Section: US & Canada
US: Photos Show Russian Artillery Firing Across Border Into Ukraine
Washington Sunday released images it said prove Russia is shooting across the border into Ukraine to help separatists. The surveillance photos were rejected by Russian officials, who accused the United States of getting its intelligence from social media. …read more Source: International Business...
Reporter recalls Soviet evasion in '83 jet downing
Those searching for the truth about what happened in the shoot-down of the Malaysia airliner over Ukraine can take little comfort from the history of another passenger jet that was blasted out of the sky over the Soviet Union more than three decades ago: The Kremlin at the time dodged, weaved and obfuscated. Today, we still don’t know what...
Ukraine: Heavy Fighting Around Crash Site
Ukraine said that heavy fighting had erupted in a string of towns around where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashed, as Kiev seeks to cut off the rebel stronghold of Donetsk from the rest of the separatists. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
Heavy fighting at Ukraine MH17 crash site again keeps police at bay
The mandate of the police team is to secure the currently rebel-controlled area so that comprehensive investigations can begin. …read more Source: Toronto...
Reporter recalls Soviet evasion in '83 jet downing
Those searching for the truth about what happened in the shoot-down of the Malaysia airliner over Ukraine can take little comfort from the history of another passenger jet that was blasted out of the sky over the Soviet Union more than three decades ago: The Kremlin at the time dodged, weaved and obfuscated. Today, we still don’t know what...
MH17 Crash: Flight Data Recorder Shows Plane Suffered ‘Massive Explosive Decompression’ From Missile
Data from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17’s flight data recorders show that the plane sustained a “massive, explosive loss of pressure after being punctured multiple times by shrapnel,” Ukraine security spokesman Andrei Lysenko told Associated Press, or AP. …read more Source: International Business...
Ukrainian PM urges vote to pay for war
KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s prime minister says parliament needs to come up with more money to pay the mounting costs from the war against pro-Russian separatists and to rebuild infrastructure shattered by the fighting.Yatsenyuk urged parliament Monday to amend this year’s budget and come up with an additional 9.1 billion hryvnias...
Rocket Firing In Donetsk Kills 13 While MH17 Investigators Make Another Attempt To Reach Crash Site
At least 13 people, including two children, were killed Sunday after rockets were fired in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, even as an international team of investigators made another attempt to reach the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. …read more Source: International Business...
This Man Thinks He’s In Charge of Pro-Russian Rebels in Ukraine
Eastern Ukraine rebel leader Alexander Borodai, a former PR consultant in Russia, is now at the helm of a group of pro-Russian rebels controlling the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash site and other territories around the Ukrainian city of Donetsk. But what kind of authority does Borodai have? A kind he decided for himself. In April, a gang led...
Ukrainian PM urges vote to pay for war
Ukraine’s prime minister says parliament needs to come up with more money to pay the mounting costs from the war against pro-Russian separatists and to rebuild infrastructure shattered by the fighting. …read more Source: Miami...
