Section: US & Canada
Ukraine’s Gains Prove Costly for Towns Caught in Crossfire
As the military routs pro-Russia rebels from their strongholds in the east, local residents are reeling from artillery strikes that destroyed homes and killed at least a dozen people. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
Injured soldiers marry at Kiev’s military hospital
Two injured soldiers marry their blushing brides at Kiev’s military hospital. Jillian Kitchener reports. Video provided by Reuters …read more Source: USA...
Ukrainian troops repel militant attack on Donetsk airport, reports say
Fighting broke out again late Thursday between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russia rebels around the international airport in Donetsk, Russian and Ukrainian media reported. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Russian Seizes Authority Over Ukraine Rebels
Once marked as a dead man, Igor Strelkov made his first public appearance in Donetsk in a move to assert authority over fractious separatist militias. …read more Source: The New York...
Amnesty: Abductions, Torture Rising In East Ukraine
By RFE/RL Amnesty International says hundreds of people have been abducted in eastern Ukraine during the past three months — mostly by pro-Russian separatists — and most of the victims are being tortured. Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director of Europe and Central Asia, said July 11 that “the bulk of...
‘Russia abandoned us,’ Ukraine separatists say as they lose ground
Deep strains emerged Thursday in the ranks of Ukraine’s pro-Moscow insurgents as dozens turned in their weapons in disgust at Russian inaction and bickering broke out between rebel factions. …read more Source:...
Ukraine Rebel Commander Says Will Not Pull Out of Donetsk
An enigmatic Russian leading separatist rebels in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk made a rare appearance in public on Thursday to say he would not abandon the city though he defended his decision to pull out of the stronghold of Slaviansk. Igor Girkin, a Muscovite who has the nom de guerre of Igor Strelkov, has been criticized by some other...
Rifts appear among Ukraine’s pro-Russian rebels
Rescue workers examine a building destroyed by shelling in Mikolaivka village, near the city of Slovyansk, Donetsk Region, eastern Ukraine Thursday, July 10, 2014. In the past two weeks, Ukrai… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Ukraine To Seek Council Of Europe Help Over Officer Held In Russia
Ukraine’s justice minister says Kyiv will appeal to the Council of Europe to help secure the release of a Ukrainian military officer held in Russia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Meet The Tough-As-Nails Ukrainian Pilot That Russia Wants To Try For Murder
Nadiya Savchenko, the Ukrainian helicopter gunner abducted by separatists and facing Russian charges for the death of two Russian journalists, is one of Ukraine’s most accomplished female soldiers. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
