Section: US & Canada
Ukraine munitions factory hit after new peace plan adopted
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Explosions ripped through a munitions factory in eastern Ukraine controlled by pro-Russian rebels on Saturday after it came under artillery fire, local officials and AFP journalists said.The factory was hit just hours after Kiev and separatist leaders reached a new peace plan aimed at shoring up a two-week old...
Buffer zone agreed upon in Ukrainian peace talks
From left, Alexander Zakharchenko, the leader of pro-Russian rebels in Donetsk, Igor Plotnitsky, the leader of pro-Russian rebels in the Luhansk region, Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Z… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Cease-fire between Ukraine, pro-Russian militants is ‘in name only’: NATO chief
NATO’s top general said the two-week-old truce between Ukraine and pro-Russian militants fighting in the country’s east is a “cease-fire in name only.” …read more Source: CTV...
Cease-fire between Ukraine and pro-Russian militants is ‘in name only’, NATO says
NATO’s top general said the two-week-old truce between Ukraine and pro-Russian militants fighting in the country’s east is a “cease-fire in name only.” …read more Source: CTV...
In Ruins of Ukraine Town, Residents Crave Food, Water and Peace
As residents began repairing the damage in Luhansk and taking stock of the calamity around them, many said they no longer cared about the politics that caused it all. …read more Source: The New York...
Explosion Rocks Eastern Ukraine Hours After an Amended Cease-Fire Is Signed
A huge explosion shattered the stillness of an early fall morning in Donetsk, illustrating the fragility of a cease-fire agreed upon two weeks ago. …read more Source: The New York...
NATO says Russian forces ‘still inside Ukraine’
Vilnius (AFP) – NATO’s top military commander on Saturday said Russian forces were still operating in Ukraine and that a ceasefire was not working, but he expressed hope a new peace plan could bring progress.”As to Russian forces on the ground, yes, they are still inside Ukraine,” US General Philip Breedlove told reporters...
NATO’s top general says ceasefire in Ukraine and pro-Russian forces is ‘in name only’
U.S. Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove says he has little faith in the 2-week-old agreement …read more Source: The Globe and...
NATO’s top general says cease-fire between Ukraine and pro-Russian forces is “in name only”
NATO’s top general says he has little faith in the 2-week-old cease-fire between Ukraine and pro-Russian militants fighting in the country’s east. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukraine Crisis: Munitions Factory Hit In Eastern Ukraine Blast Despite New Buffer Zone Agreement
A man walks toward a Russian convoy of trucks carrying humanitarian aid in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine Saturday. Reuters/Marko Djurica …read more Source: International Business...
