Section: US & Canada
Ukraine Holds Day Of Mourning After Mariupol Attack
Ukraine is holding a day of national mourning on January 25, following a series of rocket attacks in the southeastern city of Mariupol that killed 30 people and injured more than 90 others. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Poroshenko: De-escalation is Priority in East Ukraine
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Sunday de-escalating the conflict with pro-Russian rebels was the priority for the Kyiv government, which stands by a September peace deal signed in Minsk. Fighting between government troops and separatists in eastern Ukraine has intensified in recent days after the rebels ruled out more peace talks....
Obama ‘deeply concerned’ about latest violence in Ukraine
NEW DELHI (AP) — President Barack Obama says his administration is “deeply concerned” about the latest deadly flare-up in eastern Ukraine, but he says he won’t change how he’s handling the situation. …read more Source: U.S....
Russia blocks UN condemnation of shelling of Ukraine city
Russia blocked a Western-backed UN Security Council statement Saturday that would have condemned indiscriminate shelling in Ukraine’s southeastern city of Mariupol that killed about 30 civilians and injured more than 90. …read more Source: CTV...
Poroshenko: De-escalation is priority in east Ukraine
Ukrainian President stands by a September peace deal signed in Minsk …read more Source: The Globe and...
Obama ‘deeply concerned’ about latest violence in Ukraine
NEW DELHI (AP) — President Barack Obama says his administration is “deeply concerned” about the latest deadly flare-up in eastern Ukraine, but he says he won’t change how he’s handling the situation. Obama says he’ll keep trying to isolate Russia and he will examine options short of military conflict with Russia. Economic...
Obama ‘deeply concerned’ about latest violence in Ukraine
Obama says he’ll keep trying to isolate Russia and he will examine options short of military conflict with Russia. Authorities say indiscriminate rocket fire on Saturday killed at least 30 people in Mariupol (mah-ROO’-pahl), in the southeast. …read more Source: San Francisco...
Rockets kill 30 in Ukrainian city as rebels launch offensive
President Petro Poroshenko held an emergency meeting of his military officials and cut short a trip to Saudi Arabia. …read more Source: USA...
Obama ‘deeply concerned’ about latest violence in Ukraine
NEW DELHI (AP) — President Barack Obama says his administration is “deeply concerned” about the latest deadly flare-up in eastern Ukraine, but he says he won’t change how he’s handling the situation…. …read more Source: Associated...
Russia blocks UN condemnation of shelling of Ukraine city
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia blocked a Western-backed U.N. Security Council statement Saturday that would have condemned indiscriminate shelling in Ukraine’s southeastern city of Mariupol that killed about 30 civilians and injured more than 90. The blocked statement, obtained by The Associated Press, called for “an immediate de-escalation...
