Section: US & Canada
Ukraine blames rebels for shelling civilians
Foreign Ministers of France Laurent Fabius, Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin, Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Russia Sergey Lavrov, from left, go for a walk before a meeting at the Guesthouse of Fore… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Refugee Convoy In Ukraine Hit By Rocket Fire, Dozens Reportedly Killed
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — 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...
‘Dozens’ of fleeing civilians killed by rebels rockets, Ukraine says
“Dozens” of civilians were killed in a rebel shelling attack Monday on a convoy of refugees trying to flee war-torn eastern Ukraine, a top Ukrainian defence official said. …read more Source: CTV...
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: '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...
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...
