Section: US & Canada
Canada’s jets edge closer to Russian airspace
Canada’s jets, part of NATO mission, edge closer to Russian airspace …read more Source:...
Russian ‘Invasion’ Breaks Budapest Memorandum, May Prompt NATO Action
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and NATO both contend that Russian troops have crossed the border into Ukraine, which could prompt severe sanctions from Europe and the U.S. and possible NATO military action, say foreign policy experts. In what would effectively amount to an invasion, Russia could be in breach of an important international...
NATO Satellite Images Show Russian Military In Ukraine
NATO says the images, taken last week, depict a Russian military convoy moving through eastern Ukraine, where pro-Russian separatists are in control. …read more Source:...
STOCKS FALL: Here’s What You Need To Know (DIA, SPY, QQQ, TLT, IWM, RSH, F, TM, HMC, DDAIF, FIATY, AIG, ANF)
Stocks fell as headlines out of Ukraine and Russia indicated that the situation in Eastern Ukraine escalated significantly, as Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Russian troops have advanced across the border. The decline in stocks also marks the first time this week that the S&P 500 did not make an all-time high. First, the...
Putin Will Never, Ever Admit That Russia Has Invaded Ukraine
The presence of Russian military personnel in Ukraine is now beyond dispute, everywhere except in Russia. On Thursday, NATO released satellite imagery of Russian combat troops operating insi …read more Source: The New...
Canadian jets, part of NATO mission, edge closer to Russian airspace
Canadian fighter jets will be patrolling the edge of Russian airspace next week as part of NATO’s response to the unravelling situation in Ukraine. The CF-18s, based at Siauliai Air Base in Lithuania, will fly air policing missions over the Baltic states. …read more Source:...
UN Ambassador Samantha Power Warns Russia: ‘THE MASK IS COMING OFF’
United States Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power lashed out at Russia on Thursday, a day that saw Ukraine’s president accused Russia of sending troops across the Ukrainian border to fight with pro-Russian separatist rebels. Speaking at an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council, Power said it is clear Russia has armed,...
Here Comes Obama’s Statement On Ukraine And Iraq…
President Barack Obama will make a statement from the White House briefing room at 4 p.m. ET, the White House said. His statement will come amid a day of significant escalation in the crisis in Ukraine, as Ukraine’s president accused Russia of sending troops across the border to fight with pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine’s...
Obama addresses ISIS in Syria, Ukraine crisis
The president will update the country on ongoing national security issues at 4 p.m. ET …read more Source:...
Russia rolls into Ukraine
Fighting escalates as Ukraine and NATO claim Russians troops are in eastern Ukriane …read more Source:...
