Section: US & Canada
Column: Russians Grapple with Conflicting MH17 Accounts
There’s a fascinating debate among two Russians playing out on my Facebook newsfeed. It all started when I posted a news item from our sister broadcaster RFE/RL: “Ukraine Separatist Social Media Site Claims Plane Downing.” It was a fairly straight-forward account of a post on Ukrainian separatist leader Igor Girkin’s VK...
Ukrainian Prime Minister announces he is resigning
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has announced his resignation following turmoil in government. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk says he is resigning
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has announced his resignation following turmoil in government. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yatsenyuk to resign
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk says he is resigning. …read more Source: FOX...
CNN freelance journalist abducted in Ukraine, U.S. network confirms
A Ukrainian journalist working as a fixer for the U.S. news network CNN was abducted by pro-Russia separatists in Eastern Ukraine two days ago, CNN reports. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian journalist working for CNN detained by pro-Russian rebels
A Ukrainian journalist working for CNN is being held in detention in the eastern part of the country after being abducted by pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source: FOX...
Rebels Accuse Ukraine of Targeting Civilians in East
DONETSK, Ukraine—War literally came to Alexander Litvinenko’s living room, when a missile punched a gaping hole into the wall of his ninth-floor apartment. The 53-year-old college philosophy teacher had just stepped into his study to check the news online, barely escaping death. Others in the residential neighborhood in northwest...
Ukraine rebel leader warns of second Stalingrad: ‘We will stand till the end’
Aleksandr Borodai said he’s never met Vladimir Putin, whom he described as the greatest leader Russia’s had “in many decades.” …read more Source: Toronto...
Freelance CNN reporter abducted in Ukraine
A Ukrainian reporter working a freelance gig for CNN was abducted by pro-Russian rebels, the news station reported on Thursday. …read more Source: New York Daily...
CNN Freelancer Abducted By Pro-Russian Separatists In Ukraine
A CNN freelance journalist has been detained in eastern Ukraine since Tuesday after he was abducted by pro-Russian separatists, the network reported Thursday. Anton Skiba was taken from outside his hotel in Donetsk after a day of covering the MH17 crash site for the network. CNN said Thursday that it chose not to report the incident when it first...
