Section: US & Canada
Commander Says Rebel-Held Donetsk Surrounded By Ukraine Troops
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — A top commander of the pro-Russia insurgency in eastern Ukraine said Saturday that Ukrainian forces have seized a key town, leaving the rebel region’s largest city of Donetsk surrounded. The statement by Igor Girkin, a former Russian special service officer better known by his nom de guerre of Strelkov, appears...
Ukraine Forces Seize Key Town in Fight Against Rebels
A top commander of the pro-Russia insurgency in eastern Ukraine said Ukrainian forces have seized a key town, leaving the rebel region’s largest city of Donetsk surrounded. …read more Source:...
Donetsk rebels surrounded, commander says
A top commander of the pro-Russia insurgency in eastern Ukraine said Saturday that Ukrainian forces have seized a key town. …read more Source: USA...
Donetsk rebels surrounded, commander says
A local resident walks past a tree that was cut down by a shell, after morning shelling in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014. Several shells fell this morning in a northern Done… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Central Kyiv barricades removed after months of protest
City workers and volunteers have removed the last of the barricades that had blocked the main street of Ukraine’s capital since protests that forced a change of government arose late last year. …read more Source: CTV...
Kerry seeks to calm South China Sea tensions
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) — Already scrambling to confront multiple simultaneous international crises, the Obama administration stepped up efforts Saturday to avert another, as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called on China and its smaller neighbors to take new steps to ease tensions over maritime disputes in Asian waters that many fear...
Last Of ‘Euromaidan’ Barricades Cleared In Downtown Kyiv
City workers and volunteers have removed the last of the barricades that had been blocking a main artery in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, since protests that forced a change of government began late last year. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Barricades come down in Kiev
City workers and volunteers have removed the last of the barricades that had blocked the main street of Ukraine’s capital since protests that forced a change of government arose late last year. …read more Source: Miami...
Barricades come down in Kiev
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — City workers and volunteers have removed the last of the barricades that had blocked the main street of Ukraine’s capital since protests that forced a change of government arose late last year. …read more Source: San Francisco...
Barricades come down in central Kiev after months of protest
City workers and volunteers have removed the last of the barricades that had blocked the main street of Ukraine’s capital since protests that forced a change of government arose late last year. …read more Source: FOX...
