Section: US & Canada
Ukraine parliament says 100s died in battle
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A report by Ukraine’s parliament revealed Monday that more than 300 soldiers were killed during a weeks-long battle that marked a crushing setback in the military campaign… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Rights Group Cites Isolated Summary Executions in E. Ukraine
A leading international human rights group says that both Russia-backed separatists and pro-Kyiv forces have been responsible for “isolated incidents” of summary killings in eastern Ukraine, but that Russian media and authorities have exaggerated the scale of such crimes committed by the latter. In a briefing published Monday, Amnesty...
No Cease-Fire in Ukraine, As Donetsk Airport Gets Shelled And Top-Level Talks Fail
Fighting around the symbolically and strategically important Donetsk airport area in rebel-held eastern Ukraine has intensified with the failure of talks among leaders of France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia. The battle over control of the area has become one of the fiercest clashes since fighting between pro-Russia separatists and the army began...
Sweden’s Massive Search for Russian Sub Shows ‘Cold War’ Fears Are Back
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – It has all the makings of a Cold War thriller — an emergency military deployment with stealth ships and helicopters hunting for a foreign submarine in the Stockholm archipelago. Grainy photographs of a mysterious vessel. Sightings of a black-clad man wading in shallow coastal waters. Whether it was caused by...
German Intelligence Agency Blames Pro-Russian Rebels for Downing of Flight MH17
A German intelligence agency has determined that pro-Russian rebels were responsible for the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17, which killed 298 people in eastern Ukraine in July. The Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), the agency responsible for foreign intelligence, reportedly gathered information suggesting that Russian loyalists captured a...
Malaysia Airlines MH17: Rebels Shot Down Plane with Seized Ukrainian Buk Missile, Says Germany
A German intelligence report has alleged that pro-Russian separatists shot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 using an air-defence missile system seized from a Ukrainian military base. Germany’s federal intelligence service BND told a parliamentary committee that unambiguous evidence, including satellite images, suggested that MH17 was...
No Ceasefire in Ukraine, As Donetsk Airport Gets Shelled And Top-Level Talks Fail
After talks between leaders of France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia failed to end fighting in Ukraine, the conflict has intensified around a symbolically and strategically important area in the rebel-held east of the country, the Donetsk airport. The battle over its control has become one of the fiercest clashes since fighting between pro-Russia...
Russian FM Sees No Quick Fix to US Ties
A low point has been reached in relations between Russia and the United States since the start of the Ukraine crisis, with no remedy in sight, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday. Criticizing U.S. foreign policy at a public lecture at the Foreign Ministry in Moscow, Lavrov expressed hope that ties would start improving. “There is always...
Kremlin ‘Cheerleaders’ To Sing At Top London Venue
Two Kremlin-friendly Russian singers will perform this week at London’s top concert hall, despite calls on Britain to bar them from entering the country. Iosif Kobzon and Valeria have actively backed Russia’s actions in Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Rick Perry’s Biggest Advantage in 2016
Texas Governor Rick Perry quietly traveled to Europe last week to assert his foreign-policy credentials. He got what he was looking for—but in an unexpected way. Perry planned to visit the United Kingdom, Poland, Germany, and Ukraine. He was to meet business and energy groups, confer with Ukrainian political leaders, pay his respects to the...
