Section: US & Canada
Frosty Handshake: Putin Meets Ukraine Leader Face-to-Face
The presidents of Russia and Ukraine met face-to-face for the first time since June on the fighting that has engulfed Ukraine’s separatist east. …read more Source:...
Putin talks with Ukraine's leader; fighting widens
MINSK, Belarus — The presidents of Russia and Ukraine met face-to-face Tuesday for the first time since June to talk about the fighting that has engulfed Ukraine’s separatist east. From their opening remarks, it appeared unlikely that Vladimir Putin and Petro Poroshenko would find common ground. …read more Source: Boston...
Mysterious Armored Column Appears in Eastern Ukraine, Starts Shooting
MOSCOW/ NOVOAZOVSK Ukraine (Reuters) – On Monday, a resident of Novoazovsk in south-eastern Ukraine said she saw a column of armored vehicles approach the town and start shooting. “It all started at 8:00 this morning, tanks appeared, no fewer than seven of them,” the woman, who gave her name only as Lyudmila, told Reuters by...
Tears painted onto Peterson sculpture in Ottawa
The sculpture of Canadian jazz icon Oscar Peterson in downtown Ottawa has been vandalized – or perhaps painted over as a protest – and the National Arts Centre has surveillance footage that it’s handing over to police. Meanwhile, the artist who made the sculpture is thrilled by the suggestion that the act may be one of racial protest....
Secret US-Russia talks on Ukraine held in Finland
The Finnish Foreign Ministry says that the United States and Russia held secret talks over Ukraine in Finland in June. …read more Source: Miami...
Putin, Poroshenko meet in bid to end Ukraine war
Putin also said Russian could suffer a huge loss if EU goods reach Russia via Ukraine, bypassing Russian tariffs. …read more Source:...
Kiev and Moscow spar over captured Russian soldiers
Ukraine releases video footage of what it says are Russian soldiers captured on its territory, as Presidents Poroshenko and Putin meet in Minsk. Video provided by Reuters …read more Source: USA...
Raw: Shelling rocks southeastern Ukraine
Shelling in eastern Ukraine spread to a new front as towering columns of smoke rose outside a city in Ukraine’s far southeast. (Aug. 26) …read more Source: USA...
Ukraine Shows Captured Russian Soldiers as Putin, Poroshenko Meet
Ukraine released videotaped interrogations of Russian soldiers it said were captured inside its borders, in a fresh irritant to talks as the presidents of Russia and Ukraine try to hammer out a peace deal in the Belarus capital of Minsk. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
Putin meets with Ukrainian president amid border violence
The presidents of Russia and Ukraine sat down for talks Tuesday, meeting face-to-face for the first time since June on the fighting that has engulfed Ukraine’s separatist east. …read more Source:...
