Pulling Heavy Weapons Back
In a claim that’s meeting with skepticism in Kiev, Russian-backed separatists say they’ve started to withdraw heavy weapons in eastern Ukraine, as required by a recent cease-fire.» E-Mail This …read more Source:...
In Battered Ukraine, Spirit Of Defiance Lives On In Maidan Square
A year ago, Kiev’s central square was the center of the protest movement that ousted Ukraine’s president. The square remains a home for free speech, including criticism of the current government.» E-Mail This …read more Source:...
Ukraine Says It Can’t Withdraw Weapons, Citing Attacks During Truce
Noting deadly attacks by Russian-backed separatists who have renewed a push near the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine says it can’t withdraw heavy weapons from the front lines.» E-Mail This …read more Source:...
Bomb Blast Kills 2 At Pro-Kiev Rally In Eastern Ukraine
The explosion, at the demonstration marking the one-year anniversary of the ouster of President Viktor Yanukovych, occurred in the eastern city of Kharkiv.» E-Mail This …read more Source:...
Latest Ukraine Cease-Fire Ends Before It Begins
The cease-fire that was supposed to halt fighting between Russian separatists and the Ukrainian government has not taken hold. NPR’s Scott Simon talks to former NATO Ambassador Ivo Daalder.» E-Mail This …read more Source:...
Ukraine: Moscow Was Behind 2014 Deaths Of Protesters In Kiev
President Viktor Poroshenko, speaking on the one-year anniversary of a bloody day of protests leading up to his predecessor’s ouster, accuses the Kremlin of organizing snipers who killed dozens.» E-Mail This …read more Source:...
