Section: US & Canada
Ukraine Says It Has US Approval To Take On Pro-Russian ‘Aggressors’
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s government relaunched a security operation to crack down on pro-Russian armed groups after an Easter pause on Wednesday and said it had the backing of the United States …read more Source: International Business...
Ukraine closes its airspace to Russia in latest escalation between countries
Ukraine’s prime minister says his government has decided to close the country’s airspace to all Russian planes. …read more Source: CTV...
Russia Conducts Military Exercises In Moldova’s Breakaway Region Of Transnistria Near Ukraine’s Western Border, Escalating Tensions
Days after a top NATO commander warned of Russia’s military buildup on Ukraine’s eastern border, Russian troops staged military exercises in Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria, which borders Ukraine on the southwest, the Russian news agency Interfax reported Wednesday. …read more Source: International Business...
The Treasury’s War On Russia: Sanctions May Bite But The Strongest Tool Is Unlikely To Be Used
As the West seeks to isolate and punish Russia for its annexation of Crimea, it has implemented a number of sanctions, but so far not the one that would almost certainly deliver the most profound and lasting blow: effectively excommunicating Russia from the global financial system by severing it from the SWIFT system, the network that connects...
Kyiv Bans Russian Aircraft Transit, Stops Importing Russian Gas
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk says his country has imposed a ban on transit flights over Ukraine for all Russian airlines. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Biden meets southeast Europe leaders about surge of migrants
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is attending a summit of southeast European leaders on Wednesday that focuses on tensions and security concerns over a surge of asylum-seekers and migrants crossing the region.Biden’s trip comes amid a debate in the U.S. about whether to admit Syrian refugees following the Islamic State...
Russia just cut off Ukraine’s gas supply and this could be bad news for Europe
Russia and Ukraine relations have soured since Moscow’s annexation of Crimea in March 2014 and now they are fighting about gas supplies again. On Wednesday morning, the CEO of Gazprom, Russia’s biggest state-owned natural gas producer, said that the company has cut off gas supplies to Ukraine after the country failed to pay in advance...
Ukraine closes its airspace to Russia in latest escalation between 2 countries
Ukraine’s prime minister says his government has decided to close the country’s airspace to all Russian planes. …read more Source: Global...
Ukraine closes its airspace to Russia
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine’s prime minister says his government has decided to close the country’s airspace to all Russian planes.Ukraine last month… …read more Source:...
The Latest: US vice president meeting south Europe leaders
BERLIN (AP) — The latest on the mass movement of asylum seekers and others seeking refuge in Europe. All times local:10:25 a.m.U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is attending a summit of southeast European leaders that focuses on tensions in the region over a surge of asylum seekers and migrants crossing the territory.Biden’s trip Wednesday...
