Section: US & Canada
Ukraine’s president says he backs prisoner swap with Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says Ukraine is willing to swap a jailed Russian journalist for an imprisoned Ukrainian film director. Zelenskiy said in televised comments Friday that Ukraine could release … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Ukraine’s president says he backs prisoner swap with Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says Ukraine is willing to swap a jailed Russian journalist for an imprisoned Ukrainian film director …read more Source: ABC...
Ukrainian President’s Office Proposes Sentsov, Vyshinsky Prisoner Swap
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s office has proposed a prisoner exchange with Russia involving Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov, who is jailed in Russia, and Russian journalist Kirill Vyshinsky, who is in detention in Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Volker: Moscow Passport Move For Donbas Residents Diverges From Peace Plan
WASHINGTON — Kurt Volker, the special U.S. envoy to Ukraine, says Russia’s move to fast-track the granting of citizenship to all residents of the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk runs counter to efforts to achieve peace in an armed conflict that is in its fifth year. Volker said that by expediting Russian passports for...
US Lawmaker Group on Ukraine Drafts Sanctions on 24 Russians Over 24 Detained Ukrainian Sailors
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers dedicated to Ukrainian issues has introduced legislation to sanction members of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) over their role in taking 24 Ukrainian crewmen captive last November near the Kerch Strait. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. Navy ‘Destroyed’ Iranian Drone in Strait of Hormuz
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Thursday that a U.S. Navy ship had “destroyed” an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz after the aircraft threatened the ship, in the latest incident in the Gulf. Trump told an event in the White House that the drone had flown to within 1,000 yards (meters) of the USS Boxer....
Ukraine president’s party leads ahead of parliamentary vote
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Cotton Warns of Smartphone Privacy Concerns Amid ‘FaceApp’ News
Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) warned smartphone users to protect their privacy after news broke that the viral app “FaceApp” has access to all of their personal photos and is owned by a Russia-based company. “What I would say to your listeners is be very discriminating in the way you download apps. Delete, if you have apps on your...
Bi-Partisan Commission Detects Russian Misinformation Effort in Ukraine
The Transatlantic Commission on Election Integrity, a bi-partisan initiative founded in 2018, says it has detected evidence of a coordinated disinformation effort on Twitter, targeting Ukrainian politics ahead of the country’s upcoming parliamentary elections. The commission conducted a study of online discussion of Ukrainian politics since...
Argentina Freezes Hezbollah Assets
Recent Stories in National Security Bi-Partisan Commission Detects Russian Misinformation Effort in Ukraine Argentina Freezes Hezbollah Assets Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Seize Foreign Tanker BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentinian authorities designated Hezbollah, which it blames for two attacks on its soil, a terrorist organization on...
