Section: US & Canada
Ukraine cease-fire deadline provokes bitter last-gasp battle
Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine says that eight troops have been killed and 34 wounded overnight, despite a peace deal and a looming cease-fire deadline.read more …read more Source: CNS...
Russia asks UN Security Council to endorse Ukraine ceasefire deal
The resolution, if adopted, would be the rare action the council has been able to take on the year-long crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source: Global...
Russia asks UN Security Council to endorse Ukraine ceasefire deal
Russia has circulated a draft resolution in the United Nations Security Council endorsing the latest ceasefire agreement on Ukraine and calling on all parties involved to carry it out. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukraine ceasefire deadline provokes last-gasp battle
Russian-backed separatists mounted a vicious assault Friday in eastern Ukraine ahead of a weekend ceasefire deadline, pummeling a strategic railway hub with wave upon wave of shelling in a last-minute grab for territory. At least 26 people were killed across the region. …read more Source: CTV...
Russia Asks UN Security Council to Take Action on Ukraine
Russia asks UN Security Council to take rare action on Ukraine by endorsing cease-fire deal …read more Source: ABC...
Russia asks UN Security Council to take action on Ukraine
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia has circulated a draft resolution in the United Nations Security Council endorsing the latest cease-fire agreement on Ukraine and calling on all parties involved to carry it out. U.N. diplomats say the council is expected to meet Sunday to vote on the resolution, just hours after the cease-fire is to take effect. The...
Russia asks UN Security Council to take action on Ukraine
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia has circulated a draft resolution in the United Nations Security Council endorsing the latest cease-fire agreement on… …read more Source:...
Indispensable Angela Merkel brings conviction to a united Europe
German Chancellor’s no-nonsense, no-frills style is well-suited to tackling violence in Ukraine and debt crisis in Greece …read more Source: The Globe and...
Ukraine Arrests Another Journalist as It Girds for Possible Peace
As Ukrainian fighting continues apace as a ceasefire is anticipated this weekend (see P.M. links, and see Ed Krayewski yesterday for why we oughtn’t place too much hope in that ceasefire), Ukraine arrests another journalists for reasons we in the U.S. might not find too proper. (I blogged about the earlier case of Ruslan Kotsaba, for...
U.S. Accuses Kremlin Of Joining Ukraine Rebels In Assault Ahead Of Cease-Fire
The United States accused Russia on Friday of massing artillery and rocket systems around a contested town in eastern Ukraine and joining pro-Russian rebels in attacking Ukrainian forces, calling such actions a violation of the spirit of a cease-fire agreement signed just one day earlier. …read more Source: The Huffington...
