Section: US & Canada
‘Sleepwalking’ U.K., EU misjudged Ukraine crisis, says report
The House of Lords’ EU Committee said it found a “catastrophic misreading” of mood by Europe ahead of the standoff with Russia. …read more Source: Toronto...
AP PHOTOS: A Year After Ukraine’s Maidan Protests in Kiev
AP PHOTOS: A year after Ukraine’s bloody Maidan protests, a look at Kiev, then and now …read more Source: ABC...
France, Germany hold out sanctions if Ukraine accords break
PARIS (AP) — France and Germany have warned that sanctions could be leveled if the Minsk accords to stabilize Ukraine are not respected. President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel pressed for respect for the cease-fire and withdrawal of heavy arms during a joint news conference on Friday.read more …read more Source: CNS...
AP PHOTOS: A year after Ukraine’s Maidan protests in Kiev
Protesters and their supporters say the bullets came from Ukrainian police or Russian marksmen aiming to put down the demonstrations against the Kremlin-friendly president, Viktor Yanukovych. Russia has annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula, Ukraine has a new president and government, and the country is embroiled in a war in the east with...
AP PHOTOS: A year after Ukraine’s Maidan protests in Kiev
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The “Heavenly Hundred” is what Ukrainians in Kiev call those who died during months of anti-government protests in 2013-14…. …read more Source:...
France, Germany hold out sanctions if Ukraine accords break
PARIS (AP) — France and Germany have warned that sanctions could be leveled if the Minsk accords to stabilize Ukraine are not respected. President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel pressed for respect for the cease-fire and withdrawal of heavy arms during a joint news conference on Friday. Hollande said that “every country...
Kremlin aide directed snipers who killed Kiev protesters, Poroshenko alleges
Poroshenko added that investigating authorities had established a ‘clear Russian link’ to the shootings a year ago …read more Source: The Globe and...
Displaced in Ukraine Rely on Food Vouchers
Two Ukrainian children say a prayer before starting their lunch. They’ve recently fled their home and have to rely on food vouchers for their meals. Their mother Irena is brought to tears at the thought of not being able to provide for her children. Elsewhere, these newly displaced take shelter in train cars. Others stand in line for food...
Pope calls for Ukraine cease-fire to be respected
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has called for Ukraine’s cease-fire to be respected amid fresh reports by the Ukrainian military that separatist rebels were still firing on government positions and that Russia was sending in more tanks. Francis delivered the plea for peace Friday during a meeting with Ukrainian bishops visiting Rome. He said he...
‘I Was Injured in the Battle of Maidan’
One year on from the violent protests on Maidan square in Kiev, Ukraine, Denys Zemlyanov remembers what it was like to be there. …read more Source: The Boston...
