Section: US & Canada
Left for Dead on Battlefield, Ukrainian Officer Recovers at US Military Hospital
A Ukrainian Army colonel, badly wounded while fighting Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, is undergoing rehabilitation at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, near Washington, D.C. Colonel Ihor Hordiychuk is a rare foreign patient at the world’s largest military hospital – which accepted him...
U.S. Instructors Give Ukrainians Firing Drills
U.S. instructors gave Ukrainian National Guard forces firing drills, using armored vehicles and automatic weapons, at a military base in the west of Ukraine on April 23. Some 300 U.S. paratroops are in Ukraine to improve the fighting capabilities of Ukrainian troops. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe /...
Deals Extend Russia’s Energy Cooperation With Argentina
Russia and Argentina signed documents deepening energy cooperation Thursday, underlining Moscow’s drive to develop ties with South America since coming under Western sanctions over the Ukraine crisis. At a ceremony in the Kremlin, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Argentine President Cristina Fernandez hailed the agreements as opening a...
Kerry Told Russia in Phone Call to Pull Forces from Ukraine
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told his Russian counterpart in a phone call on Wednesday that Russia must withdraw its forces from eastern… …read more Source:...
Pentagon: Russian Claims of US Military Trainers in E. Ukraine ‘Ridiculous’
The U.S. Defense Department has dismissed as “ridiculous” and “propaganda” comments by a Russian military official that American troops are training Ukrainian soldiers in the conflict zone in Ukraine’s east. “There’s no credence to it whatsoever” said Pentagon Spokesman Colonel Steve Warren, responding Thursday to the Russian...
Kerry Told Russia in Phone Call to Pull Forces from Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told his Russian counterpart in a phone call on Wednesday that Russia must withdraw its forces from eastern Ukraine, a senior State Department official said on Thursday. During the call with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Kerry also urged Russia to press pro-Russian rebels to...
Russian Reporter Starts Fire To Do Story On Wildfires
A Russian state television journalist started a small fire with a cigarette butt to report on a region’s devastating wildfires, the Moscow Times reported Thursday. Both the English-language Moscow Times and Ukraine Today reported that according to local news outlet Khakasia, Channel One reporter Mikhail Akinchenko wanted to set the scene...
Russia claims US troops in eastern Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Defense Ministry says U.S. military instructors are training Ukrainian national guardsmen in urban fighting techniques in the eastern regions where Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed separatist rebels have fought for the past year.read more …read more Source: CNS...
Russian military buildup on Ukraine border hurting ceasefire: NATO
NATO’s chief says there is a sizeable Russian military buildup on the border with Ukraine which he said would enable pro-Moscow separatists to launch a new offensive with little warning. …read more Source: CTV...
Russia claims US troops in eastern Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Defense Ministry says U.S. military instructors are training Ukrainian national guardsmen in urban fighting techniques in the eastern regions where Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed separatist rebels have fought for the past year. …read more Source: San Francisco...
