Section: US & Canada
Top U.S. Envoy Says Russia Is Brazenly Violating Peace Process in Ukraine
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Samantha Power blasted Moscow on Wednesday for “fueling war” in southeastern Ukraine’s Donbas region and brazenly subverting a two-month-old truce the Kremlin helped broker. “Where Russia has made commitments, it has failed to meet them,” she told a U.N. Security Council session in New York. “Russia has...
Russia beefs up patrols of nuclear-capable bombers
Boiling tensions with the West over the Ukrainian crisis prompted Russia to flex its military might Wednesday by expanding patrols of its nuclear-capable bombers all the way to the Gulf of Mexico. …read more Source: New York Daily...
Russian bomber patrols to reach Gulf of Mexico
MOSCOW — Russia’s long-range bombers will conduct regular patrol missions from the Arctic Ocean to the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico, the military said Wednesday, a show of muscle reflecting tensions with the West over Ukraine. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Russia pushes into Ukraine, prompting Obama rebuke but no new sanctions
NATO accused Russia’s military Wednesday of pushing into eastern Ukraine, prompting rebukes from the Obama administration but no sign that Washington or its Western European allies are preparing to increase economic sanctions against Moscow. Russian authorities swiftly denied the charge, but NATO’s supreme allied commander, Air Force...
Footballer donates 20 tons of tangerines to Ukraine children
Orange is the new snack — that’s the case in Ukraine anyway after one of the country’s top football players donated 20 tons of tangerines to local children. …read more Source:...
New Congress Could Push Obama Toward Tougher Action on Ukraine
The Obama administration says sanctions against those backing separatists in eastern Ukraine are having an impact on the Russian economy, but the coming change of legislative power in Washington may affect U.S. policy toward the crisis. Ukrainian forces fighting Russian-backed separatists are looking for more help from Europe and the United...
Infamous ‘White Widow’ Allegedly Killed In Ukraine By Russian Sniper: Report
The so-called “White Widow,” a British-born Muslim accused of terrorism, was reportedly killed by a Russian sniper in eastern Ukraine, a Russian news agency reported Wednesday. Samantha Lewthwaite is known as the “White Widow” because she is the widow of a suicide bomber who killed dozens in a terrorist attack on London’s transportation...
UN has emergency meeting on Ukraine, warns of ‘full-scale fighting’
The U.N. Security Council met for the 26th time in emergency session on Ukraine, again without taking action, as the U.N. warned of a possible return to “full-scale fighting” in the rebel-held east. …read more Source: FOX...
Russia flexes muscle with bomber flights near U.S.
NATO says Russia is moving troops into Ukraine, as Russia announces long-range bomber flights. …read more Source: USA...
New Congress Could Push Obama Toward Tougher Action on Ukraine
The Obama administration says sanctions against those backing separatists in eastern Ukraine are having an impact on the Russian economy, but the coming change of legislative power in Washington may affect U.S. policy toward the government in Kyiv. VOA’s Scott Stearns has more. …read more Source: Voice of...
