Section: US & Canada
A City of Roses, Turned to Ruins
Donetsk, the capital of Ukraine’s industrial heartland, is a city of roses. There are said to be more than one million of them in the city, one for each inhabitant. The flower is proudly displayed on Donetsk’s coat of arms, and flowerbeds line quaint walkways in the center and fill the luscious …read more Source: The New...
Ukraine destroys Russian military vehicles
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. …read more Source: New York Daily...
Ukraine Reports Destroying Russian Military Vehicles Sneaking Across Border
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...
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...
Reports: Ukraine destroys part of Russian armed convoy
Food and medical supplies are bound for hard-hit rebel-controlled areas of eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: USA...
