Section: US & Canada
Russian military to get 50 intercontinental missiles
MOSCOW (AP) — The chief of Russia’s General Staff says the military will receive 50 intercontinental ballistic missiles this year, maintaining a high tempo of modernization despite the nation’s economic downturn. Gen. Valery Gerasimov’s statement Friday comes amid spiraling Russia-West tensions over Ukraine, where fighting...
Lethal shelling rocks Ukraine city of Donetsk
Twelve people have been killed in shelling in the eastern Ukraine city on Friday, according to a pro-separatist official, as conflict between Ukrainian military and pro-Russian separatists escalates. …read more Source:...
Civilians Suffer, Again, As Shells Rain Down On Donetsk
The city administration in Donetsk, one of two separatist-held provincial capitals, said five people were killed when shells hit a cultural center on January 30 and that two others were killed when a shell hit a trolleybus. The Ukrainian military, meanwhile, said that five of its soldiers were killed and 23 wounded in the previous 24 hours. It...
This chart shows all of the versions of Russia’s fifth-generation fighter jet
The US and Russia have been competing arms exporters since the dawn of the Cold War. Although the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, the deep-seated rivalry between the US and Russia never fully died out and is now stronger than it’s been in decades thanks the Russian annexation of Crimea and the war in Ukraine. The same goes for the...
Mortar Attacks Kill 7 in Donetsk as Ukrainian Fighting Rages On
Some of the victims were killed as they waited in line for humanitarian aid intended for children and the elderly. …read more Source: The New York...
Artillery fire kills at least 12 civilians in Donetsk
12 civilians, 5 troops killed in eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours …read more Source:...
“New victims are inevitable, I’m afraid.”
As fighting between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russia rebels intensifies, people waiting for humanitarian aid among new victims of crossfire …read more...
Bosnian arms exporter accuses ministers over Ukraine deal
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A Bosnian arms exporter has made a criminal complaint against the country’s current and former ministers of trade for blocking a 5 million-euro deal with Ukraine because of objections from Russia. The manager of UNIS-Group, Suvad Osmanagic, said Friday that politicians have harmed the entire industry,...
Bosnian arms exporter makes criminal complaint against ministers for blocking Ukraine deal
A Bosnian arms exporter has made a criminal complaint against the country’s current and former ministers of trade for blocking a 5 million-euro deal with Ukraine because of objections from Russia. …read more Source: FOX...
Shelling Kills At Least Six At Donetsk Cultural Center
At least six people were killed in shelling which hit a cultural center and a bus in the separatist-held city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on January 30. Separately, the Ukrainian government said five of its troops were killed in the previous 24 hours. The casualties came at the end of one of the bloodiest weeks in Ukraine for several months....
