Section: US & Canada
Russian court orders Ukrainian pilot tried in border town
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court on Friday rejected a defense plea to move a high-profile trial of a Ukrainian officer to Moscow. …read more Source: U.S....
Russian court rules Ukrainian pilot Savchenko will be tried in small border town, not Moscow
A Russian court has rejected a defense plea to move a high-profile trial of a Ukrainian officer to Moscow. …read more Source: FOX...
Remains of WWII German soldiers found in Kiev
MOSCOW (AP) — A Ukrainian newspaper says Ukrainian and German servicemen have found remains of about 200 German soldiers buried in Kiev during the German occupation in World War II. …read more Source: CNS...
U.S. Told Ukraine to Stand Down as Putin Invaded
Moscow was emboldened when it got Crimea, not appeased. …read more Source:...
Poland’s new leader seeks greater regional unity, NATO bases
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — It’s been a dream of some Polish leaders for nearly a century: an alliance of Eastern European countries running from the Baltic Sea down to the Black Sea that would keep Russia at bay.Poland’s conservative new president, Andrzej Duda, who took office two weeks ago, has already signaled that building such an...
Poland’s New Leader Seeks Greater Regional Unity, NATO Bases
It’s been a dream of some Polish leaders for nearly a century: an alliance of Eastern European countries running from the Baltic Sea down to the Black Sea that would keep Russia at bay. Poland’s conservative new president, Andrzej Duda, who took office two weeks ago, has already signaled that building such an alliance under...
The Economic Aid Ukraine Needs Now
Time is short as Russian-backed rebels advance. …read more Source:...
NATO’s Line in the Ukrainian Sand
NATO made an official statement warning Russia against pressing further into Ukrainian territory when the alliance’s 28 members met to discuss the ongoing war in eastern Ukraine, which has seen a sharp uptick in violence in the past month. Shelling around Mariupol, a key port city on the Sea of Azov that analysts say would be Russia’s...
Former boxing champion Roy Jones Jr. asks Vladimir Putin for Russian citizenship
Jared M. FeldschreiberSEVASTOPOL, Ukraine, Aug. 20 (UPI) — Former heavyweight world boxing champion Roy Jones Jr. met with Russian President Vladimir Putin Wednesday for a brief meeting in Sevastopol, Crimea. …read more Source: United Press...
US launches largest Allied airborne drills since the Cold War
Earlier this week, 4,800 soldiers from 11 NATO nations converged on Germany’s Hohenfels Training Area for “Swift Response 15,” the largest allied airborne drills since the end of Cold War, which will continue until September 13. The NATO allies will be training in various locations in Germany and Bulgaria, “to integrate...
