Section: US & Canada
How the Ukrainian peace deal is faring
Despite persisting hostilities, Russia and Ukraine have struck a multibillion-dollar gas deal that has eased fears that Russian gas supply to Europe might be disrupted. Negotiators from Russia, Ukraine, the pro-Russian rebels and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe signed a cease-fire deal in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, on...
How the Ukrainian peace deal is faring
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Two months after Ukraine signed a truce with pro-Russian rebels, daily fighting continues in the east and other key conditions of the deal haven’t been met. Despite persisting hostilities, Russia and Ukraine have struck a multibillion-dollar gas deal that has eased fears that Russian gas supply to Europe might be...
Ukraine says it will probe school shelling in east
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Authorities in Ukraine say security services will investigate the shelling of a school in the rebel-held east that left two teenagers dead and four others injured…. …read more Source: Associated...
Effigies of Scottish leader spark complaints
Each year the town’s Bonfire Societies torch elaborate likenesses of prominent people to mark the anniversary of Guy Fawkes’ failed 1605 plot to blow up Parliament. The Lewes event also included an effigy of Russian President Vladimir Putin, topless, riding the Malaysia Airlines jet downed over Ukraine. …read more Source: San...
Australian leader to confront Putin over MH17
Tony Abbott says he’s determined to demand Russia’s full cooperation in probe into shoot down of jet over Ukraine …read more Source:...
EU’s Mogherini says more sanctions on Russia possible over eastern Ukraine
The European Union’s new foreign policy chief condemned the recent rebel-held elections in eastern Ukraine as “illegal and illegitimate” and said that the bloc could pursue further sanctions against Russia as it seeks to preserve Ukraine’s territorial sovereignty. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukraine imposes passport controls around rebel area
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine announced Thursday that anyone crossing in or out of areas controlled by pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country will have to show a passport.The rule, announced by the border guards service, was aimed at sealing off the separatist region in what will de facto become an internal border in the seven-month...
Russia Moving Missiles, Rockets Toward Eastern Ukraine
Russia is sending additional military forces toward the border with eastern Ukraine, including units equipped with ballistic missiles, as part of Moscow’s ongoing destabilization effort in support of pro-Russian rebels. U.S. officials with access to intelligence reports said one Russian military unit equipped with short-range ballistic...
Malaysia Airlines MH17: Aussie, Dutch PMs want Russian cooperation
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Thursday that he remained determined to secure a one-on-one meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin to demand full cooperation in the investigation into the shooting down of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Analysis: How Putin Won Election He Wasn’t Running In
Much more than a local election has been won or lost in Eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
