Section: US & Canada
Germany: Michigan man wanted in WWII killings dies
BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors say a Michigan man they were investigating over his alleged service in a Nazi-controlled police force during World War II in present-day Ukraine has died in the U.S…. …read more Source: Associated...
German prosecutors: Michigan man investigated over WWII killings has died in US at 93
German prosecutors say a Michigan man they were investigating over his alleged service in a Nazi-controlled police force during World War II in present-day Ukraine has died in the U.S. …read more Source: FOX...
Poroshenko Visits Recaptured Slovyansk
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on July 8 visited the former rebel stronghold of Slovyansk after government forces recaptured it from pro-Russian separatists. Speaking to local residents outside the city administration building, Poroshenko said Slovyansk was now the “symbol of the liberated Donbas.” He said the Ukrainian army...
Kyiv Urges Moscow To Release Captured Ukrainian Officer
Ukraine is demanding that Russia immediately release a female military officer who was captured by pro-Russian separatists last month. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Inside The Slovyansk City Hall, Separatists’ Former Stronghold
As Ukrainian forces retook the eastern city of Slovyansk from pro-Russian separatists on July 5-6, the retreating militants left behind their makeshift headquarters at the city administration building. In the days after the recapture of the city, RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service took a look inside the city hall, fortified against attack and now...
Poroshenko Says There Will Be No Street Fighting In Donetsk
After visiting troops in Izyum just outside the former rebel stronghold of Slovyansk on July 8 and inspecting weapons seized from separatist militants, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko told reporters there will be no street fighting in Donetsk and called on pro-Russian rebels to lay down their arms. (Reuters) …read more Source: Radio...
Rebel Stronghold in Ukraine Braces for Its Showdown
The facade of normalcy is crumbling in Donetsk as the city descends deeper into the vortex of separatist forces that have upended life in parts of eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
NATO Chief Warns of Duplicity by Putin on Ukraine
Anders Fogh Rasmussen said there was no doubt that Russia was issuing conciliatory statements while smuggling arms and equipment to separatists. …read more Source: The New York...
With Talks Uncertain, Ukrainian Rebels Cling to Hope in Strongholds
In Donetsk, the eastern regional capital, fighters say they expect a final showdown with government troops soon. …read more Source: The New York...
NATO Chief Expresses Support for Ukraine
The NATO secretary general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, spoke about the Ukraine crisis after meeting with President Obama. …read more Source: The New York...
