Section: US & Canada
Ukraine peace plan hangs by a thread
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – The ceasefire in Ukraine hung by a thread Wednesday after President Petro Poroshenko accused pro-Russian rebels of sinking the peace process and ordered troop reinforcements to eastern cities.Artillery explosions could be heard around the airport in Donetsk, where Ukrainian soldiers have been holding out for weeks...
Rebel-led regions will never receive funds from Kiev, Ukraine PM says
Kiev will continue to supply gas and electricity to the separatist regions …read more Source: The Globe and...
Ukraine pays first debt installment to Gazprom
Daniel J. GraeberMOSCOW, Nov. 5 (UPI) — Russian energy company Gazprom said Wednesday it received the first installment of the debt owed by its Ukrainian counterparts at Naftogaz. …read more Source: United Press...
Is Ukraine’s crisis the West’s fault?
Who is to blame for the crisis in Ukraine: Russia or the U.S. and Europe? A lively debate on the question resurfaced lately, but it has a vital flaw in that it fails to consider the roles of the countries caught in between. It’s as though Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin were back at the negotiating table in Yalta, carving up Europe. Only...
Oil Is Crashing
Oil prices are sliding even further in early trading, with the commodity stumbling for the fifth consecutive day. Brent crude fell 90 cents, or 1%, to $81.92, its lowest value since 2010. While West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude dropped to $76.59, down 70 cents from yesterday. It was its lowest reading since September 2011. However, it fought...
Gazprom Says It Received First Debt Repayment From Ukraine
Russia’s top natural gas producer Gazprom said on Wednesday it had received $1.45 billion from Ukrainian energy firm Naftogaz in repayment for unpaid debt, the first step toward Russia resuming gas supplies to Ukraine. The payment by Naftogaz is the first to Gazprom since May, when a row over gas pricing and unpaid debts escalated between...
Ukraine Orders Troops to Key Cities
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko orders army reinforcements to key southern and eastern cities in case of a new rebel offensive, following disputed polls in Donetsk and Luhansk. …read more Source: The Boston...
Russia’s Gazprom says it has received first debt repayment from Ukraine
Ukraine has to pay $3.1 billion in two tranches by the end of the year to cover part of the debts for previous supplies from Gazprom …read more Source: The Globe and...
‘We simply survive’: What life is like for Ukrainian prisoners of war
ILOVAISK, Ukraine –- Ruslan Tinkalyuk cut a forlorn figure as he took a long, slow drag on a Chesterfield cigarette. Dirty and unkempt, he was curled up by a small barrel fire amid the rubble of an apartment destroyed by a rocket in this war-torn eastern Ukrainian town. See also: The body collector from Ukraine He should have been with his family...
Dutch PM: Thorough, Independent Probe Needed of Downed Flight MH17
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Wednesday stressed the importance of a thorough, independent investigation of the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 before any decision on where those responsible should face trial. The Dutch have the lead role in investigating the downing of the Boeing 777 aircraft, which crashed over rebel-held...
