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
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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...
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...
Aeroflot defies sanctions to create new low-cost airline
Moscow (AFP) – Russian flag carrier Aeroflot will create a new low-cost unit after Western sanctions grounded its first effort to enter the market, the airline’s chief executive said on Sunday.”We will after all register a new airline,” Aeroflot chief executive Vitaly Savelyev was quoted as saying by Russian news...
Germany optimistic on outlook despite weak Q2, report says
Frankfurt (AFP) – The German government remains optimistic in its outlook for Europe’s biggest economy, despite negative growth in the second quarter, the weekly Der Spiegel reported Sunday.For the whole of 2014, the German economy could even notch up faster growth than the 1.8 percent it is currently predicting, the magazine said,...
Germany: no Iraq combat troops or weapons to PKK
German chancellor Angela Merkel make a statement to the press in Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has advocated a measured European Union response t… …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...
