Section: US & Canada
Rising Tensions as Kyiv Debates Future of Independence Square
Seven months after Ukraine’s former president, Viktor Yanukovych, fled the country following mass demonstrations in Kyiv’s Independence Square, the protest camp – known as “Maidan” – still occupies the center of the city. The activists say their continued presence is still necessary, but many local residents...
Russian Minister Uses Facebook To Apologize For Policies
A Russian minister apologized on Facebook for what he called “stupid” government policies that diverted money away from state pension funds. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia Now Has 20,000 Troops on Ukraine Border, NATO Warns
Russia has built up a 20,000-man force of combat-ready troops on Ukraine’s eastern border, NATO warned Wednesday, and could use the force to stage a ground invasion. The troop presence includes tanks, infantry, artillery, air defense systems, as well as logistics troops, special forces, and various aircraft, Reuters reports....
Adam Michnik: ‘We Must Stop Putin’
Former Polish dissident Adam Michnik likened Russian President Vladimir Putin’s actions regarding Ukraine to Adolf Hitler’s annexation of the German-speaking part of Czechoslovakia in 1938. The veteran of Poland’s anticommunist opposition told RFE/RL’s Aleksei Dzikavitski in Warsaw that Europe should find ways to...
Polish PM: risk grows of Russia entering Ukraine
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister says he has information indicating that there is a growing threat of a “direct intervention” by Russia in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Polish PM: risk grows of Russia entering Ukraine
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister says he has information indicating that there is a growing threat of a “direct intervention” by Russia in Ukraine…. …read more Source: Associated...
Threat of Russia’s intervention in Ukraine has risen, Polish PM says
Russia has been conducting exercises near the border with Ukraine, raising concerns on the ground and in a number of Western capitals …read more Source: The Globe and...
Polish PM: There Is A Growing Threat Of ‘Direct Intervention’ By Russia In Ukraine
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister says he has information indicating that there is a growing threat of a “direct intervention” by Russia in Ukraine. Donald Tusk said Wednesday that his assessment is based on information he has been receiving for the past dozen hours or so. He did not elaborate. Tusk says...
Polish PM: risk grows of Russia entering Ukraine
Poland’s prime minister says he has information indicating that there is a growing threat of a “direct intervention” by Russia in Ukraine. …read more Source: Miami...
Air strike injures 2 in key Ukrainian rebel city
Rescue workers carry the body of woman who was killed during shelling in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. Ukrainian troops took control of a checkpoin… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
