Section: US & Canada
Progress in Ukraine talks reported, but no breakthrough
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Negotiators say progress has been made at the latest round of talks on resolving the Ukraine conflict but there has been no… …read more Source:...
Progress in Ukraine talks reported, but no breakthrough
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Negotiators say progress has been made at the latest round of talks on resolving the Ukraine conflict but there has been no breakthrough…. …read more Source: Associated...
Psychiatric hospital in rebel-held Ukraine faces desperate situation
Patients at a psychiatric hospital in the rebel-controlled Ukrainian city of Horlivka are not receiving the treatment they need due to a lack of doctors and medication. …read more Source: Global...
Russian Journalist Held In East Ukraine
A reporter with a top Moscow opposition newspaper was briefly detained on June 16 in a separatist-held area in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
NATO-Russia Pact Mired In Mistrust Amid Ukraine Fallout
Russia’s continued bullying of Ukraine and a possible U.S. intention to put tanks and heavy weapons back in Eastern Europe appear to signal the demise of the historic NATO-Russia Founding Act that “definitively” ended the Cold War. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Klitschko: Kiev May Name Street After Boris Nemtsov
The city of Kiev is considering naming a street after Boris Nemstov, the Russian opposition leader who was killed in Moscow near the Kremlin earlier this year, Vitaly Klitschko, the mayor of the Ukrainian capital, said at a press conference on Tuesday. When asked about the matter, Klitschko said he had already discussed it with the principal...
Correction: Ukraine-Artillery Duels story
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — In a story June 15 about artillery duels in eastern Ukraine, The Associated Press reported erroneously that a rebel salvo hit a checkpoint, killing a rebel fighter. The shelling was apparent Ukrainian government fire. …read more Source: CNS...
A Look Behind Separatist Lines In Eastern Ukraine
Ukrainian forces repelled an attack by Russia-backed separatists on the town of Maryinka, west of Donetsk, on June 14. One separatist unit on the front lines is known as “The Fifteen,” because its fighters come from across the 15 post-Soviet states. After the latest clashes, RFE/RL’s Current Time TV followed the militants as...
Fighting The Long War
Welcome to the new normal. After more than a year of conflict in Ukraine, the standoff between Russia and the West has become routine — and it is becoming institutionalized. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Freedom of speech under fire in Ukraine
Following the visit of Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) to Ukraine last month, the Democrat has joined the ranks of a growing number of U.S. officials calling for military aid to the country in order to counter Russia’s aggression. However, while Kiev… …read more Source: The...
