Section: US & Canada
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...
NATO flags Ukraine incursion threat after Russian troop buildup
NATO said there’s a risk of Russia sending troops into Ukraine under the “pretext” of a humanitarian or peacekeeping mission after President Vladimir Putin massed soldiers on his country’s western border. …read more Source: Calgary...
Ukraine Military: 18 Soldiers Killed in Fighting Near Donetsk
Eighteen Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and 54 injured in fresh fighting overnight against separatist rebels in Eastern Ukraine, a military spokesman said on Wednesday. Spokesman, Andriy Lysenko, said government forces had clashed with separatists 25 times in parts of eastern Ukraine near the Russian border in the 24 hours up to Wednesday...
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...
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...
Air strike injures 2 in key rebel stronghold in east Ukraine
Residents in the main rebel city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine say their neighborhood was hit by a government air strike overnight, bringing the fighting between pro-Russian separatists and the Kiev’s forces closer than ever to the city center. …read more Source: FOX...
Poland’s prime minister sees growing risk of ‘direct intervention’ by Russia into 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: FOX...
