Section: US & Canada
Ukraine Military Defense Budget Seeks $4B In 2016 To Help Fight East Ukraine War
The Ukrainian armed forces has asked the Kiev government for a $4 billion defense budget going into 2016, according to the defense ministry’s press office Tuesday. If approved, the budget would represent a $1.6 billion increase from the year previous. The ministry plans to spend the money on “increasing the combat readiness of the...
Ukraine's parliament shows cracks over devolving powers
KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s parliament majority showed cracks Tuesday after a right-wing party said it was leaving the coalition over a measure to give more power to Ukraine’s regions, including the rebel-held east.The announcement from the Radical Party, which came in fifth in last year’s election, came as two more National Guard...
Ukraine: Deadly Protests Outside Parliament Over Autonomy Vote
KYIV, Ukraine—One Ukrainian National Guard soldier died and more than 100 law enforcement personnel and civilians were injured, several critically, after violent protests erupted outside Ukraine’s parliament on Monday. Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said a demonstrator threw fragmentation grenades into a line of Ukrainian National...
East Ukraine War: Ukrainian Military Mitznefet Helmet Cover Delivered By Special Israeli Defense Force
The Ukrainian military is set to receive the unusual looking mitznefet military helmet cover, also known as the “clown hat,” from the Israeli defense force, according to a report Tuesday from pro-Russian news site Sputnik. The supply of Israeli equipment to the Ukrainian military comes at a diplomatically sensitive time and is thought...
Kyiv Violence Steps Up Pressure To Reject Ultranationalists
A grenade attack against police and National Guardsmen outside Ukraine’s parliament has renewed allegations that the government of President Petro Poroshenko has been too indulgent toward ultranationalists who are not afraid to use violence to promote their radical agendas. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainians Mourn Soldiers Killed In Grenade Attack
Residents of Kyiv laid flowers outside the parliament building in honor of National Guard members killed during a violent protest on August 31. Three servicemen died of wounds from a grenade that was thrown as protesters clashed with troops. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Coalition in Ukraine shows cracks over constitutional amendment
The Ukrainian parliament majority showed cracks on Tuesday after a right-wing party said it was exiting the coalition over a measure to give more powers to Ukrainian regions, including the rebel-held east. …read more Source: CTV...
Nationalist Violence Erupts in Kiev
Violent nationalist protests broke out in Kiev yesterday after Ukraine’s Parliament gave initial support to a bill that would devolve power to the breakaway eastern regions of the country—one of the conditions imposed on Kiev by the Minsk agreement. At least two policemen were killed by a hand grenade thrown by what government forces said...
Parliamentary coalition in Ukraine shows cracks
KIEV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian parliament majority showed cracks on Tuesday after a right-wing party said it was exiting the coalition over a measure to give more powers to Ukrainian regions, including the rebel-held east.The announcement from the Radical Party of Oleh Lyashko, which came in fifth in last year’s election, came on the day...
Parliamentary coalition in Ukraine shows cracks
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A right-wing party says it is leaving Ukraine’s ruling parliamentary coalition because it’s opposed to a constitutional amendment that would give greater powers to the rebel-held eastern region. …read more Source: U.S....
