Section: US & Canada
12 pro-government Ukraine militiamen killed
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — At least 12 militiamen fighting alongside government troops against pro-Russian separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine have been killed in an ambush, a spokesman for their radical nationalist movement said Wednesday. Artem Skoropatsky said the fighters with the Right Sector volunteer battalion were shot dead while traveling...
Rebel-held Ukraine city hit by heavy rocket fire
At least three people have been killed in the separatist-controlled city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine as the government intensifies its shelling campaign. …read more Source:...
Kyiv Warnings Urgent As Russian Convoy Nears Border
Ukrainian government officials are heaping warnings on as a Russian convoy of nearly 300 trucks nears its eastern border, with Moscow insisting the delivery will go through under Red Cross supervision. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Minister Denounces Russian Aid Convoy
Ukraine’s interior minister insisted Wednesday that the Russian convoy headed to the war-torn eastern region will not be allowed to enter the country. Arsen Avakov called the convoy a “provocation by the cynical aggressor.” Russia says the nearly 300 trucks that left Moscow Tuesday are carrying hundreds of tons of aid to...
Ukraine Currency Hits New Low
Escalating tensions with Russia sent Ukraine’s currency tumbling to a record low against the dollar Tuesday, a move that could threaten the stability of the country’s banking system and raise the prospect of losses for bondholders. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
The 10 Most Important Things In The World Right Now
Good morning! Here’s what people will be chatting about on Wednesday. 1. The international community is increasing efforts to help thousands of Yazadi refugees trapped on Mount Sinjar in Iraq by ISIS militants. The U.S sent more than 100 military advisors to the northern Iraq region on Tuesday, while Britain has dispatched Chinook...
Fighters and gear move freely across Russia’s border with Ukraine
In Russia’s southwestern Rostov region bordering Ukraine, a military-style training camp, a broken down border fence and tracks consistent with armoured personnel carriers or tanks add to a body of evidence of Russian involvement in Ukraine’s war. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Rights Groups Criticize Ukraine’s Draft Law On Media
Reporters Without Borders and Freedom House have called on Ukrainian authorities not to pass a draft law that would give the government power to censor domestic and international media. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian aid trucks depart for Ukraine’s eastern front
KIEV, Ukraine — A long column of Russian trucks laden with relief supplies rumbled toward war-torn eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, unsettling Ukrainian officials who warned that any attempt by Moscow to deliver humanitarian aid without their consent would be treated as an invasion. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Raw: Russia sends humanitarian aid to Ukraine
A convoy of Russian trucks headed for eastern Ukraine Tuesday, one day after an agreement was reached on an international humanitarian relief mission. (Aug 12) …read more Source: USA...
