Section: US & Canada
Pushing Russia into a corner increases danger to world, says NATO specialist
I had an article the other day about the role that NATO’s expansion since the end of the Cold War has played in the crisis in Ukraine. Here is Ian Davis, director of NATO Watch which is in the United Kingdom, on that subject: I find myself on the side of Cold War warrior Paul Nitze on this issue. In Congressional testimony in April 1998, he...
Four NATO Allies Deny Ukraine Statement on Providing Arms
A senior aide to Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko said on Sunday that Kiev had agreed at the NATO summit in Wales on the provision of weapons and military advisers from five NATO member states, but four of the five swiftly denied any such deal had been reached. NATO officials have previously said the alliance will not send arms to...
Cease-Fire in Ukraine Is Shaken as Violations Are Reported in Southeast
The sound of artillery strikes were heard late Saturday on the edge of Mariupol, which Ukrainian forces have been in danger of losing, according to reporters in the city. …read more Source: The Boston...
Ukraine shelling claims lives, sets houses ablaze
A Pro-Russian rebel stands next to his car with a heavy machine gun in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014. Strong explosions were heard early Sunday on the outskirts of the main r… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Ceasefire in Eastern Ukraine Frays, Woman Killed by Shelling
Houses are reduced to ruin just north of the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on Sunday… …After renewed shelling appears to break a ceasefire — between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists — that was barely two days old. Both sides are blaming the other for the flare-up of violence. Ukrainian military...
Smoke Rises, Shelling Heard Near Donetsk Airport
Prolonged shelling was heard in an area north of Donetsk, with plumes of black smoke filling the sky on Sunday morning (September 7), in a further test for a ceasefire that is barely 40 hours old. The shelling came from near the airport, which has been in the hands of Ukrainian government forces though pro-Russian rebels control the city. Rebels...
Ukrainian Truce Shaken by Shelling in Eastern Ukraine
Shelling overnight broke a fragile two-day peace in eastern Ukraine, with residents turning out to survey the damage on Sunday (September 7). In the city on the Sea of Azov, to the south of Donetsk, government forces came under artillery fire. One hotel on the road from Mariupol to rebel-controlled Novoazovsk, was damaged after artillery that...
Ukraine cease-fire appears to unravel in rebel stronghold
Shelling kills a civilian, and government-held airport comes under apparent attack; truce agreement barely held 24 hours …read more Source:...
As Renewed Fighting Grips Southeastern Ukraine, Neighboring Region Braces For Violence
After renewed fighting erupted near Ukraine’s southeastern cities of Donetsk and Mariupol, residents in neighboring Zaporizhzhya are making preparations should the conflict reach their province. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s Ceasefire In Doubt After Deadly Shelling
SPARTAK, Ukraine (AP) — Clashes broke out Sunday outside the main rebel-held city in eastern Ukraine, throwing the freshly forged cease-fire agreement between government troops and Russian-backed separatists into further doubt. At least two houses blazed in the rural village of Spartak, which lies just north of Donetsk and adjacent to the...
