Section: US & Canada
Putin declares Russian military deaths in peacetime state secrets
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Thursday outlawing disclosure of military deaths in peacetime, a move apparently aimed at hiding evidence of Russian military involvement in the war in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Ukraine minister says fighting could resume in country’s east
Ukraine’s defence minister said on Thursday Russia had moved forces into eastern Ukraine and there was a risk of fighting resuming between the army and pro-Russian separatists in coming months. …read more Source:...
Norad jets train in Arctic as Russian flights close to North America increase
Fighter jets from Canada and the United States are to practise intercepting foreign aircraft high over the Arctic in the coming days as Russian military flights up to the edge of North American airspace increase.”This is probably the most active they’ve been since the end of the Cold War,” said Maj.-Gen. David Wheeler, commander...
Putin denies Russian troops are in Ukraine, decrees deaths secret
MOSCOW — If there was one weak spot in Russian support for the Kremlin’s aims in Ukraine this year, it was the population’s strong aversion to sending in Russian troops — something Russia denies doing, despite mounting international evidence to the contrary. […] Russia can ignore that evidence — as well as any questions citizens...
Poroshenko Signs Ukraine Debt Repayment Legislation
President Petro Poroshenko has signed legislation granting Ukraine’s cash-starved government the right to stop payments to foreign debt holders. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia classifies military casualties in peacetime
The decree published on the official government website and signed by Putin on Thursday makes it a state secret to divulge information about peacetime losses of Russian troops in “special operations.” U.S. State Department spokesman Jeff Rathke said in Washington, “We see this as a misplaced effort to cover up what everyone...
Pro-Russian Rebel Battalion Leader Buried in Eastern Ukraine, Following Lethal Ambush
Alexey Mozgovoy, one of the most prominent separatist fighters in eastern Ukraine has been buried in rebel-held lands in Luhansk today, after he was shot in his car on Saturday night, local news agency Interfax reports. Mozgovoy led the pro-Russian Prizrak (Ghost) fighter battalion which has been operating in the Luhansk region of Ukraine’s...
Putin Fears Mounting Russian Casualties In Ukraine, Passes Law To Keep Them Secret
When Ukrainian forces withdrew from the city of Debaltseve last February, after one of the fiercest battles in the conflict with Russian separatists, Western media outlets reported that scores of dead and injured Ukrainian soldiers were left on the snowy battlefield, too many for the Ukrainian army to carry as it escaped the city it once...
U.S. slams Russian push to classify military casualties as Ukraine coverup
The State Department on Thursday slammed the Russian government’s move to make Russian military casualties classified, calling the decree a clear attempt by Moscow to hide the deaths of Russian soldiers during clandestine operations inside eastern Ukraine. “We see this as a misplaced effort to cover up what everyone knows …...
Putin Fears Mountng Russian Casualties In Ukraine, Passes Law To Keep Them Secret
When Ukrainian forces withdrew from the city of Debaltseve last February, after one of the fiercest battles in the conflict with Russian separatists, Western media outlets reported that scores of dead and injured Ukrainian soldiers were left on the snowy battlefield, too many for the Ukrainian army to carry as it escaped the city it once...
