Section: US & Canada
Who killed Litvinenko? Inquiry opens into ex-KGB man’s death
LONDON (AP) — As Alexander Litvinenko lay dying from radiation poisoning in 2006, he named the man he thought had ordered his murder: Russian President Vladimir Putin. More than eight years on and with the U.K.-Russia relations at their iciest since the Cold War, a public inquiry opens Tuesday into the killing of the Russian intelligence agent...
Once Extremely Popular In U.S.S.R., Singer Roussos Dead At 68
World-renowned Greek singer Demis Roussos died in Athens at the age of 68. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Putin: Ukraine’s Army Is A NATO Proxy Aimed At ‘Containing Russia’
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Ukraine’s army is a NATO proxy whose geopolitical aim is to constrain Russia. “This is not the army, per se, this is a foreign proxy, in this case a foreign NATO legion, which, of course, doesn’t pursue the objective of national interests of Ukraine. “They have entirely...
Rocket attacks trigger new tensions over Ukraine
Rocket attacks in Mariupol, Ukraine, a strategically situated port city in southeastern Ukraine, alarmed the West and looked likely further to aggravate relations with Russia. (Jan. 25) …read more Source: USA...
Rockets kill 30 in Ukrainian city as rebels launch offensive
KYIV, Ukraine — Indiscriminate rocket fire slammed into a market, two schools, homes and shops Saturday in the eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, killing at least 30 people, authorities said. Ukraine’s top rebel leader said an offensive had begun on the strategically important port. Ukraine’s president called an emergency meeting of...
Pro-Russian Ukraine rebels rip up current ceasefire deal, launch new offensive
DONETSK, Ukraine — Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine rejected a previously signed peace deal Friday and launched a new multipronged offensive against Ukrainian government troops, upending recent European attempts to mediate an end to the fighting. The main separatist leader in the rebellious Donetsk region vowed to push Ukrainian soldiers out...
Ukrainian rebels threaten an all-out offensive, defying agreement to return to ceasefire positions
Russian-backed separatists promised Thursday to follow up a devastating victory over Ukrainian forces at Donetsk airport with a further advances, defying an agreement between Moscow and Kiev to return to a previous ceasefire line and raising fears of an all-out offensive. The threat came after a mortar attack on a bus and tram in Donetsk killed...
Leonid Bershidsky: Battered shell of Donetsk’s ruined airport reflects hopelessness of Ukraine conflict
Donetsk Airport has become a dystopian ruin, with its runways so cratered, only a helicopter could land. Yet both sides in the fight over it keep claiming to control it. Ukrainians consider it a symbol of their military resurgence since last summer’s painful defeats. Instead, it is coming to embody the senselessness of seeking any military...
11 civilians killed in attack on commuter bus near army checkpoint in eastern Ukraine
DONETSK, Ukraine — An attack on a passenger bus in eastern Ukraine killed 11 people Tuesday, likely dealing the final blow to hopes that a short-lived and shaky cease-fire could take hold. Across Donetsk, the city that Russian-backed separatists call their capital, explosions and the sound of shells whistling overhead are again unnerving the...
Russia’s body count is rising in Ukraine, despite army officials’ denials
Anton Tumanov gave up his life for his country, but his country won’t say where and it won’t say how. His mother knows. She knows that Mr. Tumanov, 20, a junior sergeant in the Russian army, was killed in eastern Ukraine, torn apart in a rocket attack on Aug 13. Yelena Tumanova, 41, learned these bare facts about her son’s death...
