Section: US & Canada
Pro-Russia rebels confident after making gains
As the survivor of a tank attack on a Ukrainian army truck was being carried into an ambulance, he was showered with verbal abuse by a rebel fighter. …read more Source: Miami...
Pro-Russia rebels confident after making gains
STAROBESHEVE, Ukraine (AP) — As the survivor of a tank attack on a Ukrainian army truck was being carried into an ambulance, he was showered with verbal abuse by a rebel fighter. Lysenko said that regular units of the military had also been ordered to retreat from Novosvitlivka and Khryashchuvate, two towns on the main road between the Russian...
Resurgent pro-Russia rebels brim with confidence in Ukraine after gaining ground
As the survivor of a tank attack on a Ukrainian army truck was being carried into an ambulance, he was showered with verbal abuse by a rebel fighter. …read more Source: FOX...
EU inches toward new sanctions on Russia
A captured Ukrainian border guard sits in a garage at the Novoazovsk border crossing point, in eastern Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. In Novoazovsk, pro Russian rebel fighters looked to be in… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
EU inches toward new sanctions on Russia
BRUSSELS — The European Union on Saturday warned that the apparent incursion of Russian troops on Ukrainian soil pushes the conflict closer to a point of no return, with new economic sanctions being drawn up to make Moscow reconsider its position.Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, who briefed a summit of the 28-nation EU’s leaders in...
EU to slap new sanctions on Russia after incursion into Ukraine
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko ueged a strong response to “military aggression and terror” of an estimated 1,000 troops. …read more Source: Toronto...
Ukraine reaching ‘point of no return,’ says E.U. Commission head
The situation in Ukraine is approaching the point of no return, European Union Commission head Jose Manual Barroso said Saturday, as the EU prepared to pass a new round of sanctions against Russia over the escalating violence there. “We are in a very serious, I would say, dramatic situation… where … …read more Source: The...
Russia to get hit with new EU sanctions over Ukraine
The European Union on Saturday warned that the apparent incursion of Russian troops on Ukrainian soil pushes the conflict closer to a point of no return, with new economic sanctions being drawn up to make Moscow reconsider its position. …read more Source: FOX...
Russia Pushing Ukraine Conflict to ‘Point of No Return,’ E.U. Leader Says
As evidence of Russia’s direct intervention in Ukraine mounted, the president of the European Commission said European leaders meeting in Brussels were likely to endorse new, tougher sanctions. …read more Source: The New York...
Interview: Would A Tusk Presidency Help EU Look East?
RFE/RL speaks to Joanna Wajda, the Brussels correspondent for Polish public broadcaster TVP, about what to expect if Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is chosen as the president of the European Council. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
