Section: US & Canada
Video: Huge Explosion in Ukraine’s Lugansk as Ammunition Warehouses Catch Fire
Several huge blasts were reported in Ukraine’s Lugansk, sometimes spelled as Luhansk, region on Thursday night, according to media reports. At least one person was killed. Video footage of one of the explosions was recorded and uploaded to YouTube. More than 3,500 tons of munitions are located at the ammo depot, controlled by the Ukrainian...
Fall of Government Heightens Turmoil in Moldova
Moldova’s parliament must form a new government after it backed a motion of no-confidence in the ruling pro-European coalition on Thursday, increasing political turmoil following the fraudulent disappearance of $1 billion from the banking system. The vote signaled an end to the short-lived government of Prime Minister Valeriu Strelet, who...
Fire hits Ukraine arsenal, setting off explosions; 1 reported dead
Ukrainian news reports say a large fire in a military arsenal in an eastern town is setting off explosions and at least person is believed to have been killed. …read more Source: FOX...
Head of Moscow’s Ukrainian Library Arrested, Could Face Four Years in Prison
The librarian was charged with “inciting national hatred” after a search of the library. …read more Source:...
Fire hits Ukraine arsenal, 1 believed dead
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukrainian news reports say a large fire in a military arsenal in an eastern town is setting off explosions and at least person is believed to have been killed. The fire began Thursday evening in Svatove, which is under government control although near areas controlled by Russia-backed separatist rebels. The deputy head of the...
Fire Hits Ukraine Arsenal, 1 Believed Dead
Fire hits Ukraine arsenal, setting off explosions; 1 reported dead …read more Source: ABC...
No, the Sky Isn’t Falling
Few elections in Europe of late have elicited as much uniform editorial commentary and speculation in Western media as the recent parliamentary election in Poland. Several op-eds have flirted with an alarmist view that the era of stability and progress in Poland is coming to an abrupt end as the “right-wing roars back,” the “euroskeptics claim...
Russia’s Social Media Sleuths Uncover Info Authorities Want Hidden
The news of Russia’s first casualty among its troops in Syria is remarkable not only because his family doubts the official explanation for his death — that he committed suicide — but also for the fact that it was uncovered by social media sleuths. Conflict Intelligence Team, an online group founded by Russian blogger Ruslan Leviev,...
Ukraine and Poland: Same Old Backward Rightwing Elements
Over the past two years or so, I have developed a keen awareness of the wounded pride, historical revisionism and backward rightwing nationalism which characterizes swathes of Eastern European society. I didn’t develop my views by actively seeking out such elements, but rather they found me. Let me briefly back up and explain. In 2014, I...
Russia’s ‘Lukewarm’ War
Putin’s Arsenal My last blog, triggered by an article in the Huffington Post of October 6, entitled “Nuclear Smugglers Shopped Radioactive Materials To ISIS And Other Terrorists”, posited that Russia is actually waging what one might call a “lukewarm” war against the West in a number of theaters. In this blog, I...
