Section: US & Canada
France Says Russia Would Face More Sanctions If Mariupol Attacked
Moscow would face more EU sanctions if pro-Russia separatists attack the Ukrainian port of Mariupol, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Wednesday, potentially opening a corridor to the south, including the annexed Crimean peninsula. Kiev fears Mariupol, with its 500,000 people, could be the next major rebel target after separatists...
Ukraine PM to Russia: ‘Get Out of Our Land’
Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said Tuesday that Russia was not withdrawing heavy weapons from the east of his country …read more Source:...
World response to armed groups like IS ‘shameful’: Amnesty
London (AFP) – World leaders have proved “shameful and ineffective” in failing to protect civilians from groups like Islamic State (IS), Amnesty International said Wednesday, calling 2014 a “catastrophic” year.In its 415-page annual report detailing abuses in 160 countries, the group accused governments of...
Ukraine Reports ‘Significant Reduction’ in Fighting
Ukraine’s military is for the second consecutive day reporting a “significant reduction” in attacks by pro-Russian rebels, but says a cease-fire has not yet taken hold in eastern Ukraine. Rebels carried out 19 attacks on government-held territory and targets over the previous 24 hours, according to a Facebook statement Wednesday...
Rebel attacks diminish in Ukraine, but not yet a cease-fire
Ukraine’s military says rebel violations of a cease-fire in the country’s east are persisting, but have fallen off in recent days. …read more Source: Global...
Russia threatens to cut off gas supplies to Europe by Friday
Ukrainian state-owned gas company Naftogaz is facing another tense standoff with Russia over gas payments that threatens supplies to the rest of Europe. On Tuesday, Alexey Miller, CEO of Russia’s own state-owned gas behemoth Gazprom, told journalists that Naftogaz had failed to pay for its March gas deliveries and threatened to terminate...
Russia says many in Kiev want Ukraine peace deal to fail
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is concerned that many people in Kiev and outside Ukraine want a peace deal in the east of the country to fail,… …read more Source:...
France says Russia would face more sanctions if Mariupol attacked
PARIS (Reuters) – Moscow would face more EU sanctions if pro-Russia separatists attack the Ukrainian port of Mariupol, French Foreign Minister… …read more Source:...
Ukrainian military: attacks down, but not yet a cease-fire
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s military says rebel violations of a cease-fire in the country’s east are persisting, but have fallen off in recent days. …read more Source: U.S....
Ukrainian military: attacks down, but not yet a cease-fire
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