Section: US & Canada
Monitoring Group Looks to Publish Photographs of Cease-Fire Violations in Ukraine
In a conflict replete with propaganda from competing sides, a picture can say a thousand words. And finally, those pictures may become available to the general public. On Tuesday, the head of the international organization monitoring the war in Ukraine said he hopes to publish photographs of cease-fire violations using sophisticated imagery...
Ukraine Rebels Warn They Could Abandon Cease-fire
Separatist leaders in eastern Ukraine threatened Wednesday to abandon a cease-fire following changes to a law granting their regions self-rule. Alexander Zakharchenko and Igor Plotnitsky said in a statement that legislation giving areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions special status has been weakened by the amendments. “We agreed to a...
The Unknown Soldiers Of The Donbas
Hundreds of bodies are being buried in eastern Ukraine without being identified. On the separatist side, officials say they don’t have the resources to cope with the sheer volume of bodies – which we found lining the corridors at the central morgue in Donetsk. A special report by Shahida Yakub for RFE/RL’s Current Time...
The vulnerability of Putin and his bomb
The media have been alive with reports that Russian president Vladimir Putin was ready to use atomic weapons if the West forcefully intervened to prevent Moscow’s annexation of the Crimean peninsula, a part of the nation of Ukraine. Putin’s use of force and his readiness to resort to nuclear weapons indicate what is at state for...
EU May Announce Extension Of Russia Sanctions
EU leaders are pondering whether to prolong economic sanctions against Russia when they meet in Brussels on March 19. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Donetsk, Luhansk Leaders Refuse Compromise With Ukraine On Special Status; Lavrov Condemns Law
Authorities from eastern Ukrainian self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s republics on Wednesday ruled out compromise with Ukraine, which gave the regions a “temporarily occupied” status on Tuesday according to a law. Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, condemned the rebel status and called the move an attempt to turn all...
Ukraine rebels warn they could abandon cease-fire
Alexander Zakharchenko and Igor Plotnitsky said in a statement that legislation giving areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions special status has been weakened by the amendments. …read more Source: USA...
Crimea exiles fight to keep Ukraine unity message alive
SHCHASLYVE, Ukraine (AP) — The tormentors stuck scotch tape to his eyes and locked him in a dank room. For 11 days, Andrei Schekun said, they beat him, shocked him with electrodes and scalded him with burning metallic plates. He said the torture took place as Crimea voted in a … …read more Source: The Washington...
Crimea Exiles Fight to Keep Ukraine Unity Message Alive
SHCHASLYVE, Ukraine (AP) — The tormentors stuck scotch tape to his eyes and locked him in a dank room. For 11 days, Andrei Schekun said, they beat him, shocked him with electrodes and scalded him with burning metallic plates. He said the torture took place as Crimea voted in a referendum to secede from Ukraine a year ago Wednesday....
FP’s Situation Report: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wins; Republicans boost DoD’s budget; A U.S. drone is missing in Syria; Tone changes on guns in Ukraine, and much more from around the world.
By David Francis with Sabine Muscat Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu surges to victory. The pollsters predicting a close race were wrong as Bibi sails to a win. His reelection could further complicate relations with Washington. FP’s David Kenner: “On the eve of the election, the prime minister promised that a Palestinian state...
