Section: US & Canada
NATO Satellites Show Russian Troops, Armored Vehicles Inside Ukraine
Backing up Kiev government claims of a Russian invasion on Thursday, NATO has published satellite imagery showing Russian military hardware inside the country ready to fire on Ukrainian army positions. After consistently denying that its forces were operating inside Ukraine, Russia made its first public admission that its troops had crossed the...
Ukraine releases video of purported Russian tank in Novoazovsk
Ukraine’s Security Council releases a video of what it says is a Russian tank in the southeastern town of Novoazovsk, bolstering claims that “Russian military boots are on Ukrainian ground.” Rough Cut (no reporter narration) …read more Source: USA...
Russian columns enter Ukraine; leader urges calm
Ukrainian forces guard a checkpoint in the town of Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. Ukraine’s president Petro Poroshenko called an emergency meeting of the nation’s security… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Drudge Report Focus: Russian Troops Take Over Ukraine Town?
The Drudge Report’s focus for the day was several articles that report on Russian troops taking over areas in Ukraine. According to the Washington Post, two Russian “armored columns” took over a town near the Russian border in Ukraine. Ukrainian forces who were defending the town were forced to retreat, a spokesperson with Ukraine’s...
Canadian troops off to Europe as part of NATO plan to rein in Putin’s ambitions
As many as 1,000 Canadian troops at a time are expected to soon be constantly rotating through Europe. It will be the first time that Canada has so many troops across the pond since it closed two bases in Germany’s Black Forest when the Cold War ended. The Canadians are to be part of an urgent NATO plan to try to rein in Vladimir...
NATO Satellites Show Russian Troops, Armored Vehicles Inside Ukraine
Backing up Kiev government claims of a Russian invasion on Thursday, NATO has published satellite imagery showing Russian military hardware inside the country ready to fire on Ukrainian army positions. After consistently denying that its forces were operating inside Ukraine, Russia made its first public admission that its troops had crossed the...
Photo Essay: What Remains of Donetsk
Photographer Brendan Hoffman returned in late July to Donetsk, the industrial city in eastern Ukraine where pro-Russian separatists declared the Donetsk People’s Republic in April after a referendum in which they said residents voted overwhelmingly to break away from Ukraine. Since then, the city has been the headquarters for separatist...
Rand Paul Takes Isolationist Stance on ISIS Airstrikes
As potential presidential candidates begin to stake out their positions ahead of the 2016 election, Senator Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, is taking a page out of Obama’s playbook. In the Democratic primaries ahead of the 2008 presidential election, then-Senator Barack Obama took the Democratic presidential nomination from the front-runner, Hillary...
“Significant escalation”: Russian tanks enter Ukraine
Official says missiles were fired at a border post; NATO releases satellite imagery showing Russian combat troops inside Ukraine …read more Source:...
Canada assails Russia for ‘invasion’ of Ukraine
Canada has condemned what it says is an “invasion of eastern Ukraine” by Vladimir Putin and the Russian Federation, and says NATO leaders gathering next week will discuss how to ratchet up their response to the escalating crisis. But the federal government did not indicate what further measures it plans beyond sanctions already in place....
