Section: US & Canada
Ukraine declares heavy weapons pullback from front line
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian military officials say government forces are withdrawing heavy rocket launchers from the front line with Russian-backed separatists in accordance with last month’s cease-fire accord. Military spokesman Col. Andriy Lysenko said the Uragan launchers were being pulled back by 35 kilometers (22 miles) from the...
Ukraine says it is pulling back rocket launchers from front line in accordance with cease-fire
Ukrainian military officials say government forces are withdrawing heavy rocket launchers from the front line with Russian-backed separatists in accordance with last month’s cease-fire accord. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukraine Declares Heavy Weapons Pullback From Front Line
Ukraine says it is pulling back rocket launchers from front line in accordance with cease-fire …read more Source: ABC...
Ukraine declares heavy weapons pullback from front line
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian military officials say government forces are withdrawing heavy rocket launchers from the front line with… …read more Source:...
Anna Duritskaya, witness to Boris Nemtsov’s murder, gets death threats
Authorities in Ukraine say the sole witness in the killing in Moscow of prominent Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov has received death threats since returning to her family home in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Russian Opposition Leader Navalny Released From Jail
Prominent Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny has walked out of a Moscow detention center and vowed to continue challenging President Vladimir Putin’s government folling the slaying of Kremlin critic Boris Nemstov. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
EU sees ceasefire progress, but ready for more sanctions: Mogherini
By Adrian Croft and Aija Krutaine RIGA (Reuters) – The European Union is ready to step up sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine conflict,… …read more Source:...
Nemtsov Slaying Witness Says Received Threats
Ukrainian authorities say they have opened a criminal investigation after a key witness in the killing of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov said she had received threats. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Sole witness in Nemtsov’s slaying receives death threats
The General Prosecutor’s office in Kiev said that Anna Duritskaya is being provided with protection …read more Source: The Globe and...
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny released
MOSCOW – Leading Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny was released Friday after spending 15 days in custody and vowed that he and his supporters will not be intimidated by the slaying of a top Kremlin critic. Navalny, the driving force behind the 2011-2012 mass protests in Moscow, said the killing of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov will not...
