Section: US & Canada
Troop Pullback Starts At Eastern Ukrainian Flashpoint Town
Ukraine’s armed forces have begun to pull back from the town of Stanytsia Luhanska in the Luhansk region, one of only six civilian crossing points along the 450-kilometer line of contact in the Donbas war zone. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Kremlin Confirms Putin-Trump Meeting During G20 Summit In Japan
The Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, will meet during the Group of 20 (G20) summit in Japan later this week to discuss arms control and the tense situation in the Middle East, including Iran. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
A Dark Force (Re)Awakens As Darth Vader Seeks Ukrainian Parliament Seat
Darth Viktorovych Vader, director of Dark Side of the Force, LLC, has been appointed by the Bloc of Darth Vader party to run for a parliamentary seat in Odesa. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Two Russian Paratroopers Drown In Crimea
Two Russian paratroopers have drowned during exercises in the Moscow-annexed Ukrainian region of Crimea. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Zelenskiy To Visit Canada In July To Attend Ukraine Reform Conference
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is scheduled to travel to Canada early next month to take part in a major donor conference and hold talks with top Canadian officials. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. To Contribute $4 Million For Construction Of Six Explosive Storehouses In Ukraine
The United States says it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ukraine to enhance the safety of the country’s stockpiles of conventional munitions. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Europe’s Top Human Rights Organization Restores Russia’s Voting Rights
The Kremlin calls it “a victory of common sense.” It is also a big step forward for Moscow to normalize relations with European member states after annexing Crimea in 2014.(Image credit: Frederick Florin/AFP/Getty Images) …read more Source:...
News of the day from around the globe, June 25
1 Sea rescue: Former heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko says his boat trip off Spain with family and friends was cut short after a fire broke out on board. The 43-year-old Ukrainian said in a tweet Tuesday the group was evacuated from the motor yacht in the Mediterranean Sea on Sunday night. A spokeswoman for Spain’s Maritime Rescue...
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe eases Russian sanctions
A pan-European parliamentary body voted early Tuesday morning to restore full voting rights for Russia, a move critics say is the first major weakening of the sanctions imposed on the Kremlin after its invasion and annexation of Crimea in 2014. The vote in the Strasbourg-based Parliamentary Assembly of the Council … …read more Source:...
Dmytro Firtash: Who Is The Ukrainian Tycoon Wanted By The U.S. On Bribery Charges?
The U.S. is close to winning its battle to extradite Ukraine power-broker Dmytro Firtash. The legal fight comes as Washington urges Kyiv to take on Ukraine’s politically connected tycoons. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
