Section: US & Canada
Thankless Job? Try Fighting Graft in Ukraine
The people who do the hands-on work of fighting corruption in Ukraine are frustrated but still hopeful. …read more Source:...
Russia Launches Next Deadly Phase of Hybrid War on Ukraine
Pushing his baby daughter in a pram in front of him, 37-year-old Dmitriy Komyakov paused as marchers ahead adjusted their positions around a huge Ukrainian flag. It was a bright day in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city. A good day for the hundreds in attendance to celebrate one year since Euromaidan demonstrators ousted president...
Italian Foreign Minister Calls for End to Russian Sanctions
Italy’s foreign minister has called for a relaxing of EU sanctions on Russia and warned that the crisis in Libya poses an equal threat to European security as the Ukrainian conflict. Speaking to the Financial Times, Paolo Gentiloni said that Europe’s focus should be on its southern borders “from Mali to Pakistan” and that the EU was...
French Eye Cockpit Entry, Psychological Screening Rules
PARIS—French aviation investigators said Tuesday they will examine “systemic weaknesses” like cockpit entry rules and psychological screening procedures that could have led to the Germanwings crash, while Lufthansa said its insurers set aside $300 million to deal with possible fallout from the disaster. Authorities say co-pilot Andreas Lubitz,...
Former Kyiv Police Officials Wanted Over Maidan Crackdown
Ukrainian prosecutors have added two former senior Kyiv police officials to a list of suspects wanted over a deadly crackdown on Euromaidan protesters in the capital in February 2014, before Viktor Yanukovych was ousted as president. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Crimean Tatar Media Forced to Shut Down Under Russian Law
All but one of Crimea’s independent Tatar-language media outlets, including several popular children’s television channels, will be shut down tomorrow as the midnight deadline for re-registration expires under Russian law, Amnesty International has warned. The Tatar-language publications, websites and broadcasting outlets, although...
East Ukraine War Increasingly Focused On Mariupol As Pro-Russian Rebels, Ukraine Military Face Off In Key City
Just one mile from the Sea of Azov in southern Ukraine, a small village has become the most recent symbolic staging point where Ukrainian and pro-Russian forces are continuing to defy a delicate ceasefire. While the village of Shyrokyne has little strategic value, it has been described as a final buffer zone between separatist forces and the port...
US Forces to Hold Exercises in Ukraine
US forces to hold training exercise in Ukraine with national guard units …read more Source: ABC...
US forces to hold exercises in Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The United States plans to send soldiers to Ukraine in April for training exercises with units of the country’s national… …read more Source:...
Captive pilot sends defiant message to Putin
Captive Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko has sent a stark message to Russian President Vladimir Putin as she awaits trial in a Moscow jail. …read more Source:...
