Section: US & Canada
Fighting Continues As Ukrainian President Announces Military Shakeup
Ukrainian government forces are pressing their offensive against pro-Russian separatists in the east, as the country’s president announced a military shakeup. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Fills Top Defense Posts
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has appointed new officials to defense posts, as European officials press for talks aimed at resuming a cease-fire between the Ukrainian military and pro-Russian separatists. The Ukrainian government announced Thursday that Valery Heletey has been named Ukraine’s new defense minister, while Viktor...
Kravchuk On Putin’s ‘Philosophy Of Aggression’
Former Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk said Vladimir Putin’s past as a Soviet intelligence officer has affected his policies with regard to Russia’s neighboring nations. In an interview with RFE/RL Kyiv Bureau Chief Inna Kuznetsova on July 2, Kravchuk said the Kremlin’s philosophy of a broader “Russian world” is...
Ukrainian Military Video Shows Shelling Near Slovyansk
Video obtained from Ukrainian military television shows artillery being fired from a field near the eastern city of Slovyansk. The target of the shelling was not identified. The video was distributed on July 2 as the Ukrainian military said it had regained control of several small towns near Slovyansk, a stronghold of pro-Russian separatists....
Ukraine president appoints new defense officials
Ukraine’s president has appointed new officials to top defense posts as he pledged to stamp out the corruption that has left the country’s armed forces faltering before a pro-Russian insurgency. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukraine president appoints new defense officials, condemning corruption in armed forces
Ukraine’s president has appointed new officials to top defense posts as he pledged to stamp out the corruption that has left the country’s armed forces faltering before a pro-Russian insurgency. …read more Source: FOX...
Latvia Wary of Russian Moves
Latvia is 1,000 kilometers north of the separatist war in southern Ukraine. But what Latvia and Ukraine shares is a neighbor – Russia. And that neighbor has been cause for worries in the Baltic nation. Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics says his government is concerned about Russia’s military rearmament around the Baltics....
Ukraine, Russia agree on steps for renewed cease-fire
Foreign ministers from Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France agreed Wednesday on a series of steps for a resumption of the cease-fire in eastern Ukraine where fighting between government troops and pro-Russia separatists has taken more than 400 lives since April. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukraine, Russia move toward renewed ceasefire
Foreign ministers from Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France meeting in Berlin have agreed Wednesday on a series of steps for a resumption of the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukraine, Russia, Germany, France Agree On Truce Path
The foreign ministers of Ukraine, Russia, Germany, and France have agreed on a package of steps for a resumption of the cease-fire in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
