Section: US & Canada
Lawmaker Takes A Punch In Ukrainian Parliament
The leader of Ukraine’s populist Radical Party was nearly knocked out in the Verkhovna Rada’s lobby on August 14 after he accused a fellow deputy of ignoring the plight of soldiers fighting in the country’s east. Oleh Lyashko, who came third in July’s presidential elections, appeared stunned after a heated exchange with...
Ukraine officials to inspect Russian aid convoy parked at border
The Ukrainian border guard service said arrangements had been made to allow the cargo to enter the country through the Izvaryne crossing point …read more Source: The Globe and...
Russia masses military vehicles near Ukraine border as aid convoy stalls
At least a dozen heavy Russian military vehicles massed on Friday near the border with Ukraine, where a huge Russian convoy with humanitarian aid came to a halt as Moscow and Kyiv struggled to agree on border crossing procedures. …read more Source:...
Moscow, Kiev closer to confrontation as aid convoy heads for rebel areas
MOSCOW — A Russian aid convoy struck a new course toward rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, apparently flouting Ukrainian demands that all humanitarian shipments be subject to government inspections and prompting Kiev to threaten a direct confrontation if the convoy tries to pass through. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Russians Start Paying the Price for Putin’s Ukraine Adventure
For most Russians, indeed nearly all of them, the crisis in Ukraine has had a distant, almost virtual quality. It has been something they watched on TV, or debated in their kitchens, rooting for the pro-Russian rebel militias and cursing the Ukrainian government as though the war between them was hardly more than a gruesome sporting match. The...
Shelling in Eastern Ukraine Impacts Civilians
Lena, 62, clutches one of the pigeons that survived Wednesday’s attack on her inner-city district — a late-night barrage of rockets that killed 10 of her birds — as she condemns the damage to her one-story home. “There aren’t separatist fighters in the neighborhood,” she said, adding that the only people who live in the...
Malaysia sets day of mourning as first Flight 17 remains due home
Still far from closure or clarity in its national tragedy, Malaysia on Thursday declared a day of mourning on Aug. 22 for the victims of the Malaysia Airlines flight shot out of the sky over Ukraine nearly a month ago. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Ukraine Army Recaptures Town Near Rebel Stronghold
Ukrainian Army tanks in the eastern city of Uglegorsk; the national flag waving high. The army recaptured the town on Tuesday from pro-Russian separatists, and began to close in on the rebel stronghold of Dontesk, only a half hour’s drive away. Residents of Uglegorsk say at least five civilians were killed in the operation. …read more...
Putin: Russia doesn’t want war or confrontation
Speaking in annexed Crimea, Putin says Russia would do its utmost to stop the bloodshed in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
A Ukraine City Under Siege, ‘Just Terrified of the Bombing’
Life in Luhansk, Ukraine, is tough, but far from catastrophic. The only relief most people here seek is from the shelling, which goes on night and day. …read more Source: The New York...
