Section: US & Canada
Russian FM: Ukraine Should Heed Putin’s Cease-fire Plan
Russia says it is ready to take practical steps to de-escalate the crisis in Ukraine in line with a cease-fire plan outlined by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia hopes the plan will be heeded in Ukraine and in the eastern Ukrainian cities of Luhansk and Donetsk. He said Russia is ready to take...
Russia warns against Ukraine joining NATO ahead of summit
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov underlined Russia’s opposition to Ukraine joining NATO as the alliance gathered for a summit on Thursday and warned the United States not to try to impose its own will on the former Soviet republic. …read more Source:...
NATO shakes up Russia strategy over Ukraine crisis
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also warned the United States not to try to impose its own will on the former Soviet republic …read more Source: The Globe and...
Separatists Take Village Near Luhansk
After a week of intense fighting, Ukraine’s National Guard ceded the village of Novosvitlivka, near Luhansk, to pro-Russian separatist forces. Video shot on Septermber 3 by RFE/RL correspondent Andrei Babitsky shows remains of Ukrainian armored vehicles scattered around the village and a school destroyed by artillery fire. (RFE/RL’s...
Dnipropetrovsk Mourns Soldiers Killed At Ilovaysk
Mourners gathered in the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk on September 3 to commemorate soldiers of the Dnipro volunteer battalion who were killed in August battling pro-Russian separatists in Ilovaysk, a town near Donetsk in the country’s east. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Putin Unveils Ukraine Ceasefire Plan
Residents in this area of Donetsk, in eastern Ukrainian, flee into their basements, to escape the artillery shelling above. Donetsk is a stronghold of pro-Russian separatists and their battles with nearby government forces are said to be raging. Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed a seven-step roadmap for ending the violence. Among...
Analysis: The case for aiding Ukraine
Daniel Treisman says failing to send military aid would be a sign the West is condoning Putin’s actions. …read more Source:...
NATO Opens Summit With Emphasis On Ukraine Situation
NATO in beginning a two-day summit in Wales that is expected to focus on the problems in eastern Ukraine and approve a plan to bolster NATO’s presence along the alliance’s eastern borders. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia: Ukraine’s NATO ambitions threaten talks
Russian President Vladimir Putin spelled out a seven-point plan for ending hostilities and expressed hope for a breakthrough at talks in Minsk, Belarus, on Friday. […] Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in televised remarks Thursday that statements by senior government officials in Kiev that Ukraine will be seeking to join NATO are...
Russia Warns NATO, US Over Ukraine Before Summit
(Reuters) – Russia’s foreign minister warned NATO not to offer Ukraine membership of the alliance as it gathered for a summit on Thursday and told the United States not to try to impose its will on the former Soviet republic. Sergei Lavrov also urged Kiev and pro-Russian rebels fighting Ukrainian forces in eastern Ukraine to back...
