Section: US & Canada
Rival Factions Battle for Control in Eastern Ukraine
With armored vehicles on streets, civilians fled a showdown between rival Moscow-backed political leaders in the breakaway Luhansk region. …read more Source: The New York...
What In The World Is Going On In The Russia-Backed Separatist Luhansk ‘Republic’?
Heavily armed men on armored vehicles are patrolling the streets of a war-wracked eastern Ukrainian city — but this time it’s different. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The GOP Accepted Donations from an Accused Nazi War Criminal as Recently as 2014: Report
Michael Karkoc is a “lifelong Republican” accused of liquidating a village in Eastern Poland. During the 2016 election, Donald Trump earned the enthusiastic endorsement of Neo-Nazis and the alt right. But a new report published Thursday reveals that the Republican Party counts an actual S.S. commander among its constituents.According...
Trump Would Be a Fool to Arm Ukraine
John Hudson reports on the push to get Trump to approve sending arms to Ukraine: President Donald Trump’s top advisers are closer now to achieving what seemed unthinkable at the start of his presidency: Shipping millions of dollars of US weapons to Ukraine’s embattled military. According to the report, Trump’s advisers think...
The Daily Vertical: Return Of The Little Green Men
The views expressed in this commentary do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Kremlin ‘Following’ Situation In Ukraine’s Russia-Backed Separatist-Controlled Luhansk
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Moscow is closely following the situation in the parts of Ukraine’s eastern region of Luhansk that are controlled by Russia-backed separatists following reports that local separatist leader Igor Plotnitsky has fled to Russia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Kremlin ‘Following’ Situation In Ukraine’s Russia-Backed Separatist-Controlled Luhansk
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Moscow is closely following the situation in the parts of Ukraine’s eastern region of Luhansk that are controlled by Russia-backed separatists following reports that local separatist leader Igor Plotnitsky has fled to Russia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
In Ukraine, Crimea’s Tartars Haunted By A Second Exile
The minority Muslim group were called traitors by Stalin, and are branded Muslim radicals by Putin’s Russia. …read more Source:...
In Ukraine, Crimea’s Tartars Haunted By A Second Exile
The minority Muslim group were called traitors by Stalin, and are branded Muslim radicals by Putin’s Russia. …read more Source:...
Trump And Putin Discuss Syria, North Korea And Ukraine In Hour-Plus Call
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin discussed efforts to bring peace to war-torn Syria during an hour-plus phone call on Tuesday. Iran, North Korea and Ukraine also were on the agenda, the White House said.Trump called it a “great call” Tuesday afternoon as he left the White House to spend Thanksgiving in...
