Section: US & Canada
Ukrainian Separatists Take Two Towns in Push on Mariupol
The pro-Russian separatist group calling itself the Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) announced fresh gains towards the key Ukrainian port city of Mariupol today, as government forces reported the rebels were indeed preparing to move in on the city. A spokesman for DNR told Russian news agency RIA Novosti that the separatists had today taken...
AP PHOTOS: Top pictures from Europe and Africa
FILE – In this Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015 file photo, people shout slogans as they march in Kiev. Thousands participated in a march on Sunday commemorating the events of a year ago and honoring the… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Gazprom Threatens To Cut Supplies To Ukraine
Russian natural-gas giant Gazprom is threatening to cut off supplies to Ukraine entirely as early as February 26, a move the Russian company says could result in a suspension of supplies to Europe. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
EU’s Dombrovskis Warns Of Further Russia Sanctions
The European Commissioner for the Euro and Social Dialogue, former Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis, has said the EU is ready to respond with further sanctions if Russia supports further escalation in Ukraine. Speaking to RFE/RL in Brussels, he said the Commission was evaluating its response and would be ready to react to any situation....
Ukraine disputes rebel claim that heavy weapons pullback has begun
Russian-backed separatists moved some heavy weapons well back from the front line Tuesday in eastern Ukraine, but the Ukrainian government disputed the rebels’ claim that a real pullback had begun. …read more Source: CTV...
AP PHOTOS: Top pictures from Europe and Africa
LONDON (AP) — Scattered attacks in eastern Ukraine threatened a peace deal brokered by France and Germany that called on government forces and pro-Russia rebels to pull back heavy weapons. In Rome, hundreds of marauding Dutch soccer fans rampaged through the city’s historic center and damaged a just-renovated 400-year-old Bernini...
Separated At Birth
Two fateful days more than two decades ago set Russia and Ukraine on different trajectories that culminated in the conflict we are witnessing today. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Lithuania Restores Compulsory Military Service
Lithuania to reinstate compulsory military service as Ukraine crisis provokes concern …read more Source: ABC...
Lithuania to reinstate compulsory military service as Ukraine crisis provokes concern
Lithuania has decided to restore compulsory military service for young men as tensions in Ukraine continue to worry the small Baltic nation. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukraine disputes rebel claim that weapons pullback begins
Ukrainian disputes rebel claim that they are beginning a heavy weapons pullback …read more Source:...
