Section: US & Canada
Ukraine rebel leaders ask for cease-fire, aid
DONETSK, Ukraine — Ukraine’s rebels are surrounded and ready to agree to a cease-fire to prevent a “humanitarian catastrophe,” the insurgents’ new leader said Saturday as conditions deteriorated in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, artillery thundering through deserted streets. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Donetsk rebels say city is surrounded, want ceasefire to avoid ‘catastrophe’
Ukraine’s rebels are surrounded and ready to agree to a ceasefire to prevent a ‘humanitarian catastrophe,’ the insurgents’ new leader said Saturday as conditions deteriorated in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, artillery thundering through deserted streets. …read more Source: CTV...
Separatists want ceasefire as Ukrainian forces encircle Donetsk
Donetsk separatists are now willing to lay down their weapons as the Ukrainian army surrounds the eastern city with conditions deteriorating. …read more Source: Toronto...
Kyiv Ready To Let Aid Mission In Luhansk
President Petro Poroshenko says Ukraine is ready to accept a humanitarian mission to the separatist-controlled city of Luhansk, but only if it is an unarmed international team entering the country through Kiev-controlled border checkpoints. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Pro-Russia forces call for cease-fire in Ukraine
Ukrainian troops surrounded pro-Russia separatists in their main stronghold of Donetsk on Saturday, prompting the new leader of the militants to appeal for a cease-fire to avert what he said was a looming humanitarian catastrophe. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Western Food Ban in Russia Leaves Bad Aftertaste
Among the cafes and restaurants of central Moscow, “Les Enfants du Paradis” stands out. It’s popular with the city’s music and art crowd, who come for the eclectic European food. Pizza, of course, but cutlets and prosciutto too. But all that variety is about to go away. That’s because Russia placed a one-year ban on...
Russian ‘Humanitarian’ Push in Ukraine Called Illegal
Reports that Russian forces had crossed the Ukrainian border “under purported ‘humanitarian’ auspices” concerned the U.S., Germany and Britain. …read more Source:...
Ukraine Separatists: Ready for Cease-Fire
Pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine say they are ready for a cease-fire with the government amid gains by Ukrainian forces against the rebels. Kyiv has not yet responded to the rebel offer. But the government has said it could agree to a cease-fire if the separatists give up their weapons. The Ukrainian military is continuing to squeeze separatist...
Donetsk rebels say city is surrounded, want cease-fire to avoid ‘catastrophe’
Ukraine’s rebels are surrounded and ready to agree to a cease-fire to prevent a ‘humanitarian catastrophe,’ the insurgents’ new leader said Saturday as conditions deteriorated in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, artillery thundering through deserted streets. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukraine crisis: Rebel leader open to a ceasefire as forces advance
Ukraine’s rebels are surrounded and ready to agree to a ceasefire to prevent a “humanitarian catastrophe,” the insurgents’ new leader said Saturday as conditions deteriorated in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, artillery thundering through deserted streets. …read more Source:...
