Section: US & Canada
Moscow: Ukraine talks must back cease-fire now
MOSCOW (AP) – Diplomats at a new round of talks on easing the crisis in Ukraine must push for an immediate, unconditional cease-fire between Ukrainian government troops and pro-Russian separatists, Russia’s foreign minister said Monday. The talks later Monday in Minsk, the Belarusian capital, come as Ukrainian troops …...
In St. Petersburg, the Ghosts of Petrograd
Great cities rarely change their names. It is true, as the old song avers, that old New York was once New Amsterdam, but the change was precipitated by an English takeover of the Dutch colony. To keep the old name would have been like asking a hotel not to change the bedsheets from the room’s previous occupant. Constantinople became...
In Ukraine, Mariupol residents brace for fight
Industrial center in southeast Ukraine widely assumed to be pro-Russian rebels’ next target, but they won’t be welcome there …read more Source:...
Russia ‘attacks Ukraine airfield’
A Russian army tank attacked airfields in eastern Ukraine on Monday, Ukrainian military officials said, amid worsening tensions between Kiev and Moscow. …read more Source:...
Lavrov Says No Military Russian Intervention In Ukraine
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said his country’s military would not intervene in Ukraine, something Kyiv and the West say it has already done. Lavrov told students and teachers at Russia’s top international affairs university on September 1 that Moscow pursues an “exclusively peaceful resolution” to the Ukrainian...
As Ukraine Talks Resume, Putin and Poroshenko Trade Barbs
Mediators resumed talks on the Ukrainian conflict on Monday, even as President Vladimir V. Putin accused Kiev of seeking to avoid autonomy for southeastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The New York...
Russia’s foreign minister calls for ceasefire as new round of Ukraine talks to be held in Belarus
MOSCOW — Russia’s foreign minister urged those holding a new round of talks Monday on easing Ukraine’s crisis to push for a cease-fire between Ukrainian government troops and pro-Russian separatists. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov also said Russia would not intervene militarily in Ukraine, defying reports by the Ukrainian government,...
Moscow urges Ukraine talks to back cease-fire
Pro-Russian rebels prepare arms for the the assault on the positions of Ukrainian army in Donetsk airport, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday ca… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Moscow urges Ukraine talks to back cease-fire
MOSCOW — Russia’s foreign minister urged those holding a new round of talks Monday on easing Ukraine’s crisis to push for a cease-fire between Ukrainian government troops and pro-Russian separatists.Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov also said Russia would not intervene militarily in Ukraine, defying reports by the Ukrainian government,...
Ukrainian Military ‘Battling Russian Tank Battalion’ Near Donetsk
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s military said on Monday its forces were battling a Russian tank battalion for control of a vital airport in the east of the country as President Petro Poroshenko accused Moscow of “direct and open aggression” against his country. Ukrainian coastguards meanwhile searched for two seamen missing...
