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:...
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...
Unidentified Gunmen On Streets Of Luhansk
Gunmen in unmarked uniforms appeared on the streets of Luhansk, in an apparent power struggle among Russia-backed separatists who control the Ukrainian city. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
