Section: US & Canada
Op-Ed Contributor: A Way Out for Ukraine and Russia
Autonomy for the Donbass region would allow the rest of Ukraine to look West. …read more Source: The New York...
WWII Anniversary: David Cameron Warns ‘Don’t Make Same Mistake With Putin As We Made with Hitler’
David Cameron has warned that the mistakes made in appeasing Adolf Hitler during the 1930s must not be repeated in the treatment of Vladimir Putin. Speaking behind closed doors at an EU summit in Brussels, the prime minster warned European leaders that Putin must be prevented from seizing all of the Ukraine to avoid the situation that led to the...
Putin: Ukraine must withdraw, rebels must halt
Ukraine says Russian forces sighted in major eastern cities …read more Source:...
Putin: Ukraine Must Withdraw, Rebels Must Halt
KIEV, Ukraine— Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Russian-backed insurgents in eastern Ukraine to “stop advancing” Wednesday and urged the Ukrainian army to withdraw their troops from the region. A day ahead of a NATO summit, Ukraine issued a vague statement about agreeing with Putin on cease-fire steps for eastern Ukraine. The...
Russia LGBT Activists Worried After Crimea ‘Leader’ Lashes Out
The head of the Russian-installed government in Crimea has said his region “does not need” gays and other sexual minorities. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian news agency says photojournalist killed in eastern Ukraine
Russia’s state-owned RIA Novosti news agency says one of its photojournalists has died in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: CTV...
Putin: Framework for Ukraine cease-fire OK’d
Kremlin leader lays out a seven-point peace plan that he hopes will be adopted by all sides this week. …read more Source: USA...
Russia, Ukraine Distance Themselves From News Of A Cease-Fire Deal
Ukraine released a statement saying it had agreed to a “permanent cease-fire,” only to walk it back shortly thereafter. Russia said it had come to no such agreement.» E-Mail This …read more Source:...
NATO Can’t Do Anything to Save Ukraine
This week’s NATO summit in Wales has been billed as the most important meeting in the organization’s history, “ …read more Source: The New...
Obama Says Planned NATO Deployments Send A Clear Message
U.S. President Barack Obama reaffirmed his commitment to defend other NATO states under what is known as Article 5 of the alliance’s charter. He spoke at a news conference in Tallinn with Estonian President Toomas Ilves. In reaction to Russia’s military actions in Ukraine, NATO’s secretary-general recently announced that...
