Section: US & Canada
To Defeat Rebels, Ukraine Military Might Allow Foreigners To Join Armed Forces
Ukraine’s parliament gave Tuesday its first approval to a bill that would let foreigners serve in the nation’s military. The Supreme Rada voted to pass the first reading of the bill, which would enable non-Ukrainians to serve as privates and junior officers in the armed forces, the Associated Press reported. It will now go to a second...
Kerry to meet Russia’s Putin amid Ukraine, Syria tensions
Kerry is in Russia to meet President Vladimir Putin with an eye on easing badly strained relations over conflicts in Ukraine and Syria. …read more Source: New York Daily...
Kremlin critics’ report claims Russia deeply embroiled in Ukraine conflict
Russian opposition activists published a report Tuesday that they claim proves that Russia is deeply involved in the war in Ukraine, seeking to counter overwhelming state media reports casting the events as a local uprising against the Ukrainian government. …read more Source: CTV...
New Ukraine Report Blames Russia for Stoking Conflict
Colleagues of the slain Russian opposition politician, Boris Nemtsov, have published a report they say details the participation of Russian troops in the war in Ukraine. …read more Source: ABC...
Russian opposition: 220 Russian soldiers died in Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian opposition activists published a report Tuesday that they claim proves that Russia is deeply involved in the war in Ukraine, seeking to counter overwhelming state media reports casting the events as a local uprising against the Ukrainian government. Drawing on media accounts, testimonies from relatives and other...
“What does Moscow want?” asks Georgian president
By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The former Soviet republics of Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine are moving inexorably from the orbit of a… …read more Source:...
Kerry Arrives in Russia for Putin Talks Amid Ukraine, Syria Tensions
(SOCHI, Russia) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Russia to meet President Vladimir Putin with an eye on easing badly strained relations over conflicts in Ukraine and Syria. Kerry laid a wreath at a World War II memorial in the Black Sea resort city Tuesday before holding talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Later, he was...
Report by murdered politician estimates Russians lost over $54 billion since Crimea’s annexation
The explosive posthumous report by Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, titled “Putin. War,” was published on Tuesday. The 64-page report alleges that Russia indeed played an active part in the war in Ukraine, despite the Kremlin’s ongoing denial of any involvement. It also noted that the Russian people paid a very heavy...
Nemtsov Report Alleges Russia Spent Over A Billion Dollars Sending Fighters To Ukraine
MOSCOW, May 12 (Reuters) – Moscow spent more than 53 billion roubles ($1.04 billion) supplying a separatist rebellion in east Ukraine and at least 220 Russian soldiers have been killed there, a report by Russian opposition activists said on Tuesday. The report was the last project of murdered Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, who used open...
Boris Nemtsov report: 220 Russian soldiers died in Ukraine
Russian officials have denied any of its soldiers have fought in Ukraine, saying Russians who have joined the separatists were volunteers. …read more Source: New York Daily...
