Section: US & Canada
Russia’s Role in Ukraine Seen Shifting to Training Rebels
Russia’s role in Ukraine seen as shifting from sending troops to training rebels …read more Source: ABC...
Russia’s role in Ukraine seen shifting to training rebels
Visits by The Associated Press to training grounds like those near Yenakieyeve and interviews with dozens of rebels reveal that Russian armed forces spearheaded some of the major separatist offensives, then swiftly withdrew. NATO and an independent London-based Russian scholar estimate that Russia has several hundred military trainers in eastern...
Russia’s role in Ukraine seen shifting to training rebels
YENAKIEYEVE, Ukraine (AP) — On a recent spring morning, an important visitor watched Russian-backed rebels conduct infantry maneuvers in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: U.S....
Russia’s role in Ukraine seen shifting to training rebels
YENAKIEYEVE, Ukraine (AP) — On a recent spring morning, an important visitor watched Russian-backed rebels conduct infantry maneuvers in eastern… …read more Source:...
Russia’s role in Ukraine seen shifting to training rebels
YENAKIEYEVE, Ukraine (AP) — On a recent spring morning, an important visitor watched Russian-backed rebels conduct infantry maneuvers in eastern Ukraine…. …read more Source: Associated...
U.S. Condemns Crackdown On Crimean Tatar Media
The United States has strongly condemned “Russian occupation authorities” for shutting down several Crimean Tatar language media on the annexed Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Local Volunteer Groups Lead Effort To Help Ukraine’s Displaced Citizens
People fleeing the fighting in the separatist cities of Donetsk and Luhansk are big burden for Ukraine’s financially strained government, but Kharkiv residents are stepping up to help.» E-Mail This …read more Source:...
3 huge questions about what’s actually in the latest Iran nuclear agreement
A US-led group of countries and Iran just signed a major political framework agreement on limiting Iran’s nuclear program. Under the basic parameters of the deal, Iran won’t be forced to close any of its nuclear facilities and will be allowed to operate over 5,000 uranium enrichment centrifuges. In return, Tehran must submit to an...
Ukraine Inks Cushy New Gas Deal
Ukraine and Russia reached a new short-term gas arrangement this week, just as the previous deal dubbed the “winter package” expired. The new agreement lasts just three months—we might call it the “spring package”—but importantly comes with a steep discount for Kyiv. Reuters reports: Ukraine’s energy ministry said Kiev would buy Russian gas...
UN Watchdog Accuses Russia of Violating Civil, Political Rights
The United Nations Human Rights Committee is accusing Russia of violating the civil and political rights of people within its territory, as well as in Crimea and the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. The committee notes Russia appears to have influence over the armed groups in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic. So, it argues...
