Section: US & Canada
Watch Ferguson Shooting Take Over Twitter In Mesmerizing Graphic
Facebook may have five times as many users, but Twitter now plays a vital role in how news spreads. You can see the scale of Twitter’s influence in a visualization showing tweets relating to the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri after Michael Brown was shot and killed by local police officer Darren Wilson. Twitter’s data team created the...
Ukraine says it has attacked, destroyed part of armed convoy from Russia
Ukraine said its troops attacked and partially destroyed a column of armed vehicles that had crossed the border from Russian territory, while Russia said it was concerned about an attack on another convoy carrying aid. …read more Source: Calgary...
Ukraine Says Destroyed Part Of Russian Armored Column
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says Ukrainian forces have destroyed part of a Russian armored column that crossed the border. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Forces Inspect Russian Aid Convoy
Russian military strength along the border with Ukraine was on full display, Friday. Soldiers sat and waited… while Ukrainian border guards crossed the frontier to inspect the huge Russian aid convoy that has caused Kiev so much alarm. Kiev has insisted on inspecting the trucks before they move across the border toward eastern Ukraine....
Russian military vehicles destroyed after crossing border, says Ukraine
NATO and Ukraine said Russian military vehicles did cross into Ukraine during the night and the Ukrainian president said most of them were destroyed. …read more Source: Toronto...
To Reassure Baltic Allies, Obama Will Visit Estonia
The president will meet with the leaders of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania concerning the conflict in Ukraine and the administration’s commitment to NATO. …read more Source: The New York...
Russia: Ukraine is Disrupting Our Humanitarian Mission
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia on Friday accused Ukraine of attempting to disrupt a Russian humanitarian aid mission to eastern Ukraine and called for a ceasefire in the region to allow for the deliveries. “We draw attention to the sharp intensification of military action by Ukrainian forces with the apparent aim to stop the path, agreed...
Ukraine: Russian military vehicles destroyed after crossing border
Vehicles “eliminated” after they were reportedly seen crossing into Ukraine near point where Russian aid convoy was parked …read more Source:...
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Kiev says forces shelled Russian armour inside Ukraine [Video]
Ukraine said its artillery partly destroyed a Russian armoured column that entered its territory overnight and said its forces came under shellfire from Russia on Friday in what appeared to be a major military escalation between the ex-Soviet states. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Ukraine: Some Russian military vehicles destroyed
KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKY, Russia — NATO and Ukraine said Russian military vehicles did cross into Ukraine during the night and the Ukrainian president said most of them were destroyed by his troops.A statement on President Petro Poroshenko’s website said that he and British Prime Minister David Cameron spoke by telephone about the reports from...
