Section: US & Canada
Is the CIA Ready for the Age of Cyberwar?
When America goes to the polls on November 8, according to current and former U.S. intelligence officials, it will likely experience the culmination of a new form of information war. A months-long campaign backed by the Russian government to undermine the credibility of the U.S. presidential election—through hacking, cyberattacks, and...
Ukrainian Library Director Goes On Trial In Moscow
The trial of the director of Moscow’s Ukrainian Literature Library kicked off in the Russian capital on November 2. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko Says No Conscripts In War Zone
President Petro Poroshenko has announced that Ukraine no longer has conscripts fighting Russia-backed separatists in the country’s east. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
‘Game of Thrones’ On Ukraine’s Front Lines
Soldiers and volunteers fighting near Avdiyivka in eastern Ukraine have built a massive throne out of spent munitions — an homage to the throne of swords seen in a hit TV show. It’s part art project and part public outreach, intended to raise support and funds to continue fighting. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more...
Inside the World of Ukraine’s Women Warriors
Lera Burlakova first traveled to eastern Ukraine’s Donbass region in 2014 as a journalist to report on the violence between the Ukrainian military and pro-Russian separatist forces. After a week of covering the war in the town of Pisky, Burlakova decided writing about it was not enough: She wanted to fight for her country. “I couldn’t...
These Soldiers On Ukraine’s Front Lines Are Starting To Doubt The War’s Value
MARINKA, Ukraine ― A long and jarring mud road, riddled with shell craters, winds from the edge of Marinka to shrapnel-riddled low-rise apartment blocks that now demarcate the end of Ukrainian government-held territory. Four hundred meters away, across a heavily mined field of rough grass, shrubs and tall trees sit the Russian-backed separatists....
SitRep: Moscow Pushes Back on Aleppo, Mosul; Pentagon to Ask for $6B More in War Funding
Russia Rebuilds Crimea Costal Defenses; Return of the Syria Hawks; And Lots More …read more Source: Foreign...
The Morning Vertical, November 2, 2016
Your daily roundup. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia’s foreign minister says Syria process ‘sabotaged’
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Russia’s foreign minister accused other countries involved in Syrian peace negotiations of having “sabotaged” the process with continued backing of militant groups intent on toppling President Bashar Assad. Sergey Lavrov made the remarks Wednesday on a visit to Greece, a NATO and European Union member that has...
Russia’s foreign minister says Syria process ‘sabotaged’
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Russia’s foreign minister accused other countries involved in Syrian peace negotiations of having “sabotaged” the process with continued backing of militant groups intent on toppling President Bashar Assad. Lavrov met with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and President Prokopis Pavlopoulos, as part of a...
