Section: US & Canada
U.S. To Send More Ukraine Nonlethal Aid
The United States has announced it will send more non-lethal aid to Ukraine, including unarmed drones and Humvee vehicles. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
IMF approves $17.5 bn lifeline for Ukraine
Washington (AFP) – The International Monetary Fund approved Wednesday a $17.5 billion (15.5 billion euro) bailout of crisis-wracked Ukraine, IMF chief Christine Lagarde said.”This new four-year extended arrangement will support immediate economic stabilization in Ukraine and a set of deep and wide-ranging policy reforms aimed at...
IMF approves $17.5B loan program for Ukraine
The International Monetary Fund signed off on a $17.5 billion four-year loan program for Ukraine Wednesday, Reuters reported. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukraine expects $5B loan from IMF in ‘coming days’
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s finance minister says the country is expecting to receive $5 billion in credit from the International Monetary Fund in the coming days— the first in a sought-for series of bailout loans the government hopes will keep Ukraine from an economic meltdown.read more …read more Source: CNS...
US to send Ukraine small drones, armored Humvees
Vice President Joe Biden told Ukraine’s president Wednesday the U.S. will send more aid to the country, which U.S. officials said will include… …read more Source:...
How Venezuela Will Be the Ukraine of 2015
President Obama just announced the latest threat to U.S. National Security. And it’s not some country in the Middle East or bordering Russia. It’s Venezuela. And it isn’t just because of actions by the Maduro government. The country is on the verge of being the Ukraine of 2015. As 2013 came to a close, few thought that Ukraine...
Ukraine’s neighbor Poland to test resilience to attack
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland will hold an exercise this year to test its resilience to a “crisis” like the conflict in neighboring Ukraine, President Bronislaw Komorowski said Wednesday. Komorowski spoke to reporters during an annual meeting of army commanders and the defense minister that examines Poland’s defense potential and outlines...
Ukraine’s neighbor Poland to test resilience to attack
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland will hold an exercise this year to test its resilience to a “crisis” like the conflict in neighboring Ukraine,… …read more Source:...
Ukraine Expects $5B Loan From IMF in ‘Coming Days’
KIEV, Ukraine—Ukraine’s finance minister says the country is expecting to receive $5 billion in credit from the International Monetary Fund in the coming days— the first in a sought-for series of bailout loans the government hopes will keep Ukraine from an economic meltdown. The office of Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko said Wednesday that...
US Slaps Sanctions on Ukrainian Rebels, Russian Bank
The United States on Tuesday placed sanctions on eight Ukrainian separatists and a Russian bank, warning that recent attacks by rebels armed by Russia violated a European-brokered ceasefire in the war-torn country. The sanctions signal Washington is ratcheting up pressure on Moscow a day after accusing Russia of sending tanks and heavy military...
