Section: US & Canada
NATO leader: ‘Serious military buildup’ in Ukraine
Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg urged Moscow to pull back its troops on Tuesday. …read more Source:...
NATO secretary general tells Russia to withdraw its troops from Ukraine
JC FinleyBRUSSELS, Nov. 18 (UPI) — “Russia is still destabilizing Ukraine,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said at a meeting with European Union defense ministers on Tuesday. …read more Source: United Press...
Russian Lawmaker Lambasts Ukraine Over Osmayev’s Release
A Russian lawmaker says a Ukrainian court’s November 18 decision to release a suspect in alleged plot to kill Russian President Vladimir Putin is politically motivated. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Chechnya Head Says Horses Cleared To Win Prizes In Germany
The Kremlin-backed head of Russia’s Chechnya region says authorties in Germany have allowed two racehorses he keeps there to receive prize money despite Western sanctions against him. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Donetsk Residents Angry Over Kyiv Threat
Citizens of the Ukrainian city of Donetsk say they did not ask for pro-Moscow separatists to take over their city and they should not be punished for the breakaway insurgency by the Ukrainian government in Kyiv, which will end the funding of all public services in rebel areas by this weekend. On a misty and bitingly frigid Tuesday morning here in...
Ukraine Releases Russian Jailed Over Alleged Plot To Kill Putin
A Ukrainian court has ordered the release of a Russian citizen who was jailed in 2012 over an alleged plot to kill Russian President Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine PM calls for talks with Russia on ‘neutral territory’
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s prime minister on Tuesday called for fresh talks with Russia on “neutral territory” as deadly fighting rumbled on in the country’s east.”We invite the Russian Federation to hold serious negotiations on a neutral territory. The US and EU are helping us with this,” Arseniy Yatsenyuk...
Ukraine Readies for Possible Russian-backed Attack
Ukraine’s military is preparing to repel a possible assault by Russian-backed rebels in the east following reports of Russian military reinforcements crossing the border. Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko has said they are ready for total war. VOA’s Daniel Schearf reports from Ukraine’s front lines in the Donetsk and...
Germany’s minister shuttles between Moscow, Kiev
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister on Tuesday urged the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian separatists to respect their cease-fire agreement, which has helped to halt ground combat but failed to stop daily artillery exchanges. …read more Source: U.S....
Five More Ukrainian Soldiers Killed as German Foreign Minister Visits Kiev
Five Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in the conflict in eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours, the military said on Tuesday, as Germany’s foreign minister prepared to hold talks on the crisis in both Kiev and Moscow. The trip by Frank-Walter Steinmeier will be one of the first visits by a senior German official to Moscow since the...
