Section: US & Canada
Ukrainian prime minister says money needed to pay for war against separatists, reconstruction
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: FOX...
Black box shows ‘massive explosive decompression’ downed MH17: Ukraine [Photos]
Analysis of the black box flight recorders from a downed Malaysian airliner show it was destroyed by shrapnel coming from a rocket blast and went down because of “massive explosive decompression”, a Ukrainian security official said on Monday. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Revealed: The Human Cost of Ukraine’s Bloody War
A United Nations report reveals that more than 1,100 people have been killed during the conflict with 100,000 others forced to leave their homes. …read more Source:...
Heavy Fighting Turns Back International Police From MH17 Crash Site
SHAKHTARSK, Ukraine (AP) — Heavy fighting raged Monday around the Malaysia Airlines debris field, once again preventing an international police team charged with securing the site from even getting there. Government troops have stepped up their push to win back territory from pro-Russian separatists in fighting that the United Nations said...
Fighting at Ukraine Flight MH17 Crash Site Stops Investigators
SHAKHTARSK, Ukraine—Heavy fighting raged Monday around the Malaysia Airlines debris field, once again preventing an international police team charged with securing the site from even getting there. Government troops have stepped up their push to win back territory from pro-Russian separatists in fighting that the United Nations said Monday...
Ukraine: MH17 Downed By ‘Massive Explosive Decompression’
MoreExperts: MH17 Victims Could Have Remained Conscious During FallRussian Media Narrative on MH17 Tragedy Highlights Kremlin’s Grip on Public OpinionUkrainian authorities said Monday that black box data from the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 revealed shrapnel from a missile caused “massive explosive decompression” onboard,...
Europe’s Fears About Sanctioning Russia Are Overblown
Over the weekend, the European Union named the next set of Russians and Ukrainians it was not going to allow onto its territory, and it was a doozy as far as European lists go. Banned from holding assets in and t …read more Source: The New...
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...
US: Russia has fired rockets into Ukraine
WASHINGTON — Stepping up pressure on Moscow, the U.S. has released satellite images it says show that rockets have been fired from Russia into neighboring eastern Ukraine and that heavy artillery for separatists has crossed the border. …read more Source: Boston...
Black boxes show MH17 suffered massive decompression after shrapnel hit
A Ukrainian security spokesman says data from the recovered flight data recorders shows Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crashed due to a massive, explosive loss of pressure after being punctured multiple times by shrapnel. …read more Source:...



