Section: US & Canada
Defiant Ukraine Turns on Military Display
Armoured vehicles and soldiers, some of them hardened in battle, paraded on Kiev’s main square on Sunday (August 24) to mark Independence Day in a defiant show of the military force Ukraine’s government hopes will defeat pro-Russian separatists in the east. …read more Source: The Boston...
Pro-Russian Separatists March Ukrainian POWs Through Donetsk
…read more Source: Voice of...
Rebels parade captured Ukrainian soldiers in east
Ukrainian cadets march down Kiev’s main street during a military parade on the occasion of the 23rd anniversary of Ukraine’s Independence, in the capital Kiev,Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014. Ukraine’s … …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Ukraine plans $3 billion boost to defense spending
A local man tramples and wipes his feet on the Ukrainian flag in a central square in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014. Ukraine has retaken control of much of its eastern territo… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Separatists Put Ukrainian Captives on Show in Rebel Stronghold
Pro-Russian separatists marched dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war through the eastern rebel stronghold of Donetsk on Sunday in a parade meant to counter Independence Day celebrations in Kiev. Some bandaged, some limping, the men were marched up one of Donetsk’s main streets and past the remains of Ukrainian armoured personnel carriers...
Separatists March Ukrainian POWs Through Donetsk
Pro-Russian separatists marched dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war through the eastern rebel stronghold of Donetsk on Sunday in a parade meant to counter Independence Day celebrations in Kyiv. Some bandaged, some limping, the men were marched up one of Donetsk’s main streets and past the remains of Ukrainian armored personnel carriers...
Ukraine Leader, Set to Meet Putin for Talks, Warns of Long Struggle
As Ukraine celebrated its independence Sunday, President Petro O. Poroshenko, who is to meet with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Belarus on Tuesday for peace talks, left little doubt that he saw Moscow as the source of the conflict. …read more Source: The New York...
Defiant Ukraine puts on military display as war rumbles in the east
Armored vehicles and soldiers parade in Kiev in a defiant national day display of military power. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). Video provided by Reuters …read more Source: USA...
Russia Lashes Out At U.S. ‘Monopoly’ on Humanitarianism With Aid Convoy to Ukraine
On Friday morning, as hundreds of Russian trucks trundled across the border into Ukraine, Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin gave a briefing to explain why Moscow was sending the convoy without permission from the government in Kiev. The decision had caused such panic in the West that an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security...
Ukraine Launches 24 Hour News Channel
Ukraine is launching its first 24-hour English language news station, aiming to promote the country’s image abroad and counter what it claims is a Russian media campaign against it. …read more Source: The Boston...
