Section: US & Canada
Moscow Court Hears Ukrainian Pilot’s Complaint Over Exam
A Moscow court has started a hearing into a complaint filed by Nadiya Savchenko, a Ukrainian air force pilot who is being held in Russia on charges of complicity in the deaths of two Russian journalists in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
‘No excuses’ for Russia’s provocations in Ukraine, says U.S.
JC FinleyWASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (UPI) — The United States warned Monday “the costs to Russia will rise” if Russia and its proxies continue to violate the Minsk Protocol signed Sept. 5. …read more Source: United Press...
Heavy Shelling in East Ukraine Increases Fears Over Ceasefire
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Heavy shelling resumed around the pro-Russian separatist stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, a Reuters witness said. More than a dozen mortar bombs were heard in the city center, though it was unclear who had launched them or what was under fire. Fighting has often centered around Donetsk airport which...
Ukraine rebels: a disunited front run by warlords
PEREVALSK, Ukraine — They don’t call Nikolai Kozitsyn “Daddy” for nothing. In this rebel-held eastern Ukrainian town, the mustachioed Cossack lords it over the locals and pays little heed to the bosses of the breakaway movement.Patches of Ukraine’s depressed industrial basin in the east — in the throes of a pro-Russian...
Ukraine rebels: a disunited front run by warlords
In this Wednesday Nov. 5, 2014 photo, military vehicles are parked in Perevalsk, Eastern Ukraine. Perevalsk and Alchevsk both participated in a contentious vote in early November to elect sepa… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
What Are Traders Chatting About Right Now? Metals…
JonesTrading’s Dave Lutz has a roundup of what traders are chatting about right now. Good Morning! US Futures are tracking higher, led by Tech and Biotech – but liquidity is expected to be light as Credit markets in US and Europe are closed today to honor Veteran’s / Armistice Day commemorations. That said, Equity markets are trading...
East Ukraine’s separatists: a patchwork of fiefdoms run by rowdy warlords
They don’t call Nikolai Kozitsyn “Daddy” for nothing. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukraine rebels: a disunited front run by warlords
Patches of Ukraine’s depressed industrial basin in the east — in the throes of a pro-Russian separatist insurgency — have fallen under the control of such warlords, who run towns as their personal fiefdoms. Capital punishment is a necessary deterrent to crime in unruly times, Kozitsyn told The Associated Press in an interview at his...
News Analysis: What’s Behind The Resurgence Of Fighting In Eastern Ukraine?
With new convoys of heavy military equipment arriving in separatist-held eastern Ukraine from Russia and a significant uptick in fighting, the Minsk conflict-resolution process in Ukraine seems stymied. Has the conflict entered a new, more dangerous phase? …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
