Section: US & Canada
Malaysia Airlines Plane Shot Down Over Ukraine
Ukraine’s Prime Minister ordered an investigation into the crash of a Malaysian Airlines passenger plane over the east of the country on Wednesday, Reuters reports. Malaysia Airlines lost contact with flight MH17 while it was on its way from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. An adviser to Ukraine’s Interior Minister wrote on Facebook that...
Official: Malaysian plane shot down over Ukraine
A Ukrainian official said a passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down Thursday over a town in the east of the country, and Malaysia Airlines tweeted that it lost contact with one of its flights over Ukrainian airspace. …read more Source: Miami...
Malaysian passenger plane ‘shot down’ in Ukraine near Russian border with 295 people aboard: reports
A Mayalasian 295-passenger plane crashed in Ukraine Thursday near the Russian border, according to a report from Interfax …read more Source: Calgary...
Malaysia Airlines Jet Missing Over Ukraine
Malaysia Airlines reported losing contact with an Amsterdam-Kuala Lumpur flight over Ukraine. A Russian news agency reported it may have been shot down. …read more Source: The New York...
Putin warns latest sanctions will hurt U.S., too
Kiev claims Russian jet shot down one of its fighters over Ukrainian territory as Putin slams new U.S. sanctions …read more Source:...
Ukraine Says Russia Shot Down Jet
Ukraine accused Russia’s armed forces of shooting down one of its fighter jets over Ukrainian territory, marking Kiev’s most direct accusation yet of Moscow’s involvement in the separatist conflict in the country’s east. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
Ukraine Claims Air Force Jet Downed by Russian Missile
In the latest escalation of the conflict on the Ukrainian-Russian border, Kyiv said a Russian jet shot down one of its warplanes, its strongest accusation yet of direct Russian military involvement in the war. A Ukrainian military spokesman said the pilot of the SU-25 fighter ejected to safety. On the ground in eastern Ukraine, fierce fighting...
Russia defiant in face of U.S. sanctions
Russian leaders reacted angrily Thursday to President Barack Obama’s decision to slap further sanctions on Russia. …read more Source:...
Russia’s Medvedev Calls U.S. Sanctions ‘Evil
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev dismissed the new round of U.S. sanctions against Moscow as “evil” and ineffective. Speaking at a government meeting July 17 in Moscow, Medvedev said sanctions “have never brought anyone to their knees.” (Reuters) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Putin: U.S. Sanctions Will Take Russia Relations To ‘Dead End’
Russian President Vladimir Putin described the latest round of U.S. sanctions targeting major Russian banks and energy companies as a “dead end” that would have a “boomerang effect.” The Russian leader said at a news conference in Brasilia on July 16 he believed the new sanctions could harm the long-term national interests...
