Section: US & Canada
Official: Malaysian passenger plane carrying 295 people shot down over Ukraine
A Ukrainian official said a Malaysian passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down Thursday over a town in the east of the country. …read more Source: FOX...
Malaysian Airlines flight shot down in eastern Ukraine
Flight MH-17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lampur was shot down near the Russian border …read more Source:...
Malaysian airliner downed in Ukraine with 295 aboard
A Ukrainian official claims the plane was hit by a missile …read more Source: USA...
Passenger plane shot down over Ukraine
Malaysia Airlines confirmed that it has lost contact of flight MH17 from Amsterdam about 30 miles from the Russia-Ukraine border on Thursday. …read more Source:...
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...
