Section: US & Canada
Ukrainian President Dissolves Parliament
KIEV, Ukraine— 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. President Petro Poroshenko announced in a statement posted on his website Monday that he has dissolved parliament and called for snap elections on October...
Weapons convoys seen rolling in eastern Ukraine
KRASNODON, Ukraine (AP) — AP reporters say convoys of military weaponry and supplies have been coming from the direction of Russia into rebel-held Ukraine…. …read more Source: Associated...
Ukrainian President Dissolves Parliament
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a decree dissolving Ukraine’s parliament. The move on August 25 paves the way for new elections in Ukraine, with Poroshenko’s office saying that the date of the vote has been scheduled for October 26. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine president Petro Poroshenko dissolves parliament, calls for early elections
Ukraine’s president on Monday 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: FOX...
Ukraine’s President Clears Way For New Elections
KIEV, Aug 25 (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed a decree on Monday to dissolve parliament, he said on a Twitter post, paving the way for a new election. “I have decided to prematurely end the authority of parliament,” he wrote. Under the law, the election must be held within 60 days of the decree being...
Ukraine President signs decree to dissolve parliament
Move by Petro Poroshenko paves way for a new election …read more Source: The Globe and...
Donetsk suburb hit in continued army offensive
As Kiev on Monday said its forces were clashing with an armoured column that crossed the border from Russia, the Ukraine army offensive on rebel positions in Donetsk continued. Video provided by AFP …read more Source: USA...
Ukraine accuses Russia of opening new front before leaders’ meeting
Ukraine accused Russia on Monday of sending soldiers across the border to open a new front in the separatist war that has devastated the east of the country and provoked the gravest East-West crisis since the fall of Communism. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Russia Is Already Invading Ukraine
On Friday, Russia sent a supply column of more than 200 trucks rumbling into Ukraine and then, the next day, back out again. Since the Ukraine crisis began, Moscow has done many dangerous and deadly things. But this convoy ranks as one of the oddest. Until now, Russia has discreetly supplied the pro-Russian militias in eastern Ukraine with tanks,...
NATO Plots Defense Against Russia
The 28 NATO members are preparing for their summit meeting in Wales in early September. The main topic of discussion: the notion of collective defense in light of Russia’s recent actions against Ukraine. Simply put, NATO’s collective defense posture means that an attack on one of its 28 members is an attack on all of them. In a recent...
