Section: US & Canada
Ukraine’s president dissolves Parliament
He calls for October voting after Kiev alleges Russian military convoy crossed border. …read more Source: USA...
Weapons convoys spotted moving in eastern Ukraine from direction of Russia
For several evenings this month, convoys of military weaponry passed with clockwork-like regularity through Krasnodon, a rebel-held town in eastern Ukraine near the porous border with Russia. …read more Source: CTV...
World’s tallet? 8-foot-4 Ukrainian man dies at 44
A man believed to be the tallest in the world has died at age 44. Ukrainian farmer Leonid Stadnyk, who purportedly stood at 8-foot-4, died Sunday due to health problems. …read more Source: New York Daily...
Weapons convoys seen rolling in eastern Ukraine from the direction of Russia
For several evenings this month, convoys of military weaponry passed with clockwork-like regularity through Krasnodon, a rebel-held town in eastern Ukraine near the porous border with Russia. …read more Source: FOX...
The News Summer From Hell and the End of Optimism
By this point in the summer, a sane person could reasonably conclude that the world is going nuts. Spiraling out of control, descending into darkness, making optimism a delusional last recourse — that kind of feeling. “What fresh hell is this?” — the question Dorothy Parker asked when her doorbell rang — now applies...
Is Russia Invading Ukraine? Moscow Sending Trucks With Weapons To Rebels, Report Claims
Russia has been sending weapons to rebels in areas of Ukraine controlled by pro-Russian separatists, according to Associated Press reporters who have viewed the convoys. …read more Source: International Business...
Ukraine Attacks Russian Armed Vehicles It Accuses of Invasion
The Ukrainian government has accused Russia of sending an armored column into its territory in an “incursion” on Monday, sparking renewed clashes between Ukrainian border guards and Russian troops. Unconfirmed reports from the Kiev government’s military information service said that “several dozen” Russian tanks and military vehicles...
World War 3 Rumors: Ukraine President Dissolves Parliament, Weapons Convoys Seen Entering Country
KRASNODON, Ukraine (AP) — AP reporters say convoys of military weaponry and supplies have been coming from the direction of Russia into rebel-held Ukraine. Rebel fighters also described how Russian border guards did nothing to stop them. Associated Press reporters in the eastern Ukrainian town of Krasnodon observed three such convoys last week....
Ukrainian president dissolves parliament and announces early elections in October
Ukraine’s president has dissolved parliament and called for early elections in October as his country continues to battle a pro-Russian insurgency in its eastern regions. …read more Source: Calgary...
Weapons Convoys Seen Rolling in Eastern Ukraine
KRASNODON, Ukraine— AP reporters say convoys of military weaponry and supplies have been coming from the direction of Russia into rebel-held Ukraine. Rebel fighters also described how Russian border guards did nothing to stop them. Associated Press reporters in the eastern Ukrainian town of Krasnodon observed three such convoys last week. NATO...
