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:...
EU to Prepare Possible New Sanctions on Russia Over Ukraine
Britain’s foreign minister said on Friday the European Union would prepare possible new sanctions on Russia for its involvement in the Ukraine conflict that could be imposed quickly if the Minsk ceasefire agreement is broken. Both Kiev and pro-Russia separatists have accused each other of violence since last month’s peace deal that...
Kremlin critic Navalny released after 15 days in custody
Navalny, the driving force behind the 2011-2012 mass protests in Moscow, said the killing of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov will not force him to scale down his campaign against President Vladimir Putin’s government. Nemtsov, 55, a former deputy prime minister and one of Putin’s most vehement critics, was killed just outside the...
Anna Duritskaya, Lone Witness In Slaying Of Russia’s Top Critic, Gets Death Threats
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — 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. The General Prosecutor’s office in Kiev said in a statement Friday that Anna Duritskaya, the 23-year old model who was...
