Section: US & Canada
NATO leaders build united front against Russia on Ukraine
Newport (United Kingdom) (AFP) – NATO leaders will aim Thursday to show unity against Russia over the conflict in Ukraine, after France suspended delivery of a warship to Moscow despite a surprise peace plan put forward by the Kremlin.Ukraine and the new threats posed by Islamic extremists in Iraq, Syria and beyond will dominate the two-day...
As NATO talks near, Merkel appears to be losing patience with Putin
As Russia has expanded its military footprint in neighboring Ukraine, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has held repeated consultations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, so numerous that the German magazine Der Spiegel recently tried to count the phone calls between Berlin and Moscow since… …read more Source: Los Angeles...
In Estonia, Obama vows to defend Baltic states, invokes NATO policy
President Obama pledged Wednesday that the U.S. would go to war if necessary to protect former Soviet territories in the Baltic region from Russia and signaled new steps to strengthen Ukraine’s ability to defend itself, sharply raising the stakes in the confrontation with Moscow over its… …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Obama casts Russia as threat to peace in Europe
Multiple rounds of U.S. and European economic sanctions have done little to shift Putin’s tactics, and Obama remains staunchly opposed to U.S. military intervention. Unlike the Baltics and other Eastern European nations, Ukraine is not a member of NATO, meaning the U.S. and other allies have no treaty obligation to come to its defense....
Putin Sets Out Peace Terms
The Russian president pushed a cease-fire deal with Ukraine that would freeze in place gains made by Russian-backed separatists, setting the stage for the kind of partitioning Moscow has used to tame other neighbors. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
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Questions remain in Kiev square in Ukraine [Video]
The faces of the dead stare out at you in such a way you feel sick to your stomach to think this is the spot where they needlessly were massacred. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Ukraine, Russia looking for way to end fighting
Kremlin leader lays out a seven-point peace plan that he hopes will be adopted by all sides this week. …read more Source: USA...
Confusion as Ukraine and Russia announce progress
Ukraine and Russia send conflicting statements over a possible ceasefire, sowing confusion over the Ukraine conflict on the eve of a NATO summit. Mana Rabiee reports. Video provided by Reuters …read more Source: USA...
US to Lead Multinational Exercises in Ukraine
The U.S. Defense Department has announced upcoming multinational military exercises inside Ukraine. The U.S.-led drill later this month in western Ukraine marks the first deployment of American ground troops to the nation since Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea in March and subsequent hostilities between Ukrainian troops and...
Obama: Ukrainian military needs NATO backing
Although he’s resisted bipartisan calls to send arms to Ukraine, President Obama urged NATO Wednesday to help strengthen the Ukrainian military amid conflicting reports of a tentative cease-fire plan in Kiev’s five-month-old fight against Russian forces. Speaking in the Estonian capital of Tallinn before heading to a NATO summit, Mr....
