Section: US & Canada
The Most Dangerous Man in Ukraine Is an Obsessive War Reenactor Playing Now with Real Weapons
The face now of the pro-Russian separtists in Eastern Ukraine is 43-year-old Igor Strelkov. The Russian media fell in love with Strelkov this April, when his armed group took control of the town of Slavyansk, escalating the conflict from a war of nerves into an actual full-fledged war. And Strelkov …read more Source: The New...
U.S. Officials Lay Out Case Against Russians
U.S. intelligence officials presented their most detailed case yet Tuesday that Russian-backed Ukrainian separatists shot down a Malaysia Airlines jetliner last week. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
Bulgaria Calls for More NATO Troops in Southeastern Europe
Bulgaria called for more NATO troops in southeastern Europe and the Black Sea, as well as more joint military exercises, to improve security in the region after Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea. An ex-communist state on the Black Sea, Bulgaria was a close Cold War ally of Moscow but joined NATO in 2004 and the European Union...
Putin’s Power: Why Russians Adore Their Bare-Chested Reagan
There he is, the President of Russia, riding bare-back and bare-chested astride a galloping steed; spending $50 billion on a resort town most Russians will never see; seizing Crimea, instigating unrest in Ukraine; maybe even making himself indirectly responsible for the murder of nearly 300 innocents aboard a downed passenger plane: Vladimir...
U.S.: Russia ‘Created Conditions’ For Airliner Tragedy
U.S. intelligence officials say they believe pro-Russian rebels probably shot down the Malaysia airliner over eastern Ukraine “by mistake.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. Officials Say They Tracked “Specific” Missile That Downed Malaysian Plane
U.S. intelligence resources tracked the “specific missile” that downed Malaysian Airlines Flight 17, a senior administration official said Tuesday, saying intelligence adds up to a picture that “implicates Russia” in helping to bring down the plane. “We did pick up a launch, and so we were able to have the ability to...
US: No link to Russian gov’t in plane downing
A Malaysian air crash investigator takes pictures of wreckage at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 near the village of Hrabove, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. A team of M… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
EU fails to back up tough talk on Russia, for now
The European Union threatened Russia with harsher sanctions over Ukraine, but failed to back tough talk with any immediate action. …read more Source:...
Airlines ban flights to Israel after rocket strike
JERUSALEM (AP) — A Hamas rocket exploded Tuesday near Israel’s main airport, prompting a ban on all flights from the U.S. and many from Europe and Canada as aviation authorities responded to the shock of seeing a civilian jetliner shot down over Ukraine. Israel declared that Ben-Gurion Airport was safe and said there was no reason to...
MH17 Ukrainian Crash: Dusting for Fingerprints
Missiles don’t shoot down airliners. People do. But determining whose finger pushed the button that sent a guided rocket into MH17 is a lot tougher than determining that it was a missile that brought the Boeing 777 down, killing all 298 aboard. MoreMH17 Ukraine Crash: Russian Roulette RevisitedMalaysia Airlines Ukraine Crash: A Working...
