Section: US & Canada
Ukraine, rebels accuse each other of violating ceasefire
After the truce was signed by Ukraine, Russia and the rebels on Friday, both sides said the ceasefire is “fulfilled” despite violation claims. …read more Source: Toronto...
Apparent shelling heard outside Ukrainian port
A destroyed Ukrainian army tank is seen near the village of Lebedynske, on the highway joining Mariupol and Novoazovsk, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014. After four months of war, eastern Ukraine begin… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Evidence Grows of Russian Orthodox Clergy’s Aiding Ukraine Rebels
The Russian Orthodox Church has denied supporting separatist turmoil in Ukraine, but after rebels seized Slovyansk, evidence accumulated of close ties between the church and the pro-Russian cause. …read more Source: The New York...
Ukraine Ceasefire Over? Shelling Reported Near Port City
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Witnesses in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol are reporting sustained explosions outside the city and a volunteer battalion of Ukrainian fighters says Grad rockets are being fired at its positions. The reports Saturday night come little more than a day after Ukraine and Russian-backed separatist rebels signed a cease-fire...
Life returns somewhat to normal as truce takes hold in Ukrainian city
Children and parents rode ponies and fed pigeons in the park. A newlywed couple was showered with flower petals — the sixth wedding held Saturday, a registration official said. Life, it seemed, had returned to something like normal in this Ukrainian city on the second day of a cease-fire… …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Apparent shelling heard outside Ukrainian port
KIEV, Ukraine — Witnesses in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol are reporting sustained explosions outside the city and a volunteer battalion of Ukrainian fighters says Grad rockets are being fired at its positions.The reports Saturday night come little more than a day after Ukraine and Russian-backed separatist rebels signed a cease-fire after...
Donetsk residents wary of Ukraine ceasefire
Residents of the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk are wary of the ceasefire between government forces and pro-Russian separatists, but are hoping for the best. Nathan Frandino reports. Video provided by Reuters …read more Source: USA...
Ukraine religious leader says Putin is under Satan’s spell
President Vladimir Putin has fallen under the spell of Satan and faces eternal damnation unless he repents, a top Ukrainian clergyman said on Saturday in an unusually blunt statement that squarely blamed the Russian leader for the war in Ukraine. …read more Source: New York Daily...
Malaysia Plans to Search Crash Site of Flight 17
Malaysia plans to send a search team to the Ukrainian crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 to gather physical evidence, its prime minister said. …read more Source: The New York...
Russia Is Testing NATO’s Resolve in Eastern Europe
A few years ago, when NATO strategists would stop to consider a possible threat from Russia, their chief concern was the possibility, however slight, that the Russian state would implode, lose control of its nuclear arsenal and allow a few warheads to fall into the wrong hands. That at least was the worry Ivo Daalder expressed in the fall of...
