Section: US & Canada
Facing a Fragile Ceasefire
If the Deal Doesn’t Hold, Don’t Arm Ukraine February 13, 2015 …read more Source: Foreign...
Ukraine Battles Persist Before Cease-Fire Deadline; 25 Dead
ARTEMIVSK, Ukraine (AP) — Fierce fighting surged Friday in eastern Ukraine as Russian-backed separatists mounted a major, sustained offensive to capture a strategic railway hub ahead of a weekend cease-fire deadline. At least 25 people were killed across the region, officials reported. Read More → …read more Source:...
Russia’s Crimea-Based Black Sea Fleet Carries Out Practice Drills
The drills come just days before the beginning of the ceasefire agreed to start on Sunday. …read more Source:...
Ukraine Fighting Escalates Ahead of Truce
Rather than the hoped-for calm before the cease-fire takes effect, a last-minute land grab ensued. …read more Source: The New York...
Fierce fighting surges before cease-fire in Ukraine
Russia-backed separatists mount major, sustained offensive to capture strategic railway hub ahead of weekend deadline …read more Source:...
Podcast: Beyond Minsk II
Is the new Minsk agreement an opportunity for Kyiv? Or does it lengthen – and strengthen — the hand of Moscow? …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine battles persist ahead of cease-fire; 25 dead
Fierce fighting surged in east Ukraine as Russian-backed separatists mounted a major and sustained new push. …read more Source: USA...
Exhausted by Ukraine talks, German TV reporter smokes on camera and becomes Internet star
The word “Brennpunkt,” which is the name of a special newscast watched by millions in Germany, can either be translated into English as focal or burning point. On Thursday evening, the show unintentionally lived up to its name as it has never done before, with one reporters appearing in a live shot with a lit cigarette. Rauchen? […]...
25 dead as Ukraine battles persist before cease-fire deadline
Fierce fighting surged Friday in eastern Ukraine as Russian-backed separatists mounted a major, sustained offensive to capture a strategic railway hub ahead of a weekend cease-fire deadline. At least 25 people were killed across the region, officials reported. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukraine’s ‘Joan of Arc’: The helicopter pilot imprisoned in Russia
KIEV, Ukraine — An “all-for-all” exchange of prisoners that Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists agreed to in Minsk as part of a renewed cease-fire accord raised hopes that a famed military pilot imprisoned in Moscow would soon be freed. Nadiya Savchenko, 34, is being tried in Moscow for her alleged complicity in the deaths of two...
