Section: US & Canada
The 5 Reasons Russia Has It Bad (But Ukraine Has It Worse)
After tense, all-night negotiations on Wednesday, European leaders reached a shaky deal with Russia for a ceasefire in Ukraine. That didn’t stop the violence, and many doubt a ceasefire can hold. Here are the five reasons showing that even if Russia has it bad, Ukraine has it worse: 1. Abysmal economics The Russian economy nearly entered...
‘Ashamed’ Russian Students Ask Ukraine To ‘Forgive Us’
A group of Russian students has rejected the Kremlin’s narrative of the Ukraine conflict, releasing a video in which they ask Ukrainians for forgiveness. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Charles Krauthammer: America’s passive president leaves the world to burn
WASHINGTON — His secretary of defense says “the world is exploding all over.” His attorney general says that the threat of terror “keeps me up at night.” The world bears them out. On Tuesday, American hostage Kayla Mueller is confirmed dead. On Wednesday, the U.S. evacuates its embassy in Yemen, cited by President Barack Obama last September as...
Ukraine fighting continues ahead cease-fire deadline, killing at least 25
Clashes appeared only to have increased since a peace agreement with European leaders was sealed Thursday in Minsk. On Friday in eastern Ukraine Russian-backed separatists mounted a major, sustained offensive to capture a strategic railway hub, killing at least 25 people across region. …read more Source: Christian Science...
EU a wavering ally for Ukraine
Ukraine remains trapped between the weight of Russian history and the force of European economics. …read more Source: Toronto...
No Deal to Free Ukrainian Pilot, Russia Says
A spokesman for President Vladimir V. Putin said the pilot, Nadiya V. Savchenko, was not covered by accords negotiated by Russia and Ukraine this week. …read more Source: The New York...
Russian Parliament Warns Europe’s Longstanding Peace in Jeopardy
An extraordinary letter, addressed to major European bodies, compares the Ukraine crisis to WW2. …read more Source:...
Ukraine fighting surges ahead of cease-fire, at least 25 killed
Massive artillery barrages hit a strategic railway junction in eastern Ukraine on Friday as Russia-backed separatists intensified their efforts to take Debaltseve from Ukrainian government forces ahead of the Sunday start of a cease-fire, Ukrainian officials reported. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Even With Cease-Fire, Economy in Ukraine Is Crumbling
The costs of war and a post-Soviet history of mismanagement and corruption leave the country needing billions of dollars more than it has received. …read more Source: The New York...
Facing a Fragile Ceasefire
If the Deal Doesn’t Hold, Don’t Arm Ukraine February 13, 2015 …read more Source: Foreign...
