Section: US & Canada
Wounded vets force disability rethink in Ukraine
People with disabilities have long been hidden away in Ukraine. But former soldiers who lost limbs in the war with Russian-backed rebels are winning medals in international sports events and giving them new status. …read more Source: Christian Science...
Wounded vets force disability rethink in Ukraine
People with disabilities have long been hidden away in Ukraine. But former soldiers who lost limbs in the war with Russian-backed rebels are winning medals in international sports events and giving them new status. …read more Source: Christian Science...
Belgrade’s Balancing Act Between East And West Tested By Ukraine
Ukraine has long expressed unhappiness about the presence of Serbian volunteer fighters among the Russia-backed separatist forces it is battling in its eastern regions. Now, Kyiv’s ambassador to Serbia, Oleksandr Aleksandrovych, has seriously ratcheted up tensions …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Belgrade’s Balancing Act Between East And West Tested By Ukraine
Ukraine has long expressed unhappiness about the presence of Serbian volunteer fighters among the Russia-backed separatist forces it is battling in its eastern regions. Now, Kyiv’s ambassador to Serbia, Oleksandr Aleksandrovych, has seriously ratcheted up tensions …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
EU official Tusk likens Poland polices to ‘Kremlin plan’
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — European Council President Donald Tusk has strongly criticized the policies of the ruling right-wing party in his native Poland, prompting an angry retort from the prime minister. Tusk accused the ruling party, Law and Justice, known by its Polish acronym PIS, of isolating Poland in the European Union, violating the rule of...
EU official Tusk likens Poland polices to ‘Kremlin plan’
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — European Council President Donald Tusk has strongly criticized the policies of the ruling right-wing party in his native Poland, prompting an angry retort from the prime minister. Tusk accused the ruling party, Law and Justice, known by its Polish acronym PIS, of isolating Poland in the European Union, violating the rule of...
Ukraine, Poland Escalate Diplomatic Spat
Ukraine has summoned the Polish ambassador in Kyiv after Poland denied entry to a Ukrainian official in an escalation of a diplomatic spat over the two neighbors’ troubled past. Poland’s decision to refused entry on Saturday to the head of Ukraine’s commemoration commission, Svyatoslav Sheremet, was in response to a ban imposed...
Prisoner Swap Between Ukraine, Pro-Russia Separatists Appears to Be Moving Closer
Ukraine and pro-Russia separatists appear to be moving closer to a new round of prisoner exchanges after a flurry of comments from Kyiv, Moscow, and separatist groups. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Trump To Get Proposal To Supply Defensive Weapons To Ukraine, ABC News Reports
Senior aides will present U.S. President Donald Trump with a $47 million plan to finance and sell high-tech defensive weapons to Ukraine to bolster its efforts to repel Russian aggression in the region, ABC News reported, quoting a State Department source. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
NSC to present Trump $47M deal to arm Ukraine against Russia
President Trump will be presented with a plan from senior aides to finance and sell weapons to Ukraine in an effort to counter Russian aggression in the region, ABC News reported Saturday.A State Department source told ABC that the National Security… …read more Source: The...
