Section: US & Canada
Investigators renew bid to access Malaysian jet crash site despite fighting
A joint Australian-Dutch probe team renewed efforts on Monday to gain access to the crash site of a Malaysian airliner in eastern Ukraine, Australian Federal Police said, after fierce fighting kept them away the previous day. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s move to ban its Communist Party a step toward real independence
The party pushes the Kremlin’s agenda in Ukraine, in particular the allegation that the Ukrainian government is the main culprit of the death of civilians in the Donetsk conflict …read more Source: The Globe and...
Satellite images prove Russia fired rockets into Ukraine after MH17 crash, U.S. says
Russia’s foreign ministry over the weekend accused the U.S. of conducting ‘an unrelenting campaign of slander against Russia, ever more relying on open lies’ …read more Source: Calgary...
Fighting complicates Ukraine crash probe, U.S., EU prepare Russia sanctions
DONETSK, Ukraine — Fierce fighting in eastern Ukraine where a Malaysian airliner was downed further complicated an investigation Sunday as Europe and the United States prepared economic sanctions on Russia over the conflict. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Fighting intensifies where plane was downed in Ukraine
Ukrainian armed forces mounted a major onslaught against pro-Russian separatist fighters Sunday in an attempt to gain control over the area where a Malaysia Airlines plane was downed earlier this month. The U.S. State Department, meanwhile, released satellite images that it says back up its claims that rockets have been fired from Russia into...
US releases images to back up claim Russia gave rockets to separatists, shelled Ukraine
The U.S. stepped up pressure on Moscow on Sunday by releasing satellite images it says show that rockets have been fired from Russia into neighbouring eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Globe and...
U.S. Says Satellite Images Show Shelling Of Ukraine Troops From Russian Territory
The U.S. State Department on July 27 issued satellite images that it says clearly indicate artillery strikes on Ukrainian military positions in eastern Ukraine were fired from across the border in Russian territory. The dates on the image are as recent as July 25-26. The captions accompanying these photos are text issued by the U.S. Directory of...
Russia firing across border into Ukraine: US
Russia is launching artillery attacks from its soil on Ukrainian troops, according to the US and Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Kerry To Russia: Stop Denying That You’re Meddling In East Ukraine
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry agreed in a phone conversation on Sunday on the importance of ensuring a swift ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, a Foreign Ministry statement in Moscow said. But the State Department said Kerry did not accept Lavrov’s denial that heavy weapons from Russia were...
Ukraine: What’s the next big disruption?
The uncertainty surrounding the geopolitical crisis centered on Ukraine is unlikely to go away any time soon. …read more Source:...
