Section: US & Canada
Artillery, gunfire break 2-day truce in Ukraine
A two-day-old cease-fire between separatists and Ukrainian government troops was violated several times during the night Sunday near Mariupol as opposition forces bombarded Ukrainian positions with artillery and missile fire. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Iran arrests suspected nuclear plant saboteur
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian newspaper says authorities have arrested a Ukrainian national suspected of sabotage at the country’s sole nuclear power plant. …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Report: Iran arrests Ukrainian national suspected of sabotage at sole nuclear plant
An Iranian newspaper says authorities have arrested a Ukrainian national suspected of sabotage at the country’s sole nuclear power plant. …read more Source: FOX...
Iran arrests suspected nuclear plant saboteur
An Iranian newspaper says authorities have arrested a Ukrainian national suspected of sabotage at the country’s sole nuclear power plant. …read more Source: Miami...
Shelling, gunfire strain Ukraine ceasefire
Sporadic shelling and machine gunfire rang out on the outskirts of a key Ukrainian city, straining a fragile ceasefire between the government and pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source:...
Reported artillery attack on Mariupol threatens Ukraine cease-fire
Ukraine’s cease-fire appeared to be under pressure just over a day after it was declared as shelling was reported near the southeastern city of Mariupol. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukrainian forces come under fire, jeopardizing ceasefire
Ukrainian forces came under fire near a strategic eastern port city Saturday — putting in jeopardy a new and fragile ceasefire between Kiev and Moscow. …read more Source: New York Daily...
Donetsk Residents Pray for Peace
Residents of the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk called for calm as an uneasy peace enveloped the region following a ceasefire agreement between Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists brokered the day before. Carrying candles and icons and singing religious songs, the people walked through the city centre, calling for a prolonged peace....
Artillery Attack Challenges Ceasefire in East Ukraine
Ukrainian government forces came under artillery fire late on Saturday near the strategic port of Mariupol in eastern Ukraine, in the first serious violation of a ceasefire declared only about 30 hours earlier. The presidents of Russia and Ukraine had earlier said the ceasefire, part of a peace road-map intended to end five months of conflict,...
Artillery Attack Threatens Ceasefire in Eastern Ukraine’s Mariupol
Flames burn near the strategic port of Mariupol in eastern Ukraine. Government forces here have come under fire. This latest round of shelling comes only about thirty hours after Russia and Ukraine had declared a ceasefire, which was part of a plan to end a five-month-old conflict. Despite the fires that burn into the night, both Ukrainian...
