Section: US & Canada
Dozens killed in rocket attack on east Ukraine refugees, Kiev says
Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels trade blame for targeting convoy and killing dozens, including women and hcildren …read more Source: The Globe and...
Grief, relief as ravaged Ukrainian town rebuilds
LYSYCHANSK, Ukraine (AP) — After months of rebel occupation and weeks of Ukrainian liberation, the residents of this shell-shocked border town say they hope simply to rebuild their former lives – but fear that war could return to their doorstep…. …read more Source: Associated...
Amid shattered glass and lives, shell-shocked Lysychansk rebuilds after Ukraine ousts rebels
After months of rebel occupation and weeks of Ukrainian liberation, the residents of this shell-shocked border town say they hope simply to rebuild their former lives — but fear that war could return to their doorstep. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukraine to pull out most troops out of Kosovo
NATO in Kosovo says Ukraine will pull out most of its troops from its peacekeeping mission in the Balkan country by the end of the month. …read more Source: Miami...
Ukraine: ‘Dozens’ of Civilians Killed in Convoy
(KIEV, Ukraine) — A spokesman for Ukraine’s national security council says “dozens” of civilians have been killed in a rebel attack on a convoy of people trying to flee war-torn eastern Ukraine. Col. Andriy Lysenko told reporters Monday that he is unable to provide exact figures but that dozens have died, including children. The barrage...
Rockets hit civilian convoy fleeing east Ukraine city
Ukrainian government and separatist leaders accuse each other of firing on the civilians. …read more Source: USA...
Ukraine Says Refugee Convoy Was Flying White Flags
A Ukrainian military spokesman says separatists fired missiles at a military convoy carrying refugees, killing many aboard, despite the fact the trucks were flying white flags. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine: Rebels fire on civilian convoy
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine claimed Monday that rebels in the east of the country fired rockets and mortars on civilians trying to flee from the region’s intense fighting. “Many people were killed, among them women and children,” Col. Andriy Lysenko, a spokesman for Ukraine’s national security council, said at a …...
Ukraine, rebels accuse each other of attacking refugee bus convoy
Ukraine accused pro-Russian rebels on Monday of hitting a refugee convoy of buses with rocket fire near the eastern city of Luhansk, killing people trapped in the burning vehicles, but the separatists denied responsibility. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Russian Rocker Called a ‘Traitor’ For Performing for IDPs in Ukraine
Russian rock musician Andrei Makarevich performed a concert for displaced children in eastern Ukraine last week. Now Russian lawmakers want to punish him for “treachery.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
