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. claims Russia has fired rockets into Ukraine
The United States released satellite images that it says show that rockets have been fired from Russia into neighboring eastern Ukraine and that heavy artillery for separatists also has crossed the border. …read more Source: CTV...
U.S. Shares Photos It Says Show Shelling Of Ukrainian Troops From Russian Territory
The U.S. State Department on July 27 released satellite images that Washington says support claims rockets have been fired from Russia into Ukraine during the last week. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
In strife-torn Ukraine, soccer is more than just a game
Sergey Sapsay showed up early at Olympic Stadium Sunday to hang a banner honoring the owner of the soccer club he supports, Oleg Babaev. …read more Source: Miami...
Pro-Russian Rebels Are Using Soviet WWII Posters To Recruit In East Ukraine
Pro-Russian rebels in east Ukraine are turning to Soviet World War II posters to spread their message of fighting against Ukrainian “fascists” in a part of the world that was flattened by Nazi troops. “The Motherland Calls!” read one billboard accompanied by a vintage print of a stern-looking Soviet woman against a...
