Section: US & Canada
Outside Ukrainian city, fighting continues ahead of truce’s start
The Ukrainian captain sat on a fallen tree amid drifting smoke, clutching his bare head, as the wreckage of an artillery convoy destroyed by enemy fire smoldered nearby. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
NATO creates ‘spearhead’ to deter Russia
NEWPORT, Wales (AP) — NATO’s creation of a rapid-reaction “spearhead” force to protect Eastern Europe from Russian bullying reflects a cool-eyed calculation that Vladimir Putin and his generals won’t risk head-to-head confrontation with the U.S. and its nuclear-capable Western European allies. The force was ordered into...
Ukraine’s Refugees in Kyiv Not Ready to Go Home
Talk of a possible cease-fire deal in eastern Ukraine has raised hopes for an end to months of deadly clashes between pro-Russia rebels and government forces. But refugees who fled west to avoid the fighting are skeptical and refusing to return home. VOA’s Daniel Schearf reports from Kyiv. …read more Source: Voice of...
Hopes high as Ukraine ceasefire takes hold
Peace has come to Ukraine as Russian-backed rebels and military have signed an agreement. …read more Source: The Peace River Record...
Cease-fire takes hold in Ukraine after deal signed
From right, Igor Plotnitsky, the leader of pro-Russian rebels in the Luhansk region, Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Ambassad… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
How NATO got here and how Russia's actions in Ukraine are forcing it to change
Lack of unity and competing interests will test the resolve of one of the longest-serving alliances in modern history …read more Source: The Globe and...
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Hopes high as Ukraine ceasefire takes hold [Photos]
Peace has come to Ukraine as Russian-backed rebels and military have signed an agreement. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Negotiators on Ukraine Cease-Fire
Two pro-Russian rebel leaders, the Ukrainian president and an envoy for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe discussed the cease-fire reached between the separatists and Ukraine. …read more Source: The New York...
NATO allies agree to take on Islamic State threat
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, third right, meets with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, second left, on the sidelines of the NATO summit at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Wales … …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Ukraine Ceasefire Agreed, Doubts Remain
After five months of fighting, the conflict in Ukraine may have come to an end. At least that appears a possibility after representatives from both sides agreed to an immediate ceasefire at talks in Minsk. But complications still remain. Leader of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic, Igor Plotnitsky. …read more Source: The...
